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. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 9 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  5. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 68 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 26 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  26. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  33. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  37. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  46. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  49. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
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