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. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 85 -1

    Lolita

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  7. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  11. 95 -1

    The Magdalene Sisters

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  26. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  27. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 81 -1

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 23 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  39. 80 -1

    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 96 -1

    The Brown Bunny

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 55 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  43. 61 -

    Cannibal ferox

    1981 — a.k.a. Cannibal Ferox, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 10 -

    Child Bride

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  47. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 59 -

    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

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