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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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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L'âge d'or
1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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Scarface
1932, in 16 top lists Check -
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Ekstase
1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check -
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Child Bride
1938, in 1 top list Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Outlaw
1943, in 2 top lists Check -
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L'amore
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
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Baby Doll
1956, in 6 top lists Check -
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Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
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Victim
1961, in 7 top lists Check -
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Viridiana
1961, in 24 top lists Check -
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Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 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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Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
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Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
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Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
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Carnal Knowledge
1971, in 3 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Last Picture Show
1971, in 21 top lists Check -
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971, in 12 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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Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check -
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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Message
1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check -
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Une vraie jeune fille
1976 — a.k.a. A Real Young Girl, in 1 top list Check -
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The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
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Pretty Baby
1978, in 2 top lists Check -
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Caligola
1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check -
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Cruising
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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Heaven's Gate
1980, in 8 top lists Check -
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Je vous salue, Marie
1985 — a.k.a. Hail Mary, in 3 top lists Check -
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Year of the Dragon
1985, in 4 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Last Temptation of Christ
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
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Hei tai yang 731
1988 — a.k.a. Man Behind the Sun, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989, in 10 top lists Check -
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Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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Henry & June
1990, in 1 top list Check -
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JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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Boxing Helena
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bandit Queen
1994, in 5 top lists Check -
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Natural Born Killers
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
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Kids
1995, in 5 top lists Check -
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Crash
1996, in 9 top lists Check
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