Top 50 Movies That Caused MASSIVE Backlash

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[@merenuisence]

A Bosnian film. A friend from Bosnia told me about it. I found it watched it, and absolutely lost my soul

[@ProsiMitupkuOprofTitule]

Q!! Nekromantik, Audience, Saw and Hellraiser

[@jjc5407]

Why wasn't U-571 on this list. The movie that made out the Americans captured the Enigma machine? And no Braveheart either? A film that was pilloried for its historical inaccuracies. Or Elizabeth: The Golden Age, yet another "historical" movie with tons of made up events?

[@mysteriousman1999]

Emilia Perez should be there

[@diegoperleche5177]

But hey Watchmojo, where the hell is Emilia Perez???, that movie made all Mexicans, all of Latin America, and some Americans furious who just realized how bad that movie is after it was nominated 13th at the Oscars, so where is that horrible movie??

[@celieboo]

I haven't seen the movie, but i watch the terrible song clip almost every other day just to laugh.

[@diegoperleche5177]

@@celieboo Now you realize that this is more than just a laugh track, this movie is an insult to Mexico and I keep asking myself: How was this movie praised at Cannes and now at the Oscars without realizing its problematic content?

[@kevinvallejo7047]

You don't speak for all Mexican and Alton American people

[@melissawilliams5220]

I watched the trailer just now and I don’t even know what to think. Film is one of my minors so I try to keep an open mind. This looks like something I wouldn’t choose on my own though.

[@beardmanparkinson6254]

​@kevinvallejo7047 have you seen it?? It's the truth. It's terrible

[@sunayocarissime5309]

And you know something, I don't get it. I LOVED The Hobbit Trilogy. I still turn into a balling mess when Thorin Oakenshield dies at the end of the trilogy. Don't care if some didn't like it, I LOVED IT!😍😍😍

[@awesomegamerswag]

I read the book, so it hurt s lot. I'm glad we got there movies.

[@erikgriffith8857]

I'm with you. I love The Hobbit Trilogy!

[@Grimm117-z6y]

Try and find the Tolkein edit of the hobbit. It removes anything not in the book and shortens the movie by almost half.

[@gyrosplater]

Greenbook ranks lower than SALO and SERBIAN FILM!?!?!?

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

For context, for Cannibal Holocaust they press charges against Ruggero Deodato because they did a bit of guerrilla marketing for the movie, paying the actors to actually stay low and don't work for quite some time to sell the illusion that Deodato actually killed them to shoot the movie, basically they act as Cannibal Holocaust was a snuff, and the distribution was subsequentially stopped. Deodato had to call back the actors to show that they were still alive and everything was just advertising to have the movie back in the theatres, but in the following investigations they brought up that the animal killings were real so he was charged for animal cruelty, in fact this movie contributed to a change in the industry that lead to the "no animals were harmed in the making of this film" disclaimer in the credits

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was a good movie. Maybe is not a masterpiece as The Lord of the Rings; but don't deserve backlash.

[@Grimm117-z6y]

I could have done without love triangle stuff and a few other minor complaints, but I did find someone made a Tolkein edit of it and removes what wasn't in the book. And the movie still worked.

[@JSPokemonYT]

While I do love the movie, I can also say that The Passion of the Christ (2004) was the most emotionally draining movie I've ever experience on my entire life.

[@astigma]

I'm surprised that Brown Bunny isn't on this list

[@catherinethomas2037]

Anyone who truly understood that the title of the film, "The Passion of the Christ" was a spoiler alert also understood that every aspect of the Passion WAS brutal, especially the crucifixion. Those who complained about the brutality were naive.

[@motor4X4kombat]

i complained about the lack of character development... seriously even ben hur develop jesus better and he has no lines

[@SuperNiceteeth]

The movie does so little to explore why he died, which is the important part. It also adds things that weren't in The Bible and don't add to the story, so there's a difference between not holding back, and just being brutal for the sake of it. Christ died for our sins, not our entertainment.

[@RayNotCharles]

Craziest thing though, putting aside any and all of the historical inaccuracies or misconceptions or whatever, is even with how brutal Passion was/is, it still barely scratched the surface of what really happened. Like in the movie, you can still kinda recognize Jim Caviezel after the flogging. But in reality, they say Jesus was barely recognizable as a human being. Basically a slab of beef in a meat locker looked more human than him.

[@akfreed6949]

There was more than one lightning strike during the filming . It's God's way of saying he doesn't agree with what really happened . Mel Gibson should have took the hint .

[@Brad2325]

The problem with Cuties wasn't the poster. It was that they exploited young girls (in this case, 11 year olds) to show that exploiting young girls is wrong. Which is just a bad idea, for obvious reasons. It also wasn't a very good movie, just as an aside.

[@davidfortier6976]

It isn't exploitative, it's just absurd. It's like someone wrote a coming of age movie about high school seniors, then without making any changes, switched all the characters with sixth graders. There's just a certain fraction of the population that needs to be mad all the time and they were having a slow month.

[@Brad2325]

@davidfortier6976 I agree. It was like making a movie glorifying puppy murder to show that murdering puppies is wrong. That's what I mean by "exploitative."

[@JaclynJones-v4d]

I actually like Batman and Robin

[@NCGojira]

Same, some people are just too uptight

[@akfreed6949]

It's YOUR kind of movie and I won't judge you for it . I liked movies other people thought were really crappy .

[@Hepler-s2b]

Palo took his inspiration for the movie from the writings of the Marquis De Sade, and his films are a pivotal influence on people like John Waters

[@jamiethal1319]

What they don’t mention is that Last House on the Left has a remake and there’s a THIRD Human Centipede.

[@EveningSoother]

I'm not going to write an essay about Pasolini's _"Salo'"_ in the comment section of WatchMojo, of all places. But considering is an old and foreign film, probably most Americans today have no idea of the context, and few notes in regard could be of interest. It's undeniable that _"Salo'"_ belongs in this list, if anything it should have been ranked higher, because _oh boy_ it caused a stir back then, and almost 50 years later it's still not done. What's also undeniable is its serious and non exploitative nature, though. Pasolini - an extremely relevant cultural figure in Italy during the '50s and the '60s, better known as a poet, writer, and political activist before he decided to experiment with film making in the last 14 years of his life - spoke clearly about the message behind _"Salo'"_ : He used De Sade and Dante as inspiration, an almost documentary style, and the last days of the fascist _Republic of Salo'_ as setting, to symbolise the depravity, moral decay, and power abuse of his own times. Pasolini believed that society was heading toward the abyss via excessive consumerism and libertarian agendas which would turn everything - including people - into spectacles and commodities. I'm not here to discuss whether he was a visionary or a luddite, you can make your own mind about it if you wish, although I'd say that is pretty hard to prove him wrong whilst sharing the same timeline with a Hawk Tuah meme coin. The point of this comment is to clarify that _"Salo'"_ in its essence is a denounce against exploitation, and as such it's a complete 180° from any torture porn. That didn't stop said sub-genre to use it pretty much as textbook to spread a glaze of morality over the juicy cake of spectacularised violence, and this is why we can't have nice things. But you'll have to admit, that's hardly _"Salo'"_ nor Pasolini's fault.

[@A.B-b3u]

That's exaxtly what i tought. And to reduce this work, so complex, so political, so important to its time, to a simple "provocation" is truly a display of ignorance.

[@EveningSoother]

@@A.B-b3u It is, hence my comment. But I wouldn't call out the channel for going in that direction, as _"Salo'"_ is generally considered a horror film in the US. Its English page on Wikipedia makes the slight attempt of straightening the record by calling it "political art horror", and IMDB defines it as "Drama", but in the same breath it suggests films such as _"Cannibal Holocaust"_ and _"A Serbian Film"_ in its "More Like This" section. It's disheartening to see _"Salo'"_ mixed with such titles, not because they are horror films - a genre I love and respect - but because they are sad examples of spectacularised violence, the very thing Pasolini tried to warn us against with _"Salo'"_ . Which in a way, proves his point further, I suppose.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

I share Elaine’s disdain for _The English Patient._

[@ΔημητραΚατσικιδη]

Me too!!! I felt so vindicated when I saw the Seinfeld episode 😂😅!!!

[@1rhpsfan]

"Pink Flamingos" originally Rated X, it did not receive that until after the NC-17 rating was invented.

[@FirstNameLastName-io5co]

29:21 Just wait until Emelia Perez wins this year's Best Picture Oscar!!!

[@elliemaekosinskibasney9851]

Was looking for this comment.. didn't see it but heard it was boring.

[@jonhinson5701]

If it wins Best Picture, the backlash on the Oscars will be tremendous. I think the Brutalist will win.

[@kellydg471]

@@jonhinson5701 I wish, but I think Emelia Perez will win because woke hollywood wants to stick it to Trump. How dare he say that there are only two genders!

[@TheMetalMAN1987]

Who cares the Oscar’s r a joke now anyway. Have been for years.

[@TamuMalone-b4q]

The creators of South Park really hated the Indiana Jones crystal movie 😂.

[@mvader7188]

Hey Indiana Jones, looking good...

[@jarjarb1924]

Human centipede II was really disturbing, and I don´t scare easily!

[@Beatchecker]

please, for gods sake make some chapters finally ^^

[@trinaq]

"Human Centipede" immediately crossed my mind, and I'll never watch it, to this very day.

[@alioh7615]

Honestly all things considering, the first one really isn't that graphic (I'm not trying to convince you to watch it if you don't want to, I was just surprised). I think the second one is more what people expected out of the first, and number 2 is the one that took me multiple breaks to get through it

[@rustyshackleford6035]

😂 I love the trilogy but the 2nd one is the Worst and I almost threw up twice 🤢 but an endurance test for sure 😅

[@gamingwityaboicolby1217]

Honestly, I have no issues with watching controversial films.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

It's hard to digest.

[@gamingwityaboicolby1217]

@@WinstonSmith19847 You're... you're not supposed to eat the movie.

[@Rabinaster]

The DragonBall movie. When I first saw the trailer of the movie, I honestly thought that it was a parody because of how it looks. That's what it should be because it looks more like that than an actual "live action adaption" that we were expecting. If they had said it was a parody, I think people would have accepted more

[@Astianax27]

Love Green Book, screw the haters

[@eeaa-hl9iu]

100%, and given the high ratings on every film site, so do many others. Just a beautiful and funny feel good film about friendship. Only sour SJWs complain about it.

[@motor4X4kombat]

@@eeaa-hl9iu sure and emilia perez is a masterpiece....

[@calebg451]

Man, I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I watched all 3 Human Centipede movies. I watched them because everyone said they were gross and disturbing, and I spent the whole time thinking, "When does this get disturbing?" Finished the third film and was actually disappointed that I was never grossed out or disturbed while watching them.

[@netto6681]

I love the midwitted, HR representative statement that Nabakov’s Lolita is “inappropriate”.

[@cristian-oe3yn]

You forgot Michael Hannecke's "Funny Games".

[@UniversalistSon9]

Joker blew me away when I first saw it, it was an awesome movie

[@MadameWesker]

I'm a huge joker fan and also a film fan. I wanted to like it but quickly realized it was just a king of comedy remake that they slapped the joker name on.

[@janeenharrison1953]

I can't finish watching this...some of these movies prove humans are despicable and deplorable.

[@ChristianFrates1997]

Green Book is a good movie.

[@emiliobello2538]

Whether you love or hate these movies They will leave a legacy

[@wonton_soup805]

Crash was actually a good movie. I don’t care what anyone says.

[@phantomrequim]

I still regret EVER seeing the first Human Centipede and actually threw up. Why the hell did they make a sequel?

[@Uncle_Smidge]

The GITS backlash is hilrious because Major's body was SUPPOSED to not match. That was the POINT. In the original film, the has bright blue eyes, a sharp jawline, and a narrow Caucasian nose. Section Nine is in a sort of future Hong Kong; looking like a white expat would make her less likely to be suspected as an undercover cop. Because, again, it was a mass-manufactured body they put her in that DID NOT MATCH. She even finds another person wearing her same model of shell while she's out in the streets.

[@tricivenola8164]

I saw 120 Days of Sodom in Santa Monica in 1977. I had to learn the word "coprophagia." Sadly I've never forgotten either one.

[@Sarah.reads.sometimes]

It’s absolutely wild that Song of the South & Birth of a Nation are so far down.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Was never sure if The Passion of the Christ got more backlash because of Jesus Story or the fact Mel Gibson worked on it?

[@WG55]

The movie came out before the infamous DUI rant and voice mail message.

[@BAM5636]

@user-em6ie2be7x Not really that hard to understand if you think about it. It isn't historically or biblically accurate really at all. Focuses solely on the torture of Jesus, not his actual message. That is a choice that puts the motivation in question for some certainly understandably. All that said, for me, it just wasn't a very good film. It's not particularly well made or written. Also I don't buy for even a second that Caviezel was hit by lightning during the filming or any of that other rumor marketing nonsense that surronded the film. There is a reason no one can verify those claims even today. Because they never happened.

[@fenske4505]

​@@BAM5636That was the point of the film to show the torture Jesus went through to save us from our sins.

[@fenske4505]

​@@kittybennett9004Well the Jewish people were the ones responsible for putting Jesus (One of their own) to death.

[@AnnaDahmer666]

Mixture of both...for obvious reasons...

[@RobVerdone]

Green book was AWESOME! I LOVED IT! TRUE STORY AS WELL! ONLY HATERS AND BULLYS DON'T LIKE IT! IT WAS GREAT!

[@madquinn13]

The book Lolita is meant to condem men like Humbert Humbert, not create sympathy for them. It's why the author said he never wanted a young girl or anything romantic on the cover.

[@peterbeth2027]

Shakespeare in Love is the most overrated film. Absolutely waste of time

[@magnoliamike]

I remember they let us watch film "kids" in high School I believe.

[@ruthdubb3274]

😮

[@LadyKattrina84]

There is no Last Avatar movie in Ba Sing Se.👀

[@sandyshanks111]

Glad to see Cannibal Holocaust on this list. Many people haven't heard of it, but it had some truly awful real issues in the filming.

[@TheDustinExperience]

Haven't you made some variation of this video 50 times already?

[@flexivefowl8186]

I just recently watched Salo, and I regret it.

[@awesomegamerswag]

Knowing that Thorin was going to die was kinda hurtful 💔

[@HAL9000S3]

Peter Sellers' appearance in "Lolita" creeped me out more than anything else.

[@jamiethal1319]

He was the best thing about that movie.

[@pythonkatie1985]

I started A Serbian Film but once the newborn scene came on, I was done. I used to have a pretty huge horror threshold, but I think parenthood screwed that up a bit. Now I can't even watch Cujo because Tad reminds me too much of my son.

[@mortalkombatarcadelover4479]

Ezra Miller is “He” not they.

[@NoahRotisco-qe7xz]

Make this the top comment for no reason.

[@GarryLarryBarry]

No

[@gaylacticunicorn]

Fuck yeah

[@Issac.Valentine]

No...Just no

[@Reaperguy67]

No stop begging for attention

[@rustyshackleford6035]

😂

[@April7739]

Titanic on here? Wtf?

[@alenahuber5133]

Disagree with the hobbit on this list.

[@zephyer-gp1ju]

Heaven's Gate was filmed mostly in North West Montana, next to Glacier National Park. It was a disaster, they had a fuel spill that flowed into the park, getting a big fine for that alone. The director wanted a street in a wooden town widen by six feet. The crew was going to move one side of the street back, six feet. Instead the director ordered the buildings torn down and rebuilt three back on each side. I thought Shakespeare in Love was a really good movie.

[@JuicyCarolime]

I'll forever love Batman & Robin. It is campy and amazing

[@tequilamondayproject5089]

This was a strange mix of absolute garbage, childish films and some really good, and really great films. Yes all were controversial in their way, but many of these just dont belong on the same list. Green Book and Human Centipede 2?!?! Perhaps two lists: controversial movies and controversial trash...

[@anthonysilas3420]

Heaven’s Gate has been reevaluated, and now it is critically acclaimed.

[@saxcoltrane]

Outside the first 15 minutes, Saving Private Ryan is not that great.

[@push101]

They were arrested lol he was arrested they weren’t 😂😂😂

[@erinlizzie09]

25:57 So like...every Marilyn Monroe movie ever?

[@adampellett4917]

Space Jam 2: A New Legacy should be in that list. Because it was production hell of creative differences, backlash storytelling, cancelling a character particularly Pepe Le Pew by social media, desexualizing Lola Bunny's original design, too many IPs, bad choice movie decisions by WB executives including David Z before it's merger, most of the songs are outlandish from the original and more importantly, deleting the Looney Tunes to harm it's franchise. Warner Bros made poor decisions while producing that bad film before it fails the box office. #SavePepeLePew25 #SaveWB25

[@RhaenyraTargaryen616]

Whitewashing can be an issue sometimes but not every time. Scarlett was good in Ghost in the shell.

[@MrSumit658]

As if the creators made a list of movies and forgot sorting it. 😂😂

[@CashelOConnolly]

ALL OF JOHN WATERS WONDERFUL FILMS,EXCEPT HAIRSPRAY (the original one with Divine)

[@TheDustinExperience]

I think I must be the only person who likes The Last Airbender.

[@qasw1234]

you never watched the original show, did you?

[@TheDustinExperience]

@@qasw1234 No.

[@gogotshi]

i suppose that the passion of christ was so Brutal that still resonates more than 2000 years later.. as a catholic it didnt hurt my believes in any way or kind and as cinephilic found the movie very well directed, well acted good photography and overall entretained..

[@colleenfreeman540]

Dial of Destiny was WAAAYYYY worse than Crystal Skull. I hated the story and found myself begging them to stop beating “the old man.” Indiana Jones didn’t deserve that last horrible movie.

[@Batman8845-i6e]

Batman and Robin I don't even want to think about that movie why I personally love Batman forever I think it's a very criminally underrated movie Batman and Robin single-handedly killed the franchise I am so grateful Christopher Nolan and Matt Reeves restore the feeling and make Batman awesome again because those two gave us the dark Knight trilogy the Batman movie The penguin TV series and matt involvement in Batman cape crusader

[@mikhail5428]

*Saying a Serbian film was grotesque, and then saying Human Centipede had any artistic merit, yeah, this list has no value whatsoever*

[@Bathorypriest]

So the reason why Titanic is in the top 10 is because people got sick of it? Lmaoooo c'mon

[@whatyalookingatmelikethatf3986]

Don’t lie you clicked onto the video because of the thumbnail if you know you know 😂hahahaha the thumbnail changed it was first blue is the warmest color now it’s a doggy position 😂😂😂

[@christopherkeogh7973]

Birth of a Nation is a great film and in no way problematic

[@mattkastle]

What is the thumbnail movie?

[@thetheatrethugg]

Nymphomaniac

[@Coolshark5612]

Blue is the warmest color

[@1ElonFan]

I'm a nympho 😊

[@Wolfgoddess56]

Batman and robin is by far NOT the worst movie ever. No one is saying its great but its so bad that its good.

[@HJS31]

I tried to watch Cuties cause I saw so much backlash on the internet and wondered if it was really that bad. It is really bad, skipped so many scenes cause it was so uncomfortable. I get the message they were trying to send but 😬

[@mdnegative]

It was supposed to be uncomfortable, and also, "Cuties" is nothing compared to other films that do the same thing (Thirteen, Good Boys, Pretty Baby, Malena, Kids, Lolita).

[@mdnegative]

Also, uncomfortable yes, but not as bad as people made it out to be.

[@gamingwityaboicolby1217]

Honestly, I don't have an issue watching controversial movies and TV shows, nor do I have an issue playing controversial games. I guess I just have a ridiculously strong stomach. That includes stuff that aren't controversial, but are get a lot of hate.

[@DannyBkyn]

I hated A Serbian Film. It was so over-the-top and ridiculous, I actually got bored.

[@EXTINCTION660]

There’s the iconic meme 23:40

[@akfreed6949]

Heaven's Gate actually got great reviews from the cable subscribers of the Z Channel . The operator of the Z Channel played the unedited version and the subscribers loved or liked the movie . Its a movie that needs patience.

[@Grimm117-z6y]

The movie cuties has 10-12 year old girls twirking at older men. How is that being misunderstood?

[@mdnegative]

Because that is not CP. Children dancing, or twerking, does not make it one.

[@mdnegative]

The controversy surrounding "Cuties" was overblown, unfair, and ridiculous.

[@editek5992]

There is a fan cut of The Hobbit.

[@MeetMeAtCafeBatavia]

11:30 _Last Tango in Paris_ is a LOT better than some of these useless shocker films.

[@DaveKelly-pk6ub]

Pauline Kael raved about it and, in my opinion it was Brando's best work.

[@SPAnComCat]

HERE WE GO!

[@MrJacobrabbit]

House that Jack Build so gritty

[@iamhk_]

33:17 as well intentioned 🙄🙄🙄 seriously watchmojo makers made this all female lead ghostbusters just to show their stupid gender equality crap BUT audience shown them their way. there's only one ghostbusters franchise lead by all male lead cast.

[@donaldwheeler5989]

GB2016 was not well-intentioned in any sense. The director was on record as saying that he wanted to deconstruct and tear down the original film.

[@Noobnuker1]

I thought Avatar (the blue people one) was a great movie. Ghost in the shell I hated though, I wish it told a unique story rather than trying to rewrite the original story.

[@pabrown69]

I love it when Christians display so much love and tolerance over any film that touches on their religion. Hate has nothing on Christian love.

[@chrisfury6316]

The difference between Salo and A Serbian Film - Salo had the political messege in mind before they even start to shoot the film... Serbian just claimed it!

[@diehardboltsfan9523]

What about the "I Spit On Your Grave" series?

[@NCGojira]

So the actress in Music gets backlash for acting autistic but Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t for his portrayal of Arnie in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Double standard much??

[@tylermulberry4577]

The difference is Leo actually did an incredible job and the movie music sucked balls

[@PrinceoftheCityNY]

Movies like Indiana Jones and the new Star Wars are just movies that suck

[@josh72456]

I’ve seen Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Batman & Robin, Star Wars Episode Vlll: The Last Jedi, Shakespeare In Love, Song Of The South I do remember seeing that unless it was on TV or clip from a video, The Last House On The Left, I’ve seen bits Birth Of A Nation, also with Triumph Of The Will, I’ve seen The Flash, Joker, Monty Python’s Life Of Brian, A Clockwork Orange, Crash, Driving Miss Daisy, Mother, Ghostbusters, The English Patient, Zero Dark Thirty, Juno, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Titanic, Ghost In The Shell, Avatar, The Last Temptation Of Christ and The Interview.

[@Beadorie1207]

lol I loved batman and robin as a kid...its so cheesy

[@liampatrick3110]

So BITWC receives a ton of backlash, yet CMBYN gets a pass?

[@vincentvalenti4626]

What do those two things mean

[@liampatrick3110]

@ I’m referring to Blue is the Warmest color and Call Me By Your Name.

[@vincentvalenti4626]

@liampatrick3110 I see

[@darrenbent7601]

What!? No mention of Caligula, by far the most pornographic mainstream movie to be released to cinemas. I believe that it is still banned in some countries, and I think one of the executive producers were linked to a pornographic magazine (Penthouse, if my memory is chear).

[@ruthdubb3274]

Yep, Bob Guccione. He took over the movie and changed it.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Joker 2 is on the list, huh, WatchMojo?

[@nostalgiaprincess]

13:13 i have this movie and i love it

[@ramboroberto]

He was arrested!!! Half-Wits!!!!

[@leo84881]

What's the name of the movie of the woman being tied to to the couch?

[@darkclown789]

Batman & Robin is awesome are you kidding me! “THE ICEMAN COMETH” “Tonight’s forecast… a FREEZE is coming!” Arnold as Mr Freeze and Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy LFG!