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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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
91 -1
Requiem for a Dream
2000, in 21 top lists Check -
98 -1
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
67 -1
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
103 -1
Brokeback Mountain
2005, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
74 -1
Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
82 -1
Natural Born Killers
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
117 -1
La vie d'Adèle
2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check -
93 -1
Irréversible
2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check -
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Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
97 -1
The Dreamers
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
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Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
76 -1
JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
104 -1
Hard Candy
2005, in 3 top lists Check -
112 -1
Antichrist
2009, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Last Picture Show
1971, in 21 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
102 -1
The Passion of the Christ
2004, in 4 top lists Check -
73 -1
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989, in 10 top lists Check -
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Viridiana
1961, in 24 top lists Check -
111 -1
Martyrs
2008, in 7 top lists Check -
108 -1
United 93
2006, in 5 top lists Check -
71 -1
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
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Scarface
1932, in 16 top lists Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
83 -1
Kids
1995, in 5 top lists Check -
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Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check -
84 -1
Crash
1996, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
68 -1
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986, in 7 top lists Check -
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L'âge d'or
1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check -
85 -1
Lolita
1997, in 1 top list Check -
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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
100 -1
Kinsey
2004, in 1 top list Check -
95 -1
The Magdalene Sisters
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
107 -1
Shortbus
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Message
1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check -
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Heaven's Gate
1980, in 8 top lists Check -
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Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
94 -1
Ken Park
2002, in 1 top list Check -
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Victim
1961, in 7 top lists Check -
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Baby Doll
1956, in 6 top lists Check -
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Cruising
1980, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 25, 2023 by Fergenaprido; source