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. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 61 -

    Cannibal ferox

    1981 — a.k.a. Cannibal Ferox, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 96 -1

    The Brown Bunny

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 23 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 70 -1

    Nekromantik

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 42 -

    Thriller - en grym film

    1973 — a.k.a. Thriller: A Cruel Picture, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 50 -

    Snuff

    1975 — a.k.a. American Cannibale, in 1 top list Check
  23. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 113 -1

    Srpski film

    2010 — a.k.a. A Serbian Film, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  27. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  29. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 72 -1

    Hei tai yang 731

    1988 — a.k.a. Man Behind the Sun, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 37 -

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  35. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 85 -1

    Lolita

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  37. 45 -

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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