The 50 most controversial movies ever list

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-50-most-controversial-movies-ever


I thought this was a very interesting list including #30. SCARFACE (1932) & #33. SALÒ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM (1975)

I always thought that the movie scarface was kind of weird being that he was too close to his sister(incest)

 

i thought thelma and louise would be on there because people thought it was like bashing men or something

 

hmm, i thought birth of a nation would be number one, also, devils should be higher one the list, because most of these films are now available in their complete unedited versions (where available) and the devils STILL isn't. good list, though.

 

Interesting article thanks for sharing

 

The 2002 film Irreversible would be on my list.

For it's content for certain but also the polarizing rape scene which garners substantial debate with those who've seen the film more than once.

 

Reading about how many of those films got banned made me angry. FUCK censorship. I am disheartened at the notion that artistic expression has to meet some goddamned bureaucratic standard so that certain people's closed minds won't be damaged and their delicate sensibilities won't be bruised.

If you don't like it don't fucking watch it. But don't infringe upon my right to see it. </rant>

 

The 1932 Scarface was about Al Capone. In the later Scarface I believe Tony was just over protective, but I dont think there was any incest going on other than his sister freaking out at the end and accusing him of wanting to fuck her.

 

Silence of the Lambs? Really??

Unbelievable.

 

There's not a lot on there that is particularly subversive, maybe Viridiana which was excellent. It seems they chose based on explicit scenes, violence and sex. That's not controversial anymore.

I can't believe any of Michael Haneke's films aren't there. Cache, Funny Games and Seventh Continent are damned disturbing.

Lots of films aren't particularly disturbing but give you a lot to think about. Mike Leigh's Bleak Moments is one. A recent film I thought was challenging to the extreme was Sleeping Beauty (2011), but it didn't have sex or killing so was ignored. Cohen's Bruno was pretty confronting for its ability to magnify our own hypocrisy on sexuality.

 

Hard Candy (2005)
Eating Raoul (1982)
Mandingo (1975) and the sequel Drum (1976)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Lolita (1962)
Caligula (1979)
Human Centipede (2009)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Cruising (1980)


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aye, HUGE protests from gay rights activists who argued that it implied a link between homosexuality/transvestisism and serial killings, at a time when there was widespread anti-gay sentiment in the US- gay bashings/hate crimes etc. This lead to the public "outing" of Jodie Foster by gay rights activists, who claimed that she was a traitor, pretending to be straight and making anti-homosexual propaganda.