Entertainment Weekly's "25 Most Controversial Movies Ever"

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From the June 16, 2006 issue. The 25 films are described as "Outrageous. Deplorable. Challenging. And even deeply rewarding….We focused on films that remind us that movies are a social experience, and that they have the power to shake, rattle, and roil the world."

It’s not a bad list, but it seems unlikely "The Da Vinci Code" and "United 93" will be considered that controversial 10 years from now. Missing from the list: "South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut," "Priest," and "Monty Python’s Life of Brian," among others.

  1. 1.
    The Passion of the Christ (Widescreen Edition)
    by Mel Gibson
  2. 2.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick
  3. 3.
    Fahrenheit 9/11

  4. 4.
    Deep Throat

  5. 5.
    JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Barbara Kopple
  7. 7.
    The Birth of a Nation
    by D.W. Griffith
  8. 8.
    Natural Born Killers
    by Oliver Stone
  9. 9.
    Last Tango in Paris
    by Bernardo Bertolucci
  10. 10.
    Baby Doll
    by Elia Kazan
  11. 11.
    The Message (30th Anniversary Edition)
    by Moustapha Akkad
  12. 12.
    The Deer Hunter
    by Michael Cimino
  13. 13.
  14. 14.
    The Warriors (The Ultimate Director's Cut)
    by Walter Hill
  15. 15.
    Triumph of the Will (Special Edition)
    by Leni Riefenstahl
  16. 16.
    United 93
    by Paul Greengrass
  17. 17.
    Freaks

  18. 18.
    I Am Curious (Yellow) - Criterion Collection
    by Vilgot Sjöman
  19. 19.
    Basic Instinct
    by Paul Verhoeven
  20. 20.
    Cannibal Holocaust Deluxe Edition
    by Ruggero Deodato
  21. 21.
    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn
  22. 22.
    Do the Right Thing: The (The Criterion Collection)
    by Spike Lee
  23. 23.
    Kids
    by Larry Clark
  25. 25.
    Aladdin (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
    by John Musker
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Created by Mark Kaiserman on Jun 09, 2006.
 

Comments

ClotildeB

yup. — 2 years ago

I was also surprised not to see Salo…

Jan 30, 03:18AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Katykat44

Untitled — 2 years ago

I was expecting to see Salo on here

Nov 30, 12:44AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

britishwisejake

Untitled — 3 years ago

I think this list is OK, besides the fact that Aladdin is featured and South Park is not.

Aug 20, 03:32PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

MestnyiGeroi

At first I thought this a terrible list, but the more I look — 5 years ago

at it, the more I realize that I was distracted by one or two poor choices, and on the whole this is a pretty good list. There are only two problems:

1. The order is all wrong.

2. The Da Vinci Code, United 93, I am Curious — Yellow, and especially Aladdin are all poor choices.

But the other 21 are good selections on the whole, even if Kids is a little too obscure to be considered widely controversial. The same might be said of Cannibal Holocaust.

Life of Brian and Pretty Baby come to mind for starters. Also better choices than the four mentioned above:

Viridiana

Straw Dogs

The Wild Bunch

Bandit Queen

Fire

Lolita

The Last Picture Show

Peeping Tom

The Outlaw

The Kiss (the original Edison film)

Pink Flamingos

Brokeback Mountain

Cruising

Carnal Knowledge

Citizen Kane

Peeping Tom

Dirty Harry

The Exorcist

Some have mentioned South Park, but any reaction to that movie was more a sort of faux controversy, to my mind.

Dec 01, 09:19PM | 2 comments | Reply to this

Loi13

??? — 6 years ago

Alladin was there because apparently, in the original song they described Agrabah as a place where “if they don’t like your face they cut off your ear”. This angered Arabians so that line was later dubbed by something else.

I was also shocked that “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut” didn’t make the list. This could be just me but I think “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut” was just a mite more controversial then Alladin.

Jun 27, 03:04AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

Perlle

Umm... — 6 years ago

Why Aladdin?

Jun 19, 07:23PM | 2 comments | Reply to this



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