Tim Dirks's 100+ Most Controversial Films of All-Time

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Films always have the ability to anger us, divide us, shock us, disgust us, and more. Usually, films that inspire controversy, outright boycotting, picketing, banning, censorship, or protest have graphic sex, violence, homosexuality, religious, political or race-related themes and content. They usually push the envelope regarding what can be filmed and displayed on the screen, and are considered taboo, "immoral" or "obscene" due to language, drug use, violence and sensuality/nudity or other incendiary elements. Inevitably, controversy helps to publicize these films and fuel the box-office receipts.

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  1. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  6. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 49 -

    Une vraie jeune fille

    1976 — a.k.a. A Real Young Girl, in 1 top list Check
  10. 50 -

    Snuff

    1975 — a.k.a. American Cannibale, in 1 top list Check
  11. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 116 -1

    The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  15. 115 -1

    The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 64 -1

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  22. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  24. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 107 -1

    Shortbus

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 60 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 26 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 9 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 13 -

    Song of the South

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 44 -

    Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 25 -

    Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult

    1967 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Yellow), in 5 top lists Check
  40. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  45. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 10 -

    Child Bride

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  50. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
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