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. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 37 -

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 68 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 116 -1

    The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  7. 115 -1

    The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 42 -

    Thriller - en grym film

    1973 — a.k.a. Thriller: A Cruel Picture, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 89 -1

    Stigmata

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 26 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  20. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 80 -1

    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 81 -1

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 85 -1

    Lolita

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  33. 60 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  48. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 9 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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