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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  1. 1.
    Aladdin (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
    by John Musker

  2. 2.
    Baby Doll
    by Elia Kazan

  3. 3.
    Baise-Moi

  4. 4.
    Bandit Queen

  5. 5.
    Basic Instinct
    by Paul Verhoeven

  6. 6.
    The Birth of a Nation
    by D.W. Griffith

  7. 7.
    Bloodsucking Freaks
    by Joel M. Reed

  8. 8.
    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)

  9. 9.
    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn

  10. 10.
    Boxing Helena

  11. 11.
    Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition)
    by Ang Lee

  12. 12.
    The Brown Bunny
    by Vincent Gallo

  13. 14.
    Cannibal Holocaust
    by Ruggero Deodato

  14. 15.
    Carnal Knowledge
    by Mike Nichols

  15. 16.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles

  16. 17.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick

  17. 18.
    The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover [Region 2]
    by Peter Greenaway

  18. 19.
    Crash
    by David Cronenberg

  19. 20.
    The Crime of Padre Amaro

  20. 21.
    Cruising (Deluxe Edition)
    by William Friedkin

  21. 22.

  22. 23.
    Deep Throat

  23. 24.
    The Deer Hunter

  24. 25.
    The Devils
    by Ken Russell

  25. 26.
    Dirty Harry
    by Don Siegel

  26. 27.
    Do the Right Thing: The (The Criterion Collection)
    by Spike Lee

  27. 28.
    Dogma (Special Edition)

  28. 29.
    Ecstasy (Extase)
    by Gustav Machatý

  29. 30.
    Evil Dead (Special Edition)
    by Sam Raimi

  30. 31.
    The Exorcist
    by William Friedkin

  31. 32.
    Fahrenheit 9/11

  32. 33.
    Freaks

  33. 34.
    Hail Mary
    by Jean-Luc Godard

  34. 35.
    Heaven's Gate

  35. 37.
    I Am Curious (Yellow) - Criterion Collection
    by Vilgot Sjöman

  36. 38.
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    Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS

  37. 39.
    In the Realm of the Senses
    by Nagisa Ôshima

  38. 40.
    Irréversible Dvd Unrated Uncut [Region 2]
    by Gaspar Noe

  39. 41.
    I Spit On Your Grave
    by Meir Zarchi

  40. 43.
    Kids
    by Larry Clark

  41. 44.
    Kinsey

  42. 45.
    The Kiss (1896)
    by William Heise

  43. 46.
    The Last House on the Left
    by Wes Craven

  44. 47.
    The Last Picture Show
    by Peter Bogdanovich

  45. 48.
    Last Tango in Paris

  46. 50.
    Lolita

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Created by Pelsie on Nov 02, 2006.
 

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Updated the list — 4 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].


Untitled — 5 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…


Why are there 35 titles? — 5 years ago

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




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