Filmsite.org's Most Controversial Films Of All Time

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The following illustrated list in the next few web pages, in unranked alphabetical order, presents a solid collection of the most controversial films in cinematic history.

Note: Entertainment Weekly’s June 16, 2006 issue contained a listing of their top 25 "Most Controversial Movies of All-Time". That list is included here; however, this list is an expansion of the EW list.

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    Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
    by John Musker

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    Baby Doll
    by Elia Kazan

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    Baise-Moi
    by Virginie Despentes

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    Bandit Queen
    by Shekhar Kapur

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    Basic Instinct
    by Paul Verhoeven

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    The Birth of a Nation

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    Bloodsucking Freaks
    by Joel M. Reed

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    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)
    by David Lynch

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    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn

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    Boxing Helena
    by Jennifer Chambers Lynch

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    Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition)
    by Ang Lee

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    The Brown Bunny

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    Caligula (Unrated Version)
    by Tinto Brass

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    Cannibal Holocaust

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    Carnal Knowledge
    by Mike Nichols

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    Citizen Kane
    by Orson Welles

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    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick

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    The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
    by Peter Greenaway

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    Crash
    by David Cronenberg

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    The Crime of Padre Amaro
    by Carlos Carrera

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    Cruising
    by William Friedkin

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    Deep Throat

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    The Deer Hunter (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Michael Cimino

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    The Devils
    by Ken Russell

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    Dirty Harry

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    Dogma (Special Edition)

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    Ecstasy (Extase)
    by Gustav Machatý

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    Evil Dead (Special Edition)

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    The Exorcist
    by William Friedkin

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    Fahrenheit 9/11

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    Freaks
    by Tod Browning

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    Hail Mary
    by Jean-Luc Godard

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    Heaven's Gate
    by Michael Cimino

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    Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer (20th Anniversary)
    by John McNaughton

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    I Am Curious (Yellow) - Criterion Collection
    by Vilgot Sjöman

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    Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS

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    In the Realm of the Senses
    by Nagisa Oshima

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    Irréversible

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    I Spit On Your Grave (Millennium Edition)
    by Meir Zarchi

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    Kids
    by Larry Clark

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    Kinsey
    by Bill Condon

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    The Kiss (1896)
    by William Heise

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    The Last House on the Left
    by Wes Craven

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    The Last Picture Show

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    Last Tango in Paris
    by Bernardo Bertolucci

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    The Last Temptation of Christ - Criterion Collection
    by Martin Scorsese

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    Lolita
    by Stanley Kubrick

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Created by Pelsie on Nov 02, 2006.
 

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wmrandth
Seattle

Updated the list — 1 year ago

I updated the list from the filmsite.org site which has been updated recently to include some new titles. There were four: Dirty Harry, Lolita (Lynne’s version, now both are on it), Men Behind the Sun (aka Hei tai yang 731), and September Dawn [Edit: now out on DVD, Jan 08].

Nov 07, 11:59PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Pelsie
Zottegem

Untitled — 2 years ago

I just copied the intro from my list source. It says this list includes the top 25 of Entertainment Weekly’s “Top 25 of Most Controversial Films of All Time”, you can find this list here too. The list is not finished, I’m gonna finish it tomorrow.
Anyway, I forgot to mention my list source also, that’s http://www.filmsite.org/controversialfilms.html
I’m sorry, it’s my first list I make here, I’m still learning…

Nov 03, 11:06AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

Greg
Columbus

Why are there 35 titles? — 2 years ago

In the description you say it’s the top 25…has someone been adding non-list entries?

Nov 03, 05:39AM | 1 comment | Reply to this