Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "controversial"

1. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

R | 144 min | Action, Drama, History

During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale, David Denman

Votes: 160,911 | Gross: $52.85M

2. Last Tango in Paris (1972)

NC-17 | 129 min | Drama, Romance

A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti

Votes: 58,379 | Gross: $36.14M

3. The Idol (2023)

TV-MA | 276 min | Drama, Music

Jocelyn is desperate to reclaim her rightful title as the greatest and sexiest pop diva in America after a nervous breakdown disrupted her most recent tour after Tedros, a notorious nightclub entrepreneur, reignites her passions.

Stars: The Weeknd, Lily-Rose Depp, Suzanna Son, Troye Sivan

Votes: 111,222

4. American Assassin (2017)

R | 111 min | Action, Thriller

After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.

Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch

Votes: 91,007 | Gross: $36.25M

5. The Da Vinci Code (2006)

PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller

A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen

Votes: 458,994 | Gross: $217.54M

6. Team America: World Police (2004)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy

Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Elle Russ, Kristen Miller

Votes: 178,633 | Gross: $32.79M

7. Pink Flamingos (1972)

NC-17 | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Director: John Waters | Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole

Votes: 27,916 | Gross: $0.18M

8. Swiss Army Man (2016)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Antonia Ribero

Votes: 133,650 | Gross: $4.21M

9. Rust (VI)

Western | Completed

A boy left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents' deaths in 1880s. Kansas goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he is sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher.

Director: Joel Souza | Stars: Travis Fimmel, Frances Fisher, Alec Baldwin, Jake Busey

10. Ghostwatch (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In a "live" broadcast on Halloween night, a BBC team investigate a reported poltergeist in an ordinary London home.

Director: Lesley Manning | Stars: Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith, Craig Charles

Votes: 6,035

11. Lust, Caution (2007)

NC-17 | 157 min | Drama, History, Romance

During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang

Votes: 45,542 | Gross: $4.60M

12. The East (2020)

TV-MA | 137 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.

Director: Jim Taihuttu | Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk

Votes: 6,806

13. Brass Eye (1997–2001)

TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy

Controversial spoof of current affairs television, and the role of celebrity in the UK.

Stars: Christopher Morris, Mark Heap, Kevin Eldon, Doon Mackichan

Votes: 11,560

14. Redo of Healer (2021)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Keyaru is a healing magician who is sexually abused repeatedly by others. Using his healing magic, he goes back four years into the past to get revenge on the ones who abused him.

Stars: Yuya Hozumi, Ayano Shibuya, Shizuka Ishigami, Natsuki Aikawa

Votes: 5,049

15. The Man-Eater (1999)

80 min | Comedy, Drama

Young woman looking for a self-expression in a variety of sexual relationships.

Director: Aurelio Grimaldi | Stars: Loredana Cannata, Arturo Paglia, Pascal Persiano, Loredana Solfizi

Votes: 756

16. Drawn Together (2004–2007)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

A parody of reality shows cast with spoofs of several famous types of animated characters.

Stars: Adam Carolla, Jess Harnell, Abbey McBride, Jack Plotnick

Votes: 21,542

17. Going Places (1974)

R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Christian Alers

Votes: 9,957 | Gross: $0.77M

18. Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)

Unrated | 123 min | Drama

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Susan Hampshire, Dick Gregory, Gualtiero Jacopetti

Votes: 1,754

19. Devil in the Flesh (1986)

X | 114 min | Drama, Romance

A sizzling, erotic thriller about a triangle between a teenage boy, an older woman an her fiance, an imprisoned terrorist, set in a world of intrigue, betrayal and erotic pleasure, from which may be no escape.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Federico Pitzalis, Anita Laurenzi, Alberto Di Stasio

Votes: 1,815 | Gross: $0.55M

20. The Infernal Machine (2022)

R | 111 min | Mystery, Thriller

A reclusive and controversial author is drawn out of hiding when he begins to receive endless letters from an obsessive fan. What ensues is a dangerous labyrinth as he searches for the person behind the cryptic messages.

Director: Andrew Hunt | Stars: Guy Pearce, Jeremy Davies, Eduardo Frazão, Jane Hammill

Votes: 3,836

21. Athena (2022)

R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

Director: Romain Gavras | Stars: Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek

Votes: 22,354

22. Impulse (2018–2019)

TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A young woman discovers she has the extraordinary power of teleportation.

Stars: Maddie Hasson, Sarah Desjardins, Enuka Okuma, Craig Arnold

Votes: 10,523

23. Ghoul (2018)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In a totalitarian near-future India, a mysterious prisoner is sent to a remote military interrogation center where he turns the tables on his captors by exposing their most shameful secrets and unleashing a demon from Arabic folklore.

Stars: Radhika Apte, Manav Kaul, Rohit Pathak, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee

Votes: 15,094

24. Mike (2022)

TV-MA | 25 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The wild, tragic, and controversial life and career behind one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture, heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

Stars: Trevante Rhodes, Russell Hornsby, Olunike Adeliyi, Kale Browne

Votes: 4,877

25. Wolf (II) (2021)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Young Jacob who suffers from zoanthropy believes he is a wolf and is committed to a mental asylum following an attack on his brother. There he meets and befriends the other patients and witnesses the brutal methods of treatment.

Director: Nathalie Biancheri | Stars: George MacKay, Stuart Graham, Helen Behan, Lily-Rose Depp

Votes: 12,653

26. The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy

The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera

Votes: 35,563

27. Blue Story (2019)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Musical

A gang war dooms the lifelong bond of south London friends in this acclaimed crime drama that features its writer-director as a rapping Greek chorus.

Director: Rapman | Stars: Micheal Ward, Richie Campbell, Rohan Nedd, Sean Sagar

Votes: 8,212

28. The Good Neighbor (2016)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A pair of mischievous high school kids create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting elderly neighbor while keeping his every reaction under surveillance. A series of coincidences leads to tragedy.

Director: Kasra Farahani | Stars: James Caan, Logan Miller, Keir Gilchrist, Laura Innes

Votes: 18,230

29. A Dog's Life (1962)

Approved | 108 min | Documentary, Horror

A "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence.

Directors: Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Rossano Brazzi, Yves Klein, Henning Skaarup

Votes: 4,410

30. Summer Palace (2006)

Unrated | 158 min | Drama, Romance

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.

Director: Ye Lou | Stars: Lei Hao, Xiaodong Guo, Xueyun Bai, Lin Cui

Votes: 4,318 | Gross: $0.06M

31. Dark of the Sun (1968)

Approved | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.

Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten, Jim Brown

Votes: 3,540

32. Sex Cowboys (2016)

73 min | Drama

Marla and Simone are madly in love and have a very passionate relationship. They are also struggling to get by and are unable to pay the rent. In desperation they decide to make porn videos.

Director: Adriano Giotti | Stars: Nataly Beck'S, Francesco Maccarinelli, Francesca Renzi, Federico Rosati

Votes: 216

33. Africa: Blood and Guts (1966)

R | 122 min | Documentary, Horror

The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.

Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Jomo Kenyatta, Julius Nyerere

Votes: 1,877

34. Shopping (1994)

R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama

You've run out of options, no school, no job. Steal a car, smash a shop with a heavy car and reap the proceeds! This movie is about underground England. The causes, the benefits, and the result of a life of 'crash and carry.'

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, Fraser James

Votes: 3,064

35. My Little Princess (2011)

105 min | Drama

When Hanah re-emerges in the life of her pre-pubescent daughter, she comes with a strange, yet attractive proposition: she needs her own girl to pose for her in ways that would later take by surprise the Parisian art world of the 1970s.

Director: Eva Ionesco | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Anamaria Vartolomei, Georgetta Leahu, Denis Lavant

Votes: 1,886

36. Piranhas (2019)

111 min | Crime, Drama

A gang of teenage boys stalks the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.

Director: Claudio Giovannesi | Stars: Francesco Di Napoli, Viviana Aprea, Mattia Piano Del Balzo, Ciro Vecchione

Votes: 5,306 | Gross: $0.02M

37. Il Divo (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci

Votes: 19,014 | Gross: $0.24M

38. Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.

Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Massimo Popolizio

Votes: 6,762 | Gross: $0.25M

39. Jesus of Montreal (1989)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard

Votes: 7,552 | Gross: $1.60M

40. King Charles III (2017 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Prince Charles' fictional accession to the throne following the Queen's death. When he refuses to sign a controversial bill into law, political chaos ensues: a constitutional crisis, street riots and a tank in front of Buckingham Palace.

Director: Rupert Goold | Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Oliver Chris, Richard Goulding, Charlotte Riley

Votes: 1,816

41. Marianne & Juliane (1981)

106 min | Drama

Two sisters both fight for women's rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live.

Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade

Votes: 2,625

42. Streamers (1983)

R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, War

Four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Viet Nam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when one soldier reveals he's gay.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier

Votes: 2,125

43. Australia Day (2017)

98 min | Drama

A trio of intertwined tales of racial prejudice, misunderstanding and revenge play out against the backdrop of Australia's national holiday.

Director: Kriv Stenders | Stars: Miah Madden, Elias Anton, Jenny Wu, Daniel Webber

Votes: 504

44. Prima Donnas (2019– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Married couple Jaime, the sole heir to the affluent Claveria Group of Companies, and Maita, having trouble starting their family, hire Lilian, daughter of their most-trusted house helper, ... See full summary »

Stars: Katrina Halili, Wendell Ramos, Chanda Romero, Jillian Ward

Votes: 104

45. Untold (2021– )
Episode: Malice at the Palace (2021)

TV-MA | 68 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A brawl broke out near the end of a game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons on November 19, 2004. Nearly 17 years later, we re-examine that night and all the consequences that came from it.

Director: Floyd Russ | Stars: Jermaine O'Neal, Stephen Jackson, Metta World Peace, Reggie Miller

Votes: 9,810

46. That Damn Michael Che (2021–2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

A theme or incident, such as police brutality, unemployment and romance and use sketches and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience this from a Black vantage point.

Stars: Michael Che, Godfrey, Reggie Conquest, Ellen Cleghorne

Votes: 1,505

47. Murder in a Blue World (1973)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A nurse tries to bring her own style of relief to miserable people, or ones condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery, and she may not be quite what she seems.

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Sue Lyon, Christopher Mitchum, Jean Sorel, Ramón Pons

Votes: 537

48. Mondo New York (1988)

Unrated | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

The dark-side tour includes performance artists, a cockfight, a slave auction, someone biting a chicken's head off.

Director: Harvey Keith | Stars: Joey Arias, Rick Aviles, Charlie Barnett, Joe Coleman

Votes: 244 | Gross: $0.19M

49. Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977)

122 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A meek middle-aged man finally takes justice into his own hands.

Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Vincenzo Crocitti, Renzo Carboni

Votes: 3,053

50. Angel of Evil (2010)

R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A biography of Milanese bank robber Renato Vallanzasca.

Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino, Moritz Bleibtreu

Votes: 3,439