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. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 85 -1

    Lolita

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  3. 64 -1

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 66 -1

    Year of the Dragon

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  6. 96 -1

    The Brown Bunny

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 68 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 113 -1

    Srpski film

    2010 — a.k.a. A Serbian Film, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  23. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
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