Condemned by the Legion of Decency
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This is a list of films condemned by the Legion of Decency, a United States Catholic organization, and its successor (from 1965), the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures. The condemned (or C) rating was issued from the time of the Legion's formation in 1933 until 1978, when the C rating and the B rating were merged into the new O ("morally offensive") rating. In 1980, the NCOMP film office was shut down, along with the biweekly Review, which had published ratings on 16,251 feature films.
The Legion's ratings were applied to movies made in the United States (which were subject to the Production Code until 1967) as well as those imported from other countries. Beginning in 1968, the ratings were applied in addition to any rating assigned by the MPAA film rating system.
Legion-organized boycotts made a C rating harmful to a film's distribution and profitability. Accordingly, for the majority of years that the rating was applied, most condemned films were made outside of the United States, where their producers didn't have as much to fear from the condemnation. Of the 53 movies the Legion had placed on its condemned list by 1943, only Howard Hughes' The Outlaw came from a major US studio, and it had not been approved by the Production Code or distributed widely.
Despite rumors to the contrary, Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire and Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch did not receive C ratings. Rather, Kazan's film was cut by 4 minutes to avoid condemnation, while Wilder's film had to cut scenes from the original play to be approved by Legion of Decency. [wikipedia]
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Boccaccio '70
1962, in 1 top list Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check -
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Hurry Sundown
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Forever Amber
1947, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Killing of Sister George
1968, in 2 top lists Check -
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Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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Love in the Afternoon
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
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Torn Curtain
1966, in 1 top list Check -
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Dawn of the Dead
1978, in 15 top lists Check -
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Kiss Me, Stupid
1964, in 1 top list Check -
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All That Jazz
1979, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Competition
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Valley of the Dolls
1967, in 1 top list Check -
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The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
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Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult
1967 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Yellow), in 5 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Deadfall
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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Same Time, Next Year
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Du rififi chez les hommes
1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Last Picture Show
1971, in 21 top lists Check -
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American Gigolo
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Magus
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Boston Strangler
1968, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Outlaw
1943, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Pawnbroker
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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From Russia with Love
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
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Three Daring Daughters
1948 — a.k.a. The Birds and the Bees, in 0 top lists Check -
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Baby Doll
1956, in 6 top lists Check -
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Billy Jack
1971, in 2 top lists Check -
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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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Used Cars
1980, in 1 top list Check -
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Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Omen
1976, in 7 top lists Check -
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Grease
1978, in 12 top lists Check -
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Pretty Baby
1978, in 2 top lists Check -
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Sweet Ride
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hanover Street
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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Ice Castles
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Joanna
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
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Riso amaro
1949 — a.k.a. Bitter Rice, in 5 top lists Check
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