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. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 23 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 60 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 64 -1

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  8. 22 -

    Mondo cane

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 19 -

    Victim

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 80 -1

    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 89 -1

    Stigmata

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 96 -1

    The Brown Bunny

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 52 -

    Faces of Death

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 36 -

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 44 -

    Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 26 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 95 -1

    The Magdalene Sisters

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  43. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 68 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
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