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. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 25 -

    Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult

    1967 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Yellow), in 5 top lists Check
  8. 87 -1

    Romance

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 60 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 59 -

    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 70 -1

    Nekromantik

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 19 -

    Victim

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 66 -1

    Year of the Dragon

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  27. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 96 -1

    The Brown Bunny

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 45 -

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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