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. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 45 -

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 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. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  23. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  32. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 13 -

    Song of the South

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  36. 64 -1

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  44. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  45. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  46. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 81 -1

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
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