The Da Vinci Code 2006 The Da Vinci Code is the movie that made everyone wonder if Leonardo da Vinci was hiding secrets in his art or just had a really good interior decorator let's just say his artwork wasn't exactly Church friendly the movie suggests that Mary magdaline and Jesus had a secret family leading to outrage from different religious groups who see Jesus as Untouched by sexual desires as that Playboy magazine in a monst Monastery it's as if someone decided to rewrite history using the I's artwork to create an intriguingly Blasphemous backstory about the foundations of
Christianity several countries with their very own standards of what's appropriate for public consumption looked at the film and realized that this film might be a little bit too controversial to ever see Heaven's Gate the film touched on themes that would make you question everything you ever knew about your religion in places like Saudi Arabia and Egypt where preserving religious sentiments is as important as keeping the desert sand out of your shoes the movie was ly thrown out the door the plot was a bit too spicy and controversial for other people's tastes it wasn't just about
the plot but also about how the film portrayed religious institutions which felt like an over-the-top Mexican soap opera with too much drama countries and religions were afraid of what people would think about Jesus the church and everything Christianity ever stood for so the most logical thing to do to a movie that can rock your faith is to hide it under a rock called censorship The Human Centipede 2009 someone may have cooked up this movie as their idea of what a horror film should be but instead of a scary movie it turned into an extreme test
of how resilient your stomach can be the human centipede was banned in numerous places because it made a lasting impression though not what you'd want on your dinner table it follows the story of a mad scientist who decides that the Pinnacle of human evolution is a creature with three people a literal Human Centipede he wanted to connect human bodies in a way that sounds like something you'd find in a Twisted game of connect the dots but instead of giving you nightmares about ghosts and Monsters the plot could make you throw up everything you have in
your system all the way back to last month's breakfast this Twisted doctor kidnapped three people and connected them from mouth to anus while basically turning their digestive tracts into one everything that the person at the front eats goes through the person connected to his butt until it finally passes through the third person it's basically the world's worst team building exercise a train game that went wrong countries and film boards didn't hesitate on Banning the movie because they didn't want their people's eyes burning from what they might call a traumatizing experience it's a train wreck of
taste and decency and you're one of the lucky ones if you haven't seen a single minute of this movie Cannibal Holocaust 1980 you might think dining out is a pleasant experience especially when it's exotic but Cannibal Holocaust changes that notion turning an exotic meal into a movie that makes you understand why its band the movie follows a group of filmmakers who went to the Amazon rainforest to film indigenous tribes no one heard from them for a while that's why a team of Rescuers were sent to go looking for them when they saw the crew's footage
they saw shocking acts of violence and cannibalism committed by the indigenous tribes a butcher's shop would look like a salad bar compared to this movie cannibal holocaust's reputation was solidified by its special effects as people wondered whether or not actual violence took place on set there were false rumors that the actors were hared for real fueling the idea that Cannibal Holocaust wasn't just a movie but a wild documentary of a blood soaked Adventure the film also features live animal deaths which makes it less of a midnight snack and more of a culinary nightmare its extreme
content made it a recipe for disaster forcing governments and film boards to decide that there are safer ways to get your horror thrill it was essentially banned in many places but if you get your hands on this film you might need a strong stomach to handle this Amazonian food trip Mouse 2008 if Tom and Jerry decided to cover world history and focus heavily on World War II and the Holocaust you get the movie Mouse a film based on a famous graphic novel and like its paper counterpart it got banned in different places worldwide because nothing
stirred up more emotions than the Holocaust Mouse has a unique portrayal of the Jewish genocide by the Nazis it's a heart-wrenching story depicted through humanlike animals where Jews are mice and Nazis are cats so you can imagine that turning this deeply moving work into a movie requires treading on delicate ground it's like trying to juggle chainsaws while blindfolded one wrong movie and you're dead but while some people love the way it tells the story of the Holocaust through a different method the movie face bands mainly due to its portrayal of sensitive content some people thought
the graphic nature of the Holocaust depicted through these creatures was a bit too intense for their liking imagine turning a Disney movie about animals into a film where the cute creatures die amidst the backdrop of a very Grim historical event there's a very big mismatch that can cause confusion and make kids think that it's a familyfriendly film only for them to see early on how horrible life can be through the lives of the mice in mouse Additionally the film faced resistance because of how it was perceived as altering the serious nature of the original work
in other words some felt it might make the holocaust's horrors seem less real it's like adding a dash of sugar to a spicy dish sometimes it can balance the intense heat but it can also Al ruin the flavor in this case some thought that the sugary cartoonish portrayal insulted the Holocaust forcing schools and countries to keep it away from their kids The Last Temptation Of Christ 1988 let's say that your favorite superhero such as Superman questions his life existence and often thinks about leaving heroism behind to live the regular life of the average dude permanently
in a nutshell that's the reason why the Last Temptation Of Christ got banned because it depicts the Messiah in the same way Martin scorsese's religious epic follows Jesus Christ in a bit of a what if story in this movie The Son of God is tempted by the allures of living a normal life including getting married having children paying off your ridiculous mortgage and working a tedious 9-to-5 job for him being an average Joe seems to be more interesting than the life of a god The Twist is that Jesus often deals with these Earthly Temptations while
still trying to save Humanity it becomes a constant struggle between settling down in a lovely farmhouse and returning to heaven after he's done cleaning up our messes scorsese's portrayal of Jesus wasn't exactly something to be happy about if you're on the more extreme side of the religious scale the church thought that it was blasphemy to portray the Messiah as a very human figure with very human needs and desires Christian groups protested outside movie theaters demanding to know why their beloved savior was shown debating the pros and cons of living a normal life it's like getting
upset because your superhero suddenly decided to nap instead of fighting the villain Pink Flamingos 1972 if you could think of a movie that probably tried to break as many taboos as possible then that would be pink flamingos this outrageous film gave the cinema world a huge face palm during the 1970s the film's plot follows Divine a drag queen who's on a quest to be the filthiest person alive think of it as a talent show where the only category is being the most indecent human while it's a critical success for pushing boundaries Pink Flamingos is Infamous
for its no Holds Barred approach to shock value it features scenes so outrageous they make a visit to the dentist look like a walk in the park you're looking at things like public defecation eating dog poof and a general vibe that says if you're not offended you're doing it wrong it's as if the film decided that normal was too boring and crafted a film that insists on breaking every rule in the book as a result it's been banned in various places not because it's poorly made but because it boldly challenges norms and decency it's less
about about being a bad film and more about being provocative ensuring that it's not everyone's cup of tea unless your tea is spiked with shock value and rebellious Spirit the dictator 2012 the moment you hear that the guy starring in this movie is the same dude who brought us controversial movies like Borat and Bruno you already know that it's going to ruffle some feathers internationally the dictator is a movie that took a straight punch to the gut of dictatorship and authoritarian leadership causing several countries to ban it from their theaters in this movie General Aladin
is a ruthless North African dictator who rules his country with an Iron Fist and a bad haircut when democracy threatens to Reign on his parade he's shipped off to New York to charm the UN instead he's double crossed and ousted from his dictatorship now as an exile in the US he's fumbling through democracy a concept totally foreign to him the dictator isn't shy about showing the outrageousness of dictatorship you'd see how the film takes a low blow using satire to poke fun at cultural stereotypes and everything that dictators do in short it insults the concept
of dictatorship and makes dictators look silly stupid and outrageous there was never anything subtle about its humor especially given how controversial some topics were for countries with democracies it's a funny movie but for a country with a long history of dictatorship it's an insult to their leaders and the way they run their Nations allowing this kind of film might have been like adding a gasoline tank to an open flame for many countries potentially causing a political explosion that's why it's banned in Arab countries that feel that the movie was meant to specifically insult them Monty
Python's Life of Brian 1979 it's more than 2,000 years ago and you're living your life normally until someone accidentally mistakes you for Jesus Christ this religious twist is turned into a series of hilarious events that would make you look at the Bible as a comedy book now you probably understand why Monty Python's Life of Brian got a bad side eye from religious groups the movie is about Brian Cohen a guy born on the same day as Jesus who gets mistaken as the savior because he was born in the house next door it's the Monty Python
crew's attempt to give a fresh twist to biblical stories much to The Rage of those who prefer their religious tales as solemn as possible it basically humorously handles sacred themes making Christian groups think that these guys were simply mocking their Savior and using Jesus's Tail as a way to make a few bucks out of a comedy flick it's like the movie's goal was to find every button of religious sensitivity and push it until it screamed and enough in the UK some local councils actually banned the film because they were worried it might spark more blasphemy
over in Ireland it was so controversial that the Irish film sensor thought it was like spitting in the Holy Grail in the US there wasn't a nationwide ban but local groups frequently targeted it feeling it poked fun at their faith in a way that didn't quite align with their idea of a good Christian story essentially you're going to feel that the movie pokes fun at religion in what was supposed to be a harmless way but it didn't sit well with people who wanted their IAL stories Untouched by comedy American Sniper 2014 if you have a
movie that's made by an American Stars an American and talks about an American fighting for good old American freedom in the Middle East it's bound to stir up some controversy in places that aren't too fond of the USA American Sniper follows the story of a Navy SEAL Sniper with a talent for making long-distance shots look like a game of darts it talks about the struggles he faces in the Middle East while shooting down terrorist insurgents and the issues he needs to address back home but the movie also Dives deep into the heart of the Middle
Eastern conflict if you're used to eating what the Western media serves you daily you'll find nothing wrong with this film and its plot but countries and people who were on the short end of the Stick of the conflicts involving the USA in the Middle East weren't happy about how the movie portrayed military actions and political issues the film presented a one-sided view of the conflicts Through The Eyes of a classic American Patriot it's like a comic book where the heroes can't do anything wrong while the villains like the Middle Eastern soldiers are evil down to
their very core this led to the film getting banned in several Middle Eastern countries meanwhile other countries who weren't offended by the movie's portrayal of the war still banned this film for other reasons they thought it might stir up local tensions between those with opposing views about the movie so while American Sniper was an international Blockbuster it was also a source of international popcorn fights involving countries that don't like how American this movie is The Gods Must Be Crazy 1980 you probably never knew that a movie could get many people laughing but also offend an
equal number of folks that's what you get in the Gods Must Be Crazy a hilarious gem that got banned for having a sense of humor that not everyone could get the story follows a member of a primitive and remote tribe who sees a coke bottle falling out of the sky after it gets thrown off an airplane having never seen such a thing before the locals thought it was a gift from the gods like sweet nectar falling out of the sky they started using it for everything including cooking and hammering until they soon realized it caused
more trouble than good their peaceful lives turned into envy and arguments as a soda bottle caused so much chaos this film intended its plot to humorously make fun of mainstream society and its obsession with soda and basically everything else that capitalism throws your way its portrayal of an indigenous culture was also supposed to be light-hearted but not everyone got the punchline sure you'd think it only used indigenous culture to make a point but some people thought it reinforced stereotypes rather than broke them they felt the movie was more of a cultural misunderstanding than a comedic
Masterpiece so instead of making millions more people laugh out loud with its simplistic but well-played joke The Gods Must Be Crazy got banned but not before it broke box office records worldwide it looks like the coke bottle caused quite a stir [Music]
