Filmsite.org's "Most Controversial Films Of All Time"

Add to my lists | Print this list
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.

Updated: 2012

Pages: 1 3

  1. 1.
    9 songs - Unrated Full Uncut Version
    by Michael Winterbottom
  2. 2.
    Aladdin (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
    by John Musker
  3. 3.
    All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal Cinema Classics)
    by Lewis Milestone
  4. 4.
    Antichrist (The Criterion Collection)
    by Lars von Trier
  5. 5.
    Baby Doll
    by Elia Kazan
  6. 6.
    Baise-Moi
    by Coralie
  7. 7.
    Bandit Queen
    by Shekhar Kapur
  8. 8.
    Basic Instinct
    by Paul Verhoeven
  9. 9.
    The Birth of a Nation
    by D.W. Griffith
  10. 10.
    Bloodsucking Freaks
    by Joel M. Reed
  11. 11.
    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)

  12. 12.
    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn
  13. 13.
    Boxing Helena
    by Jennifer Chambers Lynch
  14. 14.
    Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition)
    by Ang Lee
  15. 15.
    The Brown Bunny
    by Vincent Gallo
  17. 17.
    Cannibal Holocaust Deluxe Edition
    by Ruggero Deodato
  18. 18.
    Carnal Knowledge
    by Mike Nichols
  19. 19.
    Child Bride
    by Harry J Revier
  20. 20.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles
  21. 21.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick
  22. 22.
    The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
    by Peter Greenaway
  23. 23.
    Crash
    by David Cronenberg
  24. 24.
    The Crime of Padre Amaro

  25. 25.
    Cruising (Deluxe Edition)
    by William Friedkin
  26. 26.
  27. 27.
    Deep Throat

  28. 28.
    The Deer Hunter (Legacy Series)
    by Michael Cimino
  29. 29.
    The Devils
    by Ken Russell
  30. 30.
    Dirty Harry
    by Don Siegel
  31. 31.
    Do the Right Thing: The (The Criterion Collection)
    by Spike Lee
  32. 32.
    Dogma (Special Edition)

  33. 33.
    The Dreamers (Original Uncut NC-17 Version)
    by Bernardo Bertolucci
  34. 34.
    Ecstasy (Extase)
    by Gustav Machatý
  35. 35.
    Evil Dead (Special Edition)
    by Sam Raimi
  36. 36.
    The Exorcist
    by William Friedkin
  37. 37.
    Fahrenheit 9/11

  38. 38.
    Freaks

  39. 39.
    Hail Mary
    by Jean-Luc Godard
  40. 40.
    Hard Candy
    by David Slade
  41. 41.
    Heaven's Gate
    by Michael Cimino
  42. 42.
    Henry & June
    by Philip Kaufman
  44. 44.
    Hounddog
    by Deborah Kampmeier
  45. 45.
    The Human Centipede
    by Tom Six
  46. 46.
    I Am Curious (Yellow) - Criterion Collection
    by Vilgot Sjöman
  47. 47.
    Ilsa - She Wolf of the SS
    by Don Edmonds
  48. 48.
    In the Realm of the Senses (The Criterion Collection)
    by Nagisa Oshima
  49. 49.
    Irreversible
    by Gaspar Noé
  50. 50.
    I Spit On Your Grave (Millennium Edition)
    by Meir Zarchi

Pages: 1 3

This is a community list. You can contribute, edit, or help maintain it by adding it to your lists.
Created by Pelsie on Nov 02, 2006.
 

Comments

wmrandth

Updated the list — 5 years 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

Untitled — 6 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

Why are there 35 titles? — 6 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



or
Login with Facebook