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. 23 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 19 -

    Victim

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 42 -

    Thriller - en grym film

    1973 — a.k.a. Thriller: A Cruel Picture, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 52 -

    Faces of Death

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 36 -

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 8 -

    Ekstase

    1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 14 -

    L'amore

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 81 -1

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 115 -1

    The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  22. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 37 -

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 22 -

    Mondo cane

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 9 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 92 -1

    El crimen del Padre Amaro

    2002 — a.k.a. The Crime of Padre Amaro, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 59 -

    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 12 -

    The Outlaw

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 55 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  48. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Kiss

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