List of banned films
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For nearly the entire history of film production, certain films have been banned by film censorship or review organizations for political or moral reasons. Censorship standards vary widely by country, and can vary within an individual country over time due to political change or shifting moral attitudes.
Many countries have government-appointed or private commissions to censor and rate productions for film and television exhibition. While it is common for films to be edited to fall into certain rating classifications, this list includes only films that have been explicitly prohibited from public screening.
List
- Note that for some countries films are banned on a wide scale and are not listed in this table.
- Separate lists for some countries are listed below this table
Date | Title | Country | Notes |
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1945–1955, 1973–1974 | I'll Never Heil Again | Argentina | A short film made by The Three Stooges that parodied the Nazis and was banned by the governments of Juan Perón because Perón was a Nazi sympathizer. [citation needed] Ban lifted after Perón died on July 1, 1974. [citation needed] |
1985 | Je vous salue Marie (Hail Mary) | Argentina | Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, it was banned due to its blasphemous and sexual content.[1] |
2008 | Rambo | Burma | Banned for negative portrayals of Burmese soldiers.[2] |
1959 | Ben-Hur (1959) | China | Banned for containing "propaganda of superstitious beliefs, namely Christianity." (Never given permission to screen)[3] |
1993 | The Blue Kite | China | Chinese film that, in addition to being banned, was deemed so offensive that director Tian Zhuangzhuang received a 10-year ban from making films.[4] It won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Best Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival. |
1993 | Farewell My Concubine | China | Chinese film that won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or, was banned in a period due to homosexual themes and negative portrayal of communism.[5] |
2005 | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | China | Banned for its unflattering depictions of Chinese society (never given permission to screen)[6] |
2006 | The Departed | China | Banned for a line suggesting that the government intends to use nuclear weapons on Taiwan (a sensitive political issue – never given permission to screen)[7] |
2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | China | Banned because (according to Xinhua, the state news agency of the People's Republic of China) 10 minutes of footage containing Chow Yun-fat's portrayal of Singaporean pirate Sao Feng have been trimmed from versions of the film which may be shown in China. Chow is onscreen for 20 minutes in the uncensored theatrical release of the film. No official reason for the censorship was given, but unofficial sources within China have indicated that the character offered a negative and stereotypical portrayal of the Chinese people.[8] |
1972 | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Finland | Finnish Board of Film banned the showing of the film in Finland. In 1972 and 1974 Swedish television showed the film, resulting in the Swedish television mast on the Åland Islands being shut down during the movie because Finns were banned from seeing the film. Director of the Finnish Board of Film Jerker Eeriksson said that the banning of the film was political because it harmed the Finnish-Soviet relationship. Finnish television showed the film in 1996 on the TV1 YLE channel. |
1925 | Battleship Potemkin | France | Banned due to fears that it could inspire revolution.[9] |
1930 | L'Age d'Or | France | Banned in Paris by the police prefect "in the name of public order."[10] |
1953 | Les statues meurent aussi | France | Short film by Alain Resnais that was banned. Its theme was that Western civilization is responsible for the decline of African art. The film was seen at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953, but subsequently banned by the French censor.[11] |
1960 | Le Petit Soldat | France | Banned on political grounds; the ban was lifted in 1963 with re-editing.[12] |
1920-1945 | Different from the Others | Germany | Banned due to homosexual themes[13] Mostly destroyed by the Nazis, the film was later partially reconstructed.[14] |
1933−1945 | Battleship Potemkin | Germany | Banned due to fears it could inspire Marxism.[9][15] |
1936−1945 | The Bohemian Girl | Germany | This Laurel & Hardy film was banned in Nazi Germany, because the attitude of its depiction of gypsies "had no place" in the Third Reich.[16][17] |
1943-1949 | Titanic (1943) | Germany | This Nazi propaganda film about the sinking of the RMS Titanic was banned in Nazi Germany by Joseph Goebbels because some of the scenes could demoralise the audience. The Allied Control Council banned the film because of its Nazi propaganda. After the end of the occupation, the German Motion picture rating system classified it to age 12 or older and to age 6 or older with parental guidance. It was sometimes shown on German TV after the war and a censored, low quality VHS copy was released in 1992. |
1944-1945 | Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (Great Freedom No. 7) | Germany | This German musical drama film was banned because Joseph Goebbels complained that the Movie wasn't German enough. The film was shown in Berlin after the end of the war. |
2010 | Saw 3D | Germany | Tiergarten AG has noted that several scenes in the movie violate the violence act §131 StGB. Thereby the movie is banned in Germany. Private copies are still legal to own and personal use is not punishable; however any public show of the movie is highly prohibited and punishable act. There is a censored "Keine Jugendfreigabe/ No youth admitted" version, but it has all the violent scenes cut out. Retailing this copy is still legal, since "KJ" rated movies cannot be indexed/banned.[18] |
2011 | Valley of the Wolves: Palestine | Germany | Banned in Germany, because of FSK's initial concerns over the film's perceived anti-Israeli and anti-American overtones.[19] |
1974−2011 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | West Germany | Banned due to extreme level violence.[20] |
1985–1999 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | Iceland | Banned due to high level violence; a censored version was later released.[20] |
1992 | Cannibal Holocaust | Iceland | Banned due to very high impact violence and offensive depictions of both human and animal cruelty. Still banned.[20] |
1982 | The Year of Living Dangerously | Indonesia | An Australian film about Jakarta under Sukarno's rule in 1965. The ban was lifted in 1999.[21] |
1994 | Schindler's List | Indonesia | Film that is sympathetic to the Jewish cause[22][23] |
2007 | Long Road to Heaven | Indonesia | Indonesian film about the 2002 Bali bombings. It was banned on the island of Bali, as local politicians worried that the film might promote hatred and intolerance.[24] |
2009 | Balibo | Indonesia | Australian film based on the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists killed during the 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor[25] |
1943 | The Outlaw | Ireland | Banned due to sexual refences.[26] |
1945 | Mildred Pierce | Ireland | [26] |
1945 | Brief Encounter | Ireland | By Noël Coward. It was banned, as it was considered too permissive of adultery.[26] |
1946 | The Big Sleep | Ireland | Banned due to sexual references.[26] |
1950 | Outrage | Ireland | [26] |
1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Ireland | This film was banned due to its extreme depictions of violence and rape. Ban lifted in 2000.[20] |
1978, 2010 | I Spit on Your Grave | Ireland | This horror film was banned due to its scenes of graphic violence and lengthy depictions of gang rape. In 2010, the movie was realised uncut on DVD and Blu-ray and the ban was renewed by forbidding retailers to sell it.[27] |
1979 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | Ireland | This comedy film by the Monty Python comedy team was banned because it was considered blasphemous. Ban lifted in 1987[20] |
1983 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Ireland | This comedy film by the Monty Python comedy team was banned because it was considered blasphemous. Ban lifted in 1990[28] |
1972-1986 | Last Tango in Paris | Italy | Banned from 1972 to 1986.[20] |
1999 | Li chiamarono... briganti! | Italy | Suspended from the cinemas and, nowadays, it is not available on VHS and DVD. For some critics it was banned as being an uncomfortable side of the Italian unification.[29] |
1957 | The Girl in the Kremlin | Israel | Banned because it may have harmed Israel's diplomatic relations with Moscow[30] |
1957 | China Gate | Israel | Banned in Israel for indulging in excessive cruelty. The Israeli film censorship board indicated the film depicted Chinese and Russian soldiers as "monsters".[31] |
1965 | Goldfinger' | Israel | Played for six weeks before the Nazi past of Gert Fröbe, who played the title villain, was disclosed;[32] it was unbanned after a few months after a man went to the Israeli Embassy in Vienna and told staff that Fröbe hid him and his mother from the Nazis (which may have saved their lives).[33] |
1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Israel | Banned in a unanimous decision by the censorship board that Alec Guinness's Hitler was represented in too human a light.[34] |
1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Israel | Banned on the grounds that it could offend Christians.[35] |
2002 | Jenin, Jenin | Israel | Banned by the Israeli Film Ratings Board on the premise that it was libelous and might offend the public; the Supreme Court of Israel later overturned the decision.[36] |
2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Kuwait | [37] |
2007 | Persepolis | Lebanon | Initially banned in Lebanon after some clerics found it to be "offensive to Iran and Islam." The ban was later revoked after an outcry in Lebanese intellectual and political circles.[38] |
1998 | Barney's Great Adventure | Malaysia | Banned because the censors found it to be unacceptable for children to watch, without providing any further explanation. .[39] |
2001 | Zoolander | Malaysia | In this comedy film, the title character Derek Zoolander visits Malaysia which is shown as impoverished and dependent on sweatshops. For this reason, Malaysia's censorship board deemed it "definitely unsuitable".[40] |
1932 | Scram | The Netherlands | On its initial cinematic release in the Netherlands this Laurel & Hardy film was banned because the scene where the duo sat on a bed with a woman to whom they weren't married was "indecent". Today the film is not banned.[41] |
2010 | Maladolescenza | The Netherlands | On 25 March 2010 the Dutch court of Alkmaar has classified several scenes in the movie being child pornography,[42] which is illegal in the Netherlands. That means that possession, distribution and knowingly gaining access to the movie is not allowed.[43] |
1980, 2006 | Cannibal Holocaust | New Zealand | This horror film was banned due to its extremely violent content and actual on-screen killings of animals.[44] (also refused release in 2006) |
1981 | Mad Max | New Zealand | [45] (VHS release was later approved[46]) |
2004 | Puni Puni Poemy | New Zealand | This anime was banned on the grounds that it "tends to promote and support the exploitation of children and young persons for sexual purposes, and to a lesser extent, the use of sexual coercion to compel persons to submit to sexual conduct." [47] |
2005 | Bumfights: Cause for Concern | New Zealand | [48] Bumfights 2: Bumlife[49] |
2007-2008 | Hostel: Part II | New Zealand | [50] (excisions recommended but not initially made; later released on DVD in April 2008 with offending material cut) |
2005 | Vase de Noces | New Zealand | Banned outright due to "gross, revolting & abhorrent content" (Bestiality, Coprophilia & Animal Violence). Still banned. |
2010 | I Spit on Your Grave (2010) | New Zealand | A remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name. Banned due to violence [51] |
2011 | Megan Is Missing | New Zealand | [52] |
2012 | A Serbian Film | New Zealand | The most recent film banned in New Zealand. Banned outright on May 25, 2012, by the government due to "objectionable content" (Offensive depictions of sexual violence, pedophilia, extreme violence, necrophilia and/or other content that is offensive and abhorrent. |
2009 | District 9 | Nigeria | Banned due to accusations of being xenophobic and showing racism towards Nigerians.[53] |
2009 | 2012 | North Korea | Banned because the year 2012 coincides with Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday. The year had also been designated "the year for opening the grand gates to becoming a rising superpower."[54] Thus, a movie which depicts the year in a negative light is found to be offensive by the North Korean government. Several people in North Korea have reportedly been arrested for possessing or viewing pirated copies of the movie and charged with "grave provocation against the development of the state." [55] |
1964–1971 | 491 | Norway | Banned due to homosexual themes; a censored version was later released.[56] |
1974-1997 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | Norway | Banned due to high impact scary violence. Banned lifted in 1997 and re-released uncut with an 18 (Adults only) rating.[20] |
1979–1980 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | Norway | Banned due to jokes deemed offensive to religious people (ban later lifted).[20] |
1984-2005 | "Cannibal Holocaust" | Norway | Banned due to high impact explicit violence and offensive depictions of animal cruelty. Passed uncut after 2005 with an 18 (adults only) rating) |
1987 | Nekromantik | Norway | Banned outright by the Norwegian Media Authority due to outrageous, offensive & abhorrent content (Necrophilia, extreme violence, animal cruelty, and/or other material that is disgusting & abhorrent) |
2009 | Ichi The Killer | Norway | Banned due to high impact violence and cruelty. In January 2009, The Norwegian Media Authority classified the film as "Rejected" and banned the film outright in Norway after the government learned of an incident at the Stockholm Film Festival where two people both vomited and fainted while watching the film. The film remains strictly prohibited in Norway.[20] |
2011 | A Serbian Film | Norway | Banned due to violation of criminal law sections 204a and 382 which deal with the sexual representation of children and extreme violence. Still Banned.[20] |
2012 | Agent Vinod | Pakistan | The film was banned by the Central Board of Film Censors of Pakistan, for containing various controversial references to the Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence.[57] |
1977 | Hubad na Bayani | Philippines | [58] Depiction of human-rights abuses during the martial-law era |
1972-1974 | Last Tango in Paris | Portugal | Banned for its strong sexual content (unbanned in 1974).[20] |
2006 | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | Russia | Banned as "offensive"[59] (possibly because of Russia's close relationship with Kazakhstan). |
2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Samoa | Banned outright after church leaders watching a pre-release showing filed a complaint with film censors.[60] (see Censorship in Samoa for details) |
2009 | The Cell 2 | Samoa | Banned due to violent content.[60] (see Censorship in Samoa for details) |
2009 | Milk | Samoa | Originally, this film was banned without being given a reason.[60] Later, it was given a reason. It was deemed "inappropriate and contradictory to Christian beliefs and Samoan culture": "In the movie itself it is trying to promote the human rights of gays. Some of the scenes are very inappropriate in regard to some of the sex in the film itself, it's very contrary to the way of life here in Samoa."[61] (see Censorship in Samoa for details) |
2009 | National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year | Samoa | (see Censorship in Samoa for details) |
2007 | The Kingdom | Saudi Arabia | [62] |
1971-2011 | A Clockwork Orange | Singapore | Banned for over 30 years, before an attempt at release was made in 2006. However, the submission for a M18 rating was rejected, and the ban was not lifted.[20] The ban was later lifted, with film was shown uncut with an R21 rating on 28 October 2011, as part of the Perspectives Film Festival.[63] |
1973 | The Exorcist | Singapore | [20] |
1973 | Last Tango in Paris | Singapore | Banned for its strong sexual content.[20] |
1974-2004 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | Singapore | Prohibited from release on the island since the 1970s.[20] Passed uncut after 2004 with an M18 rating. |
1995 | A Night on the Water | Singapore | Banned for strong sexuality.[64] |
2001-2004 | Zoolander | Singapore | [65] Passed uncut after 2004 with an NC16 rating. |
2004 | Formula 17 | Singapore | Banned because it "portrayed homosexuality as normal, a natural progression of society."[66] |
????-2009 | Singapore Rebel | Singapore | Banned for being a political film, which is not allowed in Singapore. In 2009 the film was reviewed by the Political Films Consultative Committee (PFCC) and unbanned, with an M18 rating.[67] |
2007 | Zahari's 17 Years | Singapore | Banned because, according to the Government of Singapore, it is "against public interests".[68] |
2010 | Dr Lim Hock Siew | Singapore | Banned due to similar reasons for the film Zahari's 17 Years[69] |
2012 | Sex.Violence.FamilyValues | Singapore | Porn Masala, the second story in Ken Kwek's compendium of three short films, was deemed "racially offensive and demeaning to Indians" by the Board of Film Censors.[70] |
2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Solomon Islands | Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stated that the film "undermines the very roots of Christianity in Solomon Islands."[71] |
1971-1986 | Proverka na dorogakh | Soviet Union | Proverka na dorogakh released in 1986[72][unreliable source?] |
1971 | A Clockwork Orange | South Korea | Banned due to depictions of violence and gang rape.[20] |
1973 | Last Tango in Paris | South Korea | Banned for its strong sexual content.[20] |
1975–1981 | Ban Geum-ryeon | South Korea | The South Korean director Kim Ki-young's film banned for six years, was released with 40 minutes cut.[73] |
1979 | Apocalypse Now | South Korea | During President Park Chung-hee's regime, the importation of the film was on hold because of its anti-war theme.[74] |
1932 | Las Hurdes | Spain | [26] |
1961-1977 | Viridiana | Spain | Although the Film Institute of Spain approved the film's submission to the Cannes Film Festival, after the Catholic Church expressed its indignation, the head of the Film Institute was fired and the film was banned under head of state Francisco Franco for sixteen years.[75] |
2009 | Saw VI | Spain | Rated X and thus banned from regular, non-adult cinemas.[76][77] |
2010 | A Serbian Film | Spain | Banned due to extreme violence.[78] |
2006 | Aksharaya (Letter of Fire) | Sri Lanka | This film was banned for dealing with issues of incest, murder, and rape.[79] |
1974–2001 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | Sweden | Banned due to high gore violence and cruelty.[20] Banned later lifted. |
1983 | Hell of the living dead | Sweden | [80] Released uncut on DVD in the mid-2000s[81] |
1984–2005 | Tenebre | Sweden | High impact scary violence. Re-released in an uncut version in 2005.[82] |
1985 | Return of the living dead | Sweden | Although status remains unclear(?) the first two sequels have been been released on DVD.[83] |
1997 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation | Sweden | High impact scary violence and cruelty. Sony Pictures later released the film on DVD.[84][85] |
1999 | Anna and the King | Thailand | Banned because could be construed as disrespectful towards the King of Thailand.[86] |
2007 | All the Boys Love Mandy Lane | Thailand | This horror film was banned due to violence.[87] |
2007 | Halloween | Thailand | This remake of 1978 horror film of the same name was banned due to depictions of violence.[87] |
2008 | Frontier(s) | Thailand | This horror film was banned due to violence.[88] |
2008 | Funny Games | Thailand | [87] |
2009 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Thailand | Banned by the Ministry of Culture due to sexual content (characters showing how to make their own pornographic video; teens may try to mimic).[89] |
2010 | Saw VI | Thailand | This horror film was banned due to violence.[90] |
2005 | Hostel | Ukraine | Banned because of promoting eastern European countries as buyers for people who capture and torture people for money. Owning the movie in private is still legal.[91] |
2006 | Land of the Dead | Ukraine | The movie was banned due to high level violence and blood and gore. The movie also deceipts the suffering and the agony of people who were forced to eat human flesh in Kharkiv during the German attack there on 1943.[92] |
2007 | Hostel: Part II | Ukraine | Same reason as Hostel Part I. Also it is allowed to own it on private.[93] |
2009 | Brüno | Ukraine | Homosexual promoting themes and sex scenes.[94] |
2009 | Saw VI | Ukraine | The movie contains scenes of brutal gory violence and torture. In the context of "Saw" franchise this is the only part that is banned. Thereby it is illegal to sell it or distribute, since visa is not given.[95] |
2010 | My iz budushchego 2 (We Are from the Future 2) | Ukraine | [96] |
2010 | Lamhaa | United Arab Emirates | Banned because of its "objectionable content"; it did not receive a clearance certificate from the UAE Censors Board and was pulled from all UAE cinemas. This is the first Bollywood film to be banned in the UAE.[97] |
2001 | Green Dragon | Vietnam | (as of 2002)[98] |
2002 | We Were Soldiers | Vietnam | (as of 2002)[98] |
1995 | Xich lo (Cyclo) | Vietnam | [99] |
1952-1977 | Ciguli Miguli | Yugoslavia | Banned for its satire of socialist bureaucracy. Issued a license for public showing only in 1977.[100] |
1971-1987 | W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism | Yugoslavia | Banned in Yugoslavia for 16 years.[101] |
These films have also been banned in the following countries:
Austria
Burma
- 1970: Catch-22 [citation needed]
- 1983: Scarface [citation needed]
- 2005: Sin City [citation needed]
- 2006: United 93 [citation needed]
Bhutan
- 1979: Monty Python's Life of Brian for inappropriate religious content [citation needed]
- 1980: Cannibal Holocaust for animal cruelty [citation needed]
Cambodia
- 2005: Human or Ghost for excessive sexual content [citation needed]
- 2008: The Red Sense for its Khmer Rouge material [citation needed]
China
- 2006: Death Note, banned because people were making their own death notes and writing people's names down to imitate the show, which was deemed harmful, and was thought to incite anarchy and insubordination.[citation needed]
- 2009: Avatar: 2D versions were banned on January 23 because it was thought that its themes may lead audiences to think about forced removal, and may possibly incite violence. (The unedited DVD release is widely available in stores in China. Walmart stores in China use the films visuals to display television sets)
Denmark
- 1937: Ryska snuvan [citation needed]
- 1956: The Ten Commandments, due to its controversial religious nature [citation needed]
Finland
- 1930-1952: Battleship Potemkin [citation needed]
- 1933-1939: King Kong [citation needed]
- 1947-1949: The Big Sleep [citation needed]
- 1948: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [citation needed]
- 1940s: During World War II, Finland banned the films Mrs. Miniver and Johnny Eager in 1943. [citation needed]
- 1956-1959: Rififi, for an extended sequence detailing how to crack a safe. A 1959 re-cut was allowed. [citation needed]
- 1957: The Curse of Frankenstein [citation needed] and its sequels The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) [citation needed], The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) [citation needed], and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969). [citation needed]
- 1960: Peeping Tom [citation needed]
- 1964-1987: The Manchurian Candidate [citation needed]
- 1972: Dirty Harry for glamourizing police brutality. [citation needed]
- 1981: Cruising [citation needed]
- 1981: The Evil Dead [citation needed]
- 1984: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre[20]
- 1984-2001: Cannibal Holocaust [citation needed]
- 2011: A Serbian Film was banned because of high impact sexual violence and gore. Stores like Citymarket and Anttila decided to confiscate all copies of the film in order to avoid law issues.
France
- 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front briefly ran in theaters in Paris, before the film was pulled. The ban was lifted in 1963.
- Paths of Glory was never banned but was not distributed by United Artists, which feared reactions and boycotts from army supporters. The film saw its first French release in 1975, to public acclaim.[citation needed]
- 1966: The Battle of Algiers, banned for five years, due to the politically sensitive nature of a film that depicted the Algerian War. [citation needed]
Germany
- 1930–1931, 1933–1945: All Quiet on the Western Front, was banned in 1930 after protests but then re-admitted in a heavily censored version in 1931 after a long and emotional public debate. [102]. After 1933, it was banned by the Nazi regime for its anti-militaristic themes.[103]Erich Maria Remarque's novel was also banned as well, and was among the "anti-German" books burned in bonfires.[104]
- 1940–1945: The Great Dictator, was first shown in Germany as late as 1958. During WWII, it was once shown to German soldiers in 1942: In German-occupied Yugoslavia, local guerillas sneaked a copy from Greece into an army-cinema in an act of cultural sabotage. After half of the film had been shown, German officers stopped the screening and threatened to shoot the Yugoslavian projectionist. Apparently, the film was ordered by the Reich Chancellery, and Hitler watched it twice.[105]
- Ichi the Killer -Banned for very high impact violence and cruelty.Banned Uncut,but released heavily censored.
Greece
- 1984: Cannibal Holocaust [citation needed]
Hong Kong
- 1962: Lolita[citation needed]
- 1967: The Battle of Algiers[citation needed]
- 1980: The Coldest Winter in Peking[citation needed]
- 1981: If I Were for Real[citation needed]
Hungary
- 1948: Ének a búzamezőkről (Song of the Wheat Fields), for political reasons [citation needed]
- 1956: Keserű igazság (Bitter Truth) and Az eltüsszentett birodalom, both banned for political reasons [citation needed]
- 1957: A nagyrozsdási eset, for political reasons [citation needed]
- 1969: A tanú (The Witness), for political reasons [citation needed]
- 1974: Bástyasétány '74, for political reasons [citation needed]
- 1983: Álombrigád (Dream Brigade), for political reasons [citation needed]
Iceland
- 1984: Friday the 13th (1980), for high-impact violence and gore [citation needed]
- 1984: Cannibal Holocaust, for high-impact violence and animal cruelty[citation needed]
- 1986: To All a Good Night, due to high-impact violence [citation needed]
- 1987: Re-Animator, due to high-impact violence [citation needed]
- 1987: Amazonia, due to high-impact violence [citation needed]
- 1990: Halloween 5, due to high-impact violence [citation needed]
- 1996: Halloween 6, due to high-impact violence [citation needed]
Indonesia
- 1994: True Lies, for featuring Muslim terrorists[citation needed]
Iran
- 1956: The King and I [citation needed]
- 1968: Oliver! [citation needed]
- 1977: Saturday Night Fever [citation needed]
- 1980: Cannibal Holocaust, Cruising [citation needed]
- 1982: The Dark Crystal (ceremonial imagery) [citation needed]
- 1983: Scarface [citation needed]
- 1989: Glory [citation needed] (due to a scene where Ayatollah Khomeini is burning in hell; a cut version was later released)
- 1990: Henry & June [citation needed]
- 1993: Schindler's List [citation needed]
- 1994: The Naked Gun [citation needed]
- 1995: Showgirls [citation needed]
- 1997: Boogie Nights [citation needed], Liar Liar (shows that adultery is legal) [citation needed]
- 1999: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut [citation needed]; Three Kings [citation needed] and Anna and the King [citation needed]
- 2001: Zoolander (seen as supporting gay rights) [citation needed]
- 2002: Pinocchio [citation needed] and Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heavens Door [citation needed]
- 2003: Bruce Almighty [citation needed] and The Matrix Revolutions [citation needed]
- 2004: Fahrenheit 9/11 [citation needed], Catwoman [citation needed], and The Passion of the Christ [citation needed], Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle [citation needed], Marmoulak (shown for two weeks but stopped showing for various reasons) [citation needed]
- 2005: The 40-Year-Old Virgin [citation needed], Sin City [citation needed] and Brokeback Mountain [citation needed]
- 2006: The Da Vinci Code [citation needed], Alexander [citation needed], Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby [citation needed], Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan [citation needed], and Hostel [citation needed]
- 2007: The Kingdom [citation needed], 300[106] and Hostel Part II [citation needed]
- 2008: Meet the Spartans [citation needed], Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay [citation needed], You Don't Mess with the Zohan [citation needed]
- 2009: The Last House on the Left [citation needed]
Iraq
- 1999: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, for its depiction of Saddam Hussein as the homosexual lover of Satan. South Park is also unavailable on television.[citation needed]
- 2004: Fahrenheit 9/11, due to a scene where Saddam Hussein is burning in hell. [citation needed]
Ireland
- 1931: Monkey Business, banned because censors feared it would encourage anarchic tendencies. Ban lifted 2000[citation needed]
- 1967: Ulysses: based on the book by James Joyce; ban lifted September 2000[citation needed]
- 1968: Rocky Road to Dublin: documentary which, in part, questioned Irish censorship; ban lifted in 2003[citation needed]
- 1984: Cannibal Holocaust, ban lifted in 2006[citation needed]
- 1987: Personal Services[citation needed]
- 1989: Meet the Feebles, still banned, as of 2009[citation needed]
- 1991: Riki-Oh, ban lifted in 2000[citation needed]
- 1994: Natural Born Killers, ban lifted[citation needed]
- 1996: From Dusk till Dawn, ban lifted in 2000[citation needed]
- 1999: Romance, still banned[citation needed]
- 2000: Baise-moi, unbanned[citation needed]
Italy
- 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front, banned until the early 1980s.
Japan
- 1945: The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail - The Akira Kurosawa-directed film was temporarily banned by the SCAP because it portrayed feudalism in a positive light. [citation needed]
- 1955: Half Human - The Toho production directed by Ishirō Honda, was put under a self-imposed ban by Toho after it was feared that the film would be seen as a degrading portrayal of Japan's Ainu minority. The film was never released on laserdisc or DVD, even though there were several home video releases and to this day the only way to see it is through its heavily edited US version. [citation needed]
- 1958: Varan the Unbelievable, put under a self-imposed studio ban by Toho for similar reasons as Half Human's, but was finally released in the 1980s on VHS and laserdisc (with a few lines of reportedly racist dialogue removed from the film). [citation needed]
- 1969: Horrors of Malformed Men - The Teruo Ishii's exploitation flick was put under a studio ban by Toei, due to the film's offensive elements. With the film unavailable in any format in Japan, the only way to see it is through the occasional screening and the 2007 USA DVD release.[citation needed]
- 1974: Prophecies of Nostradamus - Toho placed another one of its films, an apocalyptic disaster film) under a ban, after a group of hibakusha (nuclear radiation survivors) saw the film and were offended by sequences showing a research party being attacked by radioactive cannibals and a pair of horribly deformed post-apocalyptic mutants fighting over a worm. After airing the film uncut on television in 1980, Toho withdrew the film from circulation entirely. It attempted to release the film on VHS in the late 1980s but was stopped due to protests. The only way to see the film is through the film's US version, The Last Days of Planet Earth, or through a grey market copy of the uncut version with the time code at the top of the screen. [citation needed]
Kuwait
- 1984: Cannibal Holocaust [citation needed]
- 1999: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut [citation needed]
- 1999: Three Kings [citation needed]
- 2005: The 40-Year-Old Virgin [citation needed]
- 2007: The Kingdom [citation needed]
Lebanon
Morocco
- 1984: Cannibal Holocaust [citation needed]
- 1995: Showgirls[citation needed]
- 2004: Team America: World Police [citation needed]
Norway
- 1977–2003: Suspiria - Unknown (ban lifted)[citation needed]
- 1980–2008: Friday the 13th - Banned due to high-impact violence and extreme cruelty/torture; a censored version was later released.[citation needed]
- 1984–2005: Cannibal Holocaust, due to high-impact violence and animal cruelty; a censored version was later released.[citation needed]
- 1990–2003: Robocop 2, Was banned due to high-impact violence. Ban later [citation needed]
- 1998: Kite Banned due to high-impact violence, cruelty and child pornography; a censored version was later released[citation needed]
- 2009: Ichi the Killer, Banned due to high-impact violence and cruelty.[citation needed]
- 2011: A Serbian Film, due to sexual representation of children and extreme violence.[citation needed]
Oman
- 1979: Monty Python's Life of Brian[citation needed]
- 2004: Saw[citation needed]
- 2006: Basic Instinct 2[citation needed]
Philippines
- 1984 Cannibal Holocaust, for extreme violence and animal cruelty.
- 1988: The Last Temptation of Christ[citation needed]
- 1994: Natural Born Killers, for extreme violence[citation needed]
- 2000: Toro/Live Show, for explicit sexual content[107]
Poland
- 1982–1989: Interrogation (Przesluchanie) [citation needed], a prison film depicting the corrupt interrogation tactics of the Stalinist regime in post-World War II Poland. The film has gained attention for being one of the most controversial (but important) Polish films ever made.
- 1982–1987: Blind Chance, like many of Krzysztof Kieślowski's films, was banned for politically sensitive themes. [citation needed]
- 1997: Witajcie w życiu (Welcome to the Life), a documentary film by Henryk Dederko about Amway in Poland, was banned after the Polish office of the Amway Corporation obtained an injunction against the film; they claimed it was libelous. [citation needed]
Portugal
- 1978: Catch-22, banned until 1974 for the scene showing Capt. Yossarian naked in a tree. [citation needed]
Saudi Arabia
- 1994: True Lies
Singapore
- 1979: Monty Python's Life of Brian, for "inappropriate" religious content, which led the film to be banned. [citation needed]
- 1980: Cannibal Holocaust, banned outright for its extreme violence. [citation needed]
- 1981: The Evil Dead, banned since its release in 1981; authorities disallowed it for "excessive graphic violence and gore". [citation needed]
- 1986: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, categorised as banned by the authority. No submission for re-rating was ever made. [citation needed]
- 1988: The Last Temptation of Christ, was never allowed to be screened or released in video formats to the public, for its controversial religious content.[citation needed]
- 1990: Begotten[citation needed]
- 1995: Lie Down with Dogs, banned for strong sexuality. [citation needed]
Singapore
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, shared the same fate with its banned television series. [citation needed]
- 2004: A Dirty Shame, banned for its crude humour and sexuality. [citation needed]
- 2005: Hostel, banned for extreme-impact violence, high-impact gore, cruelty and racism. [citation needed]
- 2006: Shortbus, banned for its explicit sexual content. [citation needed]
- 2006: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, banned for extreme nudity during the fight in the hotel scene. It was cut off[clarification needed] during its screening. [citation needed]
South Africa
- 1978: Up in Smoke, banned because the South African censor board feared it might inspire youth to take up marijuana smoking [citation needed]
- 1979: Monty Python's Life of Brian, banned because of offensive jokes about religion [citation needed]
- 1980: Cruising, banned because of homosexual themes [citation needed]
- 1984: Cannibal Holocaust, was seized by customs (specific year is unknown at this time). It was given an XX rating, which prevented it from being sold in the country. It is now rated 18 for a cut version (the uncut version is still banned). [citation needed]
- 1987: Cry Freedom, was seized by customs upon its initial release; film was later circulated after 1994 when Nelson Mandela was elected president.
- 1998: Henry & June[citation needed]
- 1991: Whore[citation needed]
- 1995: Showgirls[citation needed]
Soviet Union
- 1967: Komissar, re-released in the late 1980s, winning nine awards (including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival) [citation needed]
South Korea
- 1925-1992: The Battleship Potemkin[citation needed]
- 1973: Three Days of the Condor[citation needed]
- 1996: Scream[citation needed]
Spain
- 1939–1976: The Battleship Potemkin[citation needed]
- 1940-1976: The Great Dictator, banned for its portrayal of Fascism. [citation needed]
- 1957–1986: Paths of Glory, banned by General Francisco Franco's dictatorship for its anti-military message. It was released in 1986, 11 years after Franco's death. [citation needed]
- 1972: Last Tango in Paris[citation needed]
Sri Lanka
- 1984–2007: Cannibal Holocaust[citation needed]
- 1999: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the television show South Park is banned outright. [citation needed]
- 2006: The Da Vinci Code
Sweden
- 1922–1972: Nosferatu, banned due to high impact scary violence and cruelty. A censored version was later released.[citation needed]
- 1968: Django, banned due to high impact violence and cruelty.[citation needed]
- 1981–2005: Mad Max, banned due to high impact violence and cruelty.[citation needed]
- 1981: The Burning, banned due to high impact scary violence and cruelty for the VHS market
- 1984–1999: Cannibal Holocaust, banned for high impact violence and animal cruelty. A censored version has since been classified "15". However, bootleg copies for the uncut version are available and since the beginning of the 2000s it has been legal uncut in Sweden.[citation needed]
Thailand
- 1946: Anna and the King of Siam, for its Orientalist depiction of Thai culture. [citation needed]
- 1956: The King and I[citation needed]
- 1977: Tongpan, unbanned[citation needed]
Trinidad and Tobago
- 1956: The King and I[citation needed]
- 1980: The Gods Must Be Crazy[citation needed]
- 1983: Scarface[citation needed]
- 1999: Anna and the King[citation needed]
- 1999: Third World Cop[citation needed]
Tunisia
- 2007: 300
Turkey
- 1922–2006: Nosferatu, banned due to its portrayal of extreme blood and gore.[citation needed]
- 1972–2000: Pink Flamingos, banned for extreme nudity[citation needed]
- 1984: Cannibal Holocaust, banned due to the killing of animals.[citation needed]
United Arab Emirates
- 2008: You Don't Mess with the Zohan[citation needed]; Jewish/Mossad themes.
- 2009: Brüno[citation needed] Banned for its homosexual themes.
Vietnam
- 1986: Platoon
Yugoslavia
- 1970: Plastični Isus (Plastic Jesus), for its satire of society. It was shown on Belgrade television in 1990.
Other countries
- List of films banned in Australia
- List of films banned in Canada
- List of films banned in Chile
- List of films banned in India
- List of films banned in Malaysia
- List of films banned in the United Kingdom
- List of films banned in the United States
See also
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