Yes, it has happened in the past and is still happening in the present. Where some directors are competing over the action scenes to see who can reach new heights, and some are busy with covering subplots in a godly way, there are some directors whose sole purpose is to terrify their audience enough to leave the theater without completing the movie. In today's list, we'll be looking at those movies that were explicit enough that the board had to ban them from being seen.
1. The
Last Temptation of Christ (1988):
Plot: Judas (Harvey Keitel) persuades Jesus (Willem Dafoe), a lowly Judean carpenter who is starting to realize that he is the son of God, to take up arms against the Roman occupiers despite his objections that the way to salvation is through love rather than violence.
Banned Countries: Greece, South Africa, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Philippines, and Singapore.
2. A Clockwork Orange (1971):
Plot: Malcolm McDowell's character, Alex, and his "Droogs" spend their nights at the Korova Milkbar getting high before engaging in "a little of the old ultraviolence" while jokingly singing "Singin' in the Rain." After being imprisoned for fatally beating the Cat Lady, Alex agrees to undergo behavior modification therapy in order to be released; this causes him to develop a strong aversion to violence. Alex gets victimized by his previous victims as he returns to the world without any protection.
Banned Countries: Ireland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Canada, Brazil, Spain, and Malta.
3. The 120 Days of Sodom (1975):
Plot: Fascists kidnap nine teenage boys and girls and torture them for 120 days in various ways, including physically, mentally, and sexually.
Banned Countries: Australia, New Zealand, Iran, and several other countries.
4. The
Exorcist (1973) -
Plot: A young girl named Regan acts strangely after using a Ouija board. Chris, her mother, and an actress consult two priests, and they come to the conclusion that Regan is under the control of a demon.
Banned countries: UK banned it for a brief period of time.
5. Cannibal
Holocaust (1980) :
Plot: A professor discovers a lost film taken by a lost documentary crew whose objective was to research the local cannibalistic tribes during a rescue attempt into the Amazon rainforest.
Banned Countries: US, New Zealand, Australia, and several other countries (approx 40)
6. The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) :
Plot: Sally, Franklin and their three friends run out of gas while driving to their grandfather's house. One by one, they are tormented and killed by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his psychopathic family.
Banned Countries: Brazil, Chile, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and West Germany.
7. Irreversible
(2002):
Plot: A professor discovers a lost film taken by a lost documentary crew whose objective was to research the local cannibalistic tribes during a rescue attempt into the Amazon rainforest.
Banned Countries: In several nations around the world, it has been subject to censorship and limitations in varying degrees. Although it is difficult to pinpoint the precise number of places where the movie is prohibited, it is safe to state that "Irreversible" has been restricted or censored in a number of countries because of its sexual material and contentious status.
8. Caligula
(1979):
Plot: A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality, and his lunacy.
Banned Countries: UK, Italy, Singapore, New Zealand and several other countries included.
9. The
Interview (2014):
Plot: After Skylark and his crew celebrate producer Aaron Rapaport's 1,000th episode, Rapaport is upset by a producer peer, who criticizes the show as not being a real news program. He voices his concern to Skylark, urging change. Skylark agrees and later discovers that Kim Jong Un is a fan of their show, prompting Rapaport to arrange an interview for him.
Banned countries: It was banned in North Korea for showing heavy criticism of their reigning supreme leader. A hacker hijacked the release of the movie in America, and it went on to release in only about 300 theaters.
10. The
Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009):
Plot: During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon, who explains his mad scientific vision to his captives’ utter horror.
Banned Countries: UK, New Zealand, Malaysia, Australia, and Germany plus several others as well.
You now have access to a list of 10 films that authorities in numerous nations have deemed to be unacceptable. One of the films was prohibited only for criticizing the administration, while the majority of them were banned because they were so graphically violent. Leave a comment below if you are aware of any similar films that are not on the list but should be.
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