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Statistics About The Most Disturbing Banned Movies

Banned movies with disturbing themes have faced censorship due to their graphic content, challenging societal norms and sparking debates on artistic expression.

Last Updated: May 27, 2024

Written & Summarized by: Jannik Lindner

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""The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994)" was banned in Singapore due to excessive violence."

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""A Clockwork Orange (1971)" was withdrawn from release in the UK by its own director, Stanley Kubrick, and remained so until after his death in 1999."

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""Cannibal Holocaust" (1980) was banned in Australia for its extreme graphic content and real animal slaughter."

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"The horror film "The Exorcist" was banned in the UK until 1990."

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""Last Tango In Paris" was banned in Italy for over a decade due to its explicit sexual content."

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""Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom" was banned in New Zealand in 1993 and remained so until 2001."

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""Nekromantik," released in 1987, is still banned in Iceland, Norway, Malaysia, Singapore, Nova Scotia in Canada due to its explicit content."

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"Serbia permanently banned the film "A Serbian Film" upon its release in 2010 due to explicit violence and scenes of child rape."

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"The horror movie "I Spit On Your Grave" was banned in Ireland upon its release in 1978 due to scenes of torture and rape."

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"The horror classic "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was banned in Germany until the release of the restored version in 2011."

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"The film "Henry, Portait of a Serial Killer" was initially banned in the UK for its intense violent content, until it was released unrated in 2003."

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""Natural Born Killers," released in 1994, was banned in Ireland due to its brutal depiction of violence."

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""Men Behind The Sun" was banned in Australia because of its excessive depictions of human torture."

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""Faces of Death" (1978) was banned in New Zealand, Norway, Australia, Finland, and the United Kingdom for its graphic content."

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"The French horror movie "Martyrs" was banned in countries like France and Germany upon its release in 2008 due to intense violence."

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"The controversial movie "The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence" was initially rejected by the British Board of Film Classification and effectively banned in the UK."