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. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 60 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  5. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 89 -1

    Stigmata

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 64 -1

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 75 -1

    Henry & June

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  17. 80 -1

    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 59 -

    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  23. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 66 -1

    Year of the Dragon

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  35. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 68 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
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