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. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 45 -

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  19. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  22. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 115 -1

    The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 113 -1

    Srpski film

    2010 — a.k.a. A Serbian Film, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  44. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 55 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  46. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
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    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 25, 2023 by Fergenaprido; source