List of banned films

This is a list of banned films.

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 or moral change.

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
1996-2001	Total film ban.	Afghanistan	All films were banned under the Taliban government during their five-year reign.[1][2][3][4]
1980-1990	Pas vdekjes (After Death)	Albania	Banned for ten years.[5]
1941	I'll Never Heil Again	Argentina	Banned under the regime of Juan Perón for lampooning Nazi Germany, who was an ally of him during World War Two.[6]
1963	The Silence	Argentina	Banned because of "obscenity".[7]
1972	Last Tango in Paris	Argentina	Banned for being "pornographic" [7]
1974	La Patagonia rebelde (Rebel Patagonia)	Argentina	Banned under the regime of Juan Perón and Jorge Rafael Videla. The film is about the suppression of a peasant's revolt.[7]
1976	The Great Dictator (1940)	Argentina	Banned under the regime of Jorge Rafael Videla for mocking dictatorships.[7]
1978	Las largas vacaciones del '36	Argentina	Banned under the regime of Jorge Rafael Videla for its sarcastic view of Francoist Spain.[7]
1978	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Argentina	Banned under the regime of Jorge Rafael Videla for being "pornographic" [7]
1978	Pretty Baby	Argentina	Banned under the regime of Jorge Rafael Videla for being "pornographic" [7]
1979	Coming Home	Argentina	Banned under the regime of Jorge Rafael Videla for its anti-war message.[7]
1979	The House on Garibaldi Street	Argentina	Banned under the regime of Jorge Rafael Videla because it depicts the hunt for Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann.[7]
1985	Je vous salue, Marie (Hail Mary)	Argentina	Banned due to blasphemous and sexual content.[8]
1987	The Last Temptation of Christ	Argentina	Banned because of blasphemic themes.[9]
1972	Pink Flamingos	Australia	Banned on its initial release until the 1980s.[10]
1975-1992	Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Australia	Banned on its initial release,[7] but lifted after seventeen years.[11]
1976-2000	In the Realm of the Senses	Australia	Banned because of obscenity, though a censored version was made available in 1977. Only in 2000 did it finally become available in its complete cut.[12][13]
1984	Cannibal Holocaust	Australia	Banned due to explicit violence and depictions of animal cruelty. Ban revoked with an 18 (adults only) rating.[14]
2011	The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)	Australia	Temporarily banned for disturbing and sexually explicit content. A censored DVD version was later released on February 23, 2012.[15][16][17][17][18][19][20]
2003	Ken Park	Australia	Banned and refused classification in 2003 for graphic depictions of teenage sex, incest and auto-erotic asphyxiation.[21]
2011	Hostage	Azerbaijan	Banned because the plot presents Armenians in a positive light.[22]
2007	The Kingdom	Bahrain	Banned because of an inaccurate depiction of a 1996 bombing in Saudi Arabia.[23]
2014	Noah	Bahrain	Banned because it depicted prophets.[24]
1976-1994	In the Realm of the Senses	Belgium	Banned on its initial release because of its graphic sex scenes, being the last film subject to censorship in the country.[25] Interestingly enough it was also the only European country at that time where the film was banned.[26][27] Since 1994 [28] the ban is no longer in effect.[29]
1974	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Brazil	Banned because of its violent and sadistic content.[30]
2011	A Serbian Film	Brazil	Banned due to it being an "apology for pedophilia".[31]
2007	The Simpsons Movie	Burma	Banned over the "juxtaposition of the colours yellow and red", which is seen as support for rebel groups.[32]
2008	Rambo	Burma	Banned for negative portrayals of Burmese soldiers.[33]
2014	Who Killed Chea Vichea?	Cambodia	Banned.[34]
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Cambodia	Banned from cinemas.
2015	50 Shades of Grey	Cambodia	Banned for “insane romance, a lot of sex, the use of violence while having sex” and for being “entirely related to sexual matters that are too extreme for Khmer society".[35][36]
2015	No Escape	Cambodia	Banned for its "negative portrayal of local culture".[37][38]
1972-1990	Last Tango in Paris	Chile	Banned under the regime of Augusto Pinochet on its initial release for obscenity.[10]
1972-1990	Missing	Chile	Banned under the regime of Augusto Pinochet for criticism of his regime and violent actions during his coup.[39]
1987	The Last Temptation of Christ	Chile	Banned under the regime of Augusto Pinochet for its blasphemic themes.[9]
1959	Ben-Hur (1959)	China	Banned under the regime of Mao Zedong for containing "propaganda of superstitious beliefs, namely Christianity." (Never given permission to screen)[40]
1982	Boat People	China	Banned in the Republic of China (Taiwan) because it was filmed on Hainan, an island in the People's Republic of China [41][42]
1984	Yellow Earth	China	Banned upon initial release.[43]
1985	Back to the Future	China	Banned for depicting time travel.[6]
1986	The Horse Thief	China	Banned upon initial release.[43]
1990	Ju Dou	China	Banned upon initial release, but lifted in 1992 [43][44] The Chinese government gave permission for its viewing in July 1992.[45]
1991	Life on a String (1991)	China	Banned upon initial release.[43]
1991-1994	Raise the Red Lantern (1991)	China	Banned upon initial release, released three years later.[43]
1993	The Blue Kite	China	Banned for being "offensive". It's director, Tian Zhuangzhuang, received a 10-year ban from making films.[46]
1993	Farewell My Concubine	China	Banned for a while due to its homosexual themes and negative portrayal of communism. After it gained acclaim in other countries and won the Palme d'Or in Cannes it was allowed screening in China too.[47]
1994	To Live	China	Banned due to its critical portrayal of various policies and campaigns of the Communist government. In addition, its director Zhang Yimou was banned from filmmaking for two years.[43][48][49]
1998	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	China	Banned.[43]
2000	Devils on the Doorstep	China	Banned.[43]
2005	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	China	Banned for its unflattering depictions of Chinese society (never given permission to screen)[50]
2006	The Da Vinci Code	China	Banned because of blasphemous content.[11]
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)[51]
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.[52]
2009	Shinjuku Incident	China	Banned for being "too violent" when director Derek Yee refused to edit this content down.[53]
2014	Noah	China	Banned for depicting the prophets.[11]
2016	Deadpool (2016)	China	Banned upon initial release due to graphic violence, nudity and strong language [43][54]
2014	The Interview (2014)	CIS country	The government of North Korea believes that the film, about the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, represents "dangerous filmmaking, which justifies and encourages terrorism," according to a statement made by the North Korean embassy in Russia.[55]
2015	Child 44 (2015)	CIS country	Banned since 15 April 2015, when the Russian film distributor Central Partnership announced that the film would be withdrawn from cinemas in Russia, although some media stated that screening of the film was blocked by the Russian Ministry of Culture.[56][57][58] The decision was made following the press screening the day before. The Ministry of Culture and the Central Partnership issued a joint press release stating that the screening of the film before the 70th anniversary of the Victory Day was unacceptable.[59] The Ministry of Culture claimed that it received several questions on the film's contents, primarily concerning "distortion of historical facts, peculiar treatment of events before, during and after the Great Patriotic War and images and characters of Soviet people of that era".[59] Russian minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky welcomed the decision, but stressed that it was made solely by the Central Partnership. However, in his personal statement Medinsky complained that the film depicts Russians as "physically and morally base sub-humans", and compared the depiction of Soviet Union in the film with J. R. R. Tolkien's Mordor, and wished that such films should be screened neither before the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, nor any other time.[60] However, he also stated that the film would be available in Russia on DVD and online.[61] As a result of the decision the film was also withdrawn from cinemas in Belarus,[62] Ukraine,[63] Kazakhstan,[64] and Kyrgyzstan, while release of the film has been postponed until October in Georgia.[65]
2015	L'Homme Qui Repare Les Femmes ("The Man Who Mends Women")	Congo	Banned without a reason given. The documentary is about Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege, whose hospital treats rape victims.[66]
1966	The Hand	Czechoslovakia	Banned under the Communist regime for depicting a restrictive environment, which was similar to living under the regime.[67]
1966	Daisies	Czechoslovakia	Banned under the Communist regime for "depicting the wanton".[68][69] The film's director, Věra Chytilová, was forbidden from working again until 1975.[69][70]
1966-1988	A Report on the Party and the Guests	Czechoslovakia	Banned under the Communist regime from 1966 to 1968 because the story is an allegory of totalitarian regimes. After a short release during the Prague Spring it was banned again for the next twenty years. In 1974 director Jan Němec was forced to leave the country.[71]
1967	The Firemen's Ball	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government in 1968 for its satire of the East European communist system.[71][72]
1968	Deserters and Pilgrims (also known as The Deserters and the Nomads)	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government.[71]
1969-1990	All My Compatriots (also known as All My Countrymen)	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government.[71] Its director, Vojtěch Jasný went into exile.
1969-1990	Birds, Orphans and Fools	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government for depicting three people orphaned by political violence and trying to mentally survive, despite not being free.[71]
1969-1989	Dull Sunday	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government for twenty years, with its director, Drahomíra Vihanová being banned from making new films until 1977.[71]
1969-1989	The Cremator	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government from 1969 until 1989 because this black comedy depicts a crematorium director who enjoys burning people and sides with the Nazis during the Holocaust. Apart from this theme the story can be interpreted for remaining true to individual morality, something that was a dangerous message.[73][74][75]
1969-1990	Larks on a String	Czechoslovakia	Banned under the Communist regime from 1969 until the fall of the regime in 1990.[76][77]
1969	Mourning Party (Smuteční slavnost)	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government.[71]
1969	The Seventh Day, The Eighth Night (Den sedmý, osmá noc)	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government.[71][78]
1970	Hlídac (Prison Guard)	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government.[71]
1970-1989	Ucho (The Ear)	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government until 1989, because the story depicts a couple who think they are under government surveillance.[71]
1970	Fruit of Paradise	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government for its shocking content. It's director, Vera Chytilová, was forbidden from making new films for eight years.[71][79]
1970	Witchhammer	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government.[71]
1971	Nahota (Naked)	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government.[71]
1972	Case for a Rookie Hangman	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government for its satirical depiction of Czech society, which meant the end of the director Pavel Juráček's career.[71][80]
1972	Leonardo's Diary	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Communist government for depicting life in Czechoslovakia in a critical light. Its director, Jan Svankmajer, was banned from working for five years. When the ban was lifted he was only allowed to make adaptations of literary works.[81]
1975	The Apple Game	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government. The director, Věra Chytilová, personally asked for more information at the censor board and heard that the Soviet embassy felt the subject matter was "too heavy-duty".[71]
1977-1990	Castle of Otranto	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Czech Communist government after its director, Jan Svankmajer, refused to change anything about the film. Government censors objected to its mockumentary tone, which could undermine peoples' faith in the TV news. Svankmajer himself was banned from making films for eight years.[82]
1982	Dimensions of Dialogue	Czechoslovakia	Banned because the Communist government censors didn't like its criticism of consumerism. The ban was more than likely also a result of its director, Jan Svankmajer, having been banned twice before in the past.[81]
1983 - 1996	Straka v hrsti (A Magpie in the Hand)	Czechoslovakia	Banned by the Communist government because the film was based on a script by Antonín Přidal, an author who was banned by the regime, and because it featured the subversive rock band Pražský výběr.[75]
1930	The Skeleton Dance	Denmark	Banned initially in 1930 because the censors deemed the film "too macabre".[83] Today the ban is no longer in effect.
1965-1990	Das Kaninchen bin iche (The Rabbit Is Me)	East Germany	Banned by the East-German Communist government for its criticism of everyday life in the country. While not directly referring to politics it still was perceived as dangerous criticism of the system.[84] Due to the film's infamy all banned films in the DDR where referred to as "rabbit films". The film remained banned until Germany was unified again in 1990.[85][86][87]
1965-1990	Denk bloss nicht, ich heule (Just Don't Think I'll Cry)	East Germany	Banned by the East-German Communist government for its criticism of the regime.[88]
1966-1989	Spur der Steine (Trace of Stones)	East Germany	Banned by the East-German Communist government.[89]
1968-1989	Die Russen kommen (The Russians Are Coming)	East Germany	Banned by the East-German Communist government because of its theme where a young Nazi lives in fear of the approaching Russian army. Even though the Russians are eventually portrayed in a sympathetic light the plot was too controversial, especially three years after the Prague Spring.[90]
1968	Funny Girl	Egypt	Banned because the Egyptian Muslim lead (Omar Sharif) is portrayed in a romantic storyline with Jewish actress Barbra Streisand. Streisand's political support for Israel at the height of military tensions between Egypt and Israel was also a factor. [91] [92]
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Egypt	Banned because of blasphemous content.[11]
2014	Sweetness of Spirit - Halawet Rooh	Egypt	Banned right after screening the film in cinemas, after criticism over scenes deemed sexually provocative. The movie was criticized for copying Giuseppe Tornatore’s movie Malena (2000) starring Italian actress Monica Bellucci.[93][94]
1930-1952	Battleship Potemkin	Finland	Banned out of fear of inciting a Communist revolution.[6][95]
1943-1945	Mrs. Miniver	Finland	Banned during World War II [96]
1943-1950	Johnny Eager	Finland	Banned during World War II and finally released on March 31, 1950.[97]
1955-1959	Rififi	Finland	Banned for its depiction of cracking security safes. The government feared it might inspire copycat crimes. The ban was lifted after five years.[9]
1960-1981	Peeping Tom	Finland	Banned for 21 years.[9]
1962-1986	One, Two, Three	Finland	Banned for 24 years due to its political satire, which could offend their ally and neighbouring country, the Soviet Union. (Finland had a policy of Finlandization).[98][99]
1963	Dr. Strangelove	Finland	Banned due to its political satire, which could offend their ally and neighbouring country, the Soviet Union.[99]
1972	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich	Finland	Banned by the Finnish Board of Film. 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.[100][101]
1974	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Finland	Banned because of graphic violence.[102]
1984	Cannibal Holocaust	Finland	Banned due to explicit violence and depictions of animal cruelty.[14]
1980	Cruising	Finland	Banned on its initial release.[10]
1925−1953	Battleship Potemkin	France	Banned due to fears that it could inspire revolution.[103]
1930	L'Age d'Or	France	Banned in Paris by the police prefect "in the name of public order."[104]
1933-1946	Zéro de Conduite	France	Banned because of a plot where pupils take over a repressive school. The ban remained in effect under Nazi occupation for the same reason.[105][106]
1943	Le Corbeau	France	Banned from 1945 until 1947, because the film was produced under the Nazi regime with financial support too. It was also seen as a negative portrayal of French people and accused of harboring sympathies for the Vichy regime. After two years, however, the ban was lifted again.[9][107]
1950-1990	Afrique 50	France	Banned for criticizing the French colonial rule. Its director, René Vautier, was condemned to one year's prison.[108][109]
1953	Les statues meurent aussi (Statues Also Die)	France	Banned because it suggested 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.[7][110]
1954	Avant le déluge	France	Banned due to it controversial criminal content.[111]
1955-1957	Bel-Ami	France	Banned on its initial release. Released after two years in a censored version.[109][112]
1954-1981	Carmen Jones	France	Banned due to a technicality in copyright laws on order of the estate of composer George Bizet (on whose opera Carmen the film was based).[113][114][115]
1955-1980	Le Rendez-vous des quais	France	Banned for representing dockers who refused to dispatch military supplies for use in the Indochina War.[109][116]
1957-1970	Paths of Glory	France	Banned in France for two decades because of its critical depiction of the French army during World War I.[117]
1960	Le Petit Soldat	France	Banned on political grounds; the ban was lifted in 1963 with re-editing.[7][118]
1961	Tu ne tueras point	France	Banned for two years because it depicts a soldier during World War II who has conscious objections.[7][119]
1965-1971	The Battle of Algiers	France	Banned for six years because of its pro-Algerian and anti-colonial message.[7]
1965-1971	Det kære legetøj	France	Banned for advocating pornography.[120]
1974	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	France	Banned for its violent and sadistic content.[30]
1977	Camp de Thiaroye	France	Banned for criticizing the colonial system.[121]
2000	Baise-Moi	France	Banned from French cinema screens in 2000 after being given an X-rating.[122][123] Eventually, in August 2001, it was reclassified from age bracket 16 to 18.[124]
2016	Antichrist	France	Banned on February 3, 2016 over sexual and violent content, despite being allowed on its initial release in 2009. The ban was a result of the Catholic traditionalist pressure group Promouvoir who wanted the 16 rating to be reclassified to prevent minors from seeing it. A French court ruled in their favor. As a new certificate is being decided the film is now banned from all cinemas, TV broadcast and video release.[125]
1920−1945	Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others)	Germany	Banned due to homosexual themes. During the 1920s it was restricted for viewing to doctors and medical researchers only. After Hitler came to power in 1933 it was banned again and mostly destroyed by the Nazis.[126] The film was later partially reconstructed.[127]
1929	The Barnyard Battle (1929)	Germany	Banned initially because the cats in this Mickey Mouse cartoon wear helmets that resemble German pickelhaube.[83][128] Today the ban is no longer in effect.
1930-1931 and again from 1933-1945	All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)	Germany	Banned in 1930 after protests but then re-admitted in a heavily censored version in 1931 after public debate.[129] After 1933, it was banned by the Nazi regime for its anti-militaristic themes [130] and being "anti-German".[131] Erich Maria Remarque's novel was also banned as well, and was among the "anti-German" books burned in bonfires.[132] At the Capitol Theatre in West Germany in 1952, the film saw its first release in 22 years.
1932-1945	Kuhle Wampe.	Germany	Banned because it depicted the government, legal system and religion in a negative light. Eventually the ban was lifted due to protests and the film was released in a severely edited version. Six months later Hitler came into power, causing the movie to be banned again under the Nazi regime until the end of the war. Its director, Slatan Dudow, was arrested for being a member of the Communist Party and banned from entering the country again.[133]
1933-1945	All movies starring the Marx Brothers.	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany because the comedy stars were Jewish.[134]
1933−1945	Battleship Potemkin	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany due to fears it could inspire Marxism.[103][135]
1933−1945	Ecstasy	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany because of the erotic content.[136]
1933-1945	Mädchen in Uniform.	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany because of its lesbian theme.[137]
1933−1945	Mysterium des Geschlechtes	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany because of the erotic content.[136]
1933−1945	Vier von der Infanterie (Westfront 1918, also known as Comrades of 1918)	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany for being a pacifist war drama.[138]
1934−1945	M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany.[139][140]
1934−1945	Nana	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany because of its plot, depicting a soldier visiting a prostitute, which violated the military's sensibilities and honor code.[141]
1934−1945	The Testament of Dr. Mabuse	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany for "presenting criminal acts so detailed and fascinating that they might tempt copy-cats". It also had an anti-authoritarian tone and certain dialogue of Mabuse was lifted directly from Mein Kampf.[11][142][143]
1936−1945	The Bohemian Girl	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany, because the positive depiction of gypsies "had no place" in the Third Reich.[144]
1936-1956	Modern Times	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany for advocating Communism.[145][146]
1937-1945	La Grande Illusion	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany for its anti-war message. Head of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels named its director Jean Renoir "Cinematographic Enemy Number One".[147]
1938-1950	A Prussian Love Story	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany because the plot of a love affair between the Emperor and an actress was too similar to Head of Propaganda Goebbels's own affair.[148] Even after the war it took until 1950 before the film saw a release.
1939-1945	Kitty und die Weltkonferenz (Kitty and the World Conference)	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany despite an initially successful box office run. Following the outbreak of the Second World War that same year Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels withdrew it from cinemas as he felt it presented a too favourable view of Great Britain.[149]
1940-1945	The Great Dictator	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany for mocking Nazism and Hitler. During World War II, 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.[6][150] It was first shown in West Germany as late as 1958.
1943−1949	Titanic (1943)	Germany	Banned in Nazi Germany by Joseph Goebbels because some of the scenes could demoralize the audience, despite being made by the Nazi propaganda department itself. The Allied Control Council banned the film after the war too, 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	Banned in Nazi Germany. It had its premiere in occupied Prague in December 1944.[151][152]
1945	Auf Wiedersehn, Franziska! (Goodbye, Franziska!)	Germany	Banned by the Allied Forces after World War Two, because of its ending, which reminded the viewers to support the war effort. It was eventually allowed back after director Helmut Käutner was able to convince officials that the propaganda sequence was no reflection of his political ideology and was added at request of Nazi censors. Since the rest of the film was fairly a-political it was brought back in circulation, with only the propaganda end sequence removed.[152]
1945	Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew)	Germany	Banned since 1945 because it's an antisemitic Nazi propaganda film. It is exclusively allowed for use in college classrooms and other academic purposes; however, exhibitors must have formal education in "media science and the history of the Holocaust." Public use is prohibited as of 2013.[153]
1945	Jud Süss (1940)	Germany	Banned in 1945 from German exhibition by decree of the Allied Military Occupation.[154] Director Veit Harlan was required by court order to destroy what was then believed to be the only remaining negative of Jud Süß and he reportedly did this in April 1954. A few years later, however, copies of the film began to turn up to the embarrassment of the West German government. After a lengthy investigation, it was determined that another negative existed in East Germany and it was used it to make prints that were dubbed in Arabic and distributed in Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt and Lebanon. Though that negative has never been located, it has been widely suspected that this version was produced and distributed by the Stasi or the KGB in order to arouse anti-semitism among Egyptian and Palestinians against the US backed Israel (and henceforth, support for the Soviet backed Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser).[155][156][157] The copyright of the film is held by the government-ownedF.W. Murnau Foundation. The Foundation only permits screenings of the film when accompanied by an introduction explaining the historical context and the intended impact.[158]
1951	Der Untertan (film) (The Kaiser's Lackey)	Germany	Banned in western Germany because of "anticonstitutional" content.[159] Uncut version released in western Germany in 1971.
1956	Du und mancher Kamerad	Germany	Banned in western Germany because of "anticonstitutional" content.[160]
1956	Thomas Muentzer (film) (Thomas Müntzer)	Germany	Banned in western Germany because of "anticonstitutional" content.[161]
1958	And Quiet Flows the Don (film) (And Quiet Flows the Don (1958))	Germany	Banned in western Germany because of "anticonstitutional" content.[162] Part 1 was released in western Germany in 1959, Parts 2 and 3 were first broadcast in western German television in 1968.
1960-1965	Higher Principle	Germany	Banned in western Germany until 1965 because of "antigerman" content.[163]
2010	Zidan ("Prison") (1974)	Germany	Banned in Germany at 1988-01-21 and 1988-08-10. Although currently the ban is not in effect, Zindan, directed by Remzi Jonturk, it remains the only Turkish movie title ever been banned in Germany due to gore, violence and cruelty.[164]
2010	Saw 3D	Germany	Banned because Tiergarten AG has noted that several scenes in the movie violate the violence act §131 StGB. 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.[165]
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.[11][166]
1974−1978	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)	West Germany	Banned due to extreme level violence.[102]
1914	Golfo (1914)	Greece	Banned for its royalist sentiments.[167]
1967-1974	Z (1969)	Greece	Banned under the colonel's regime, for being critical of the junta.[168]
1945	Jud Süss (1940)	Hungary	Banned since the end of the World War II due to its anti-Jewish and pro-Nazi content.
1969-1981	A tanú (The Witness)	Hungary	Banned under the Communist government for almost a decade, because it satirized the regime.[169][170]
1985–1999	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)	Iceland	Banned due to high level violence; a censored version was later released.[102]
1987	Nekromantik	Iceland	Banned due to its transgressive subject matter (including necrophilia) and audacious imagery.
1992	Cannibal Holocaust	Iceland	Banned due to very high impact violence and offensive depictions of both human and animal cruelty. Still banned.[102]
1976	Max Havelaar	Indonesia	Banned for its parallels between the anti-colonial story and the then present-day regime.[7]
1982	The Year of Living Dangerously	Indonesia	Banned for its criticism of Sukarno's regime. The ban was lifted in 1999.[171]
1994	Schindler's List	Indonesia	Banned for being sympathetic to the Jewish cause[172][173]
2007	Long Road to Heaven	Indonesia	Banned on the island of Bali, as local politicians worried that the film, which about the 2002 Bali bombings, might promote hatred and intolerance.[174]
2009	Balibo	Indonesia	Banned for being critical of the Indonesian government. This Australian film is based on the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists killed during the 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor[175]
2014	Noah	Indonesia	Banned because of its depiction of the prophets.[176]
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Indonesia	Banned due to its sexual content.[177][178]
1975	Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Iran	Banned due to graphic violence and nudity.[11]
1980	Cruising	Iran	Banned on its initial release.[10]
1981	Bita	Iran	Banned under the censorship act of 1981 because it criticized exploitation of women by men.[41]
1981	Ghaire aze Khoudo Hitch Kass Naboud	Iran	Banned under the censorship act of 1981 because it depicts a lesbian relationship.[41]
2001	Zoolander	Iran	Banned for perceiv support of gay rights.[179]
2010	300	Iran	Banned for its negative portrayal of Persian military.[180]
2012	Argo	Iran	Banned for its negative portrayal of Iran.[181]
1999	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Iraq	Banned under the regime of Saddam Hussein for depicting him in a comedic light.[6]
2015	American Sniper	Iraq	Banned for being an "insult to the population".[182]
1931-2000	Monkey Business	Ireland	Banned on its initial release for fear that its anarchic style of comedy would inspire societal upheaval. The ban was only officially lifted in 2000.[183]
1943	The Outlaw	Ireland	Banned due to sexual references.[184][185]
1945	Mildred Pierce	Ireland	Banned. [184][185]
1945	Brief Encounter	Ireland	Banned, as it was considered too permissive of adultery.[184]
1946	The Big Sleep	Ireland	Banned due to sexual references.[184]
1950	Outrage	Ireland	Banned due to its theme of rape.[184]
1967-2000	Ulysses	Ireland	Banned for three decades. The film was not approved for general release until 2000.[186]
1971−2000	A Clockwork Orange	Ireland	Banned due to its extreme depictions of violence and rape. In 2000 the ban was lifted.[102]
1978, 2010	I Spit on Your Grave	Ireland	Banned due to its scenes of graphic violence and lengthy depictions of gang rape. In 2010, the movie was released uncut on DVD and Blu-ray and the ban was renewed by forbidding retailers to sell it.[187]
1979-1987	Monty Python's Life of Brian	Ireland	Banned because of its blasphemous content. Ban lifted in 1987.[102]
1983-1990	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Ireland	Banned because of its blasphemous content. Ban lifted in 1990.[188]
1994	Natural Born Killers	Ireland	Banned out of fear for copycat killings.[30]
1997	Preaching to the Perverted	Ireland	Banned for obscenity.[189][190]
1948	Oliver Twist	Israel	Banned on its initial release, because the character of Fagin was deemed to antisemitic.[191]
1957	The Girl in the Kremlin	Israel	Banned because it may have harmed Israel's diplomatic relations with Moscow.[192]
1957	China Gate	Israel	Banned for indulging in excessive cruelty. The Israeli film censorship board indicated the film depicted Chinese and Russian soldiers as "monsters".[193]
1965	Goldfinger	Israel	Banned after it was revealed that one of the main actors, Gert Fröbe, had a Nazi past. The film had only run for six weeks in the theaters.[194] It was unbanned a few months later when a man went to the Israeli Embassy in Vienna and told the staff that Fröbe hid him and his mother from the Nazis (which may have saved their lives).[195][196]
1973	Hitler: The Last Ten Days	Israel	Banned because the censorship board unanimously felt that the portrayal of Hitler was represented "too human".[197]
1987	In the Realm of the Senses	Israel	Banned because of pornographic content.[198][199]
1988	The Last Temptation of Christ	Israel	Banned on the grounds that it could offend Christians.[200]
2004	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.[199][201]
2004	Shrek 2	Israel	Banned briefly in 2004, though not for the film itself, but because of the Hebrew dub. A joke about Israeli singer David Daor's high voice was added, which prompted the artist to take legal action.[202]
1933-1945	Duck Soup	Italy	Banned under the regime of Benito Mussolini for poking fun at dictators and war.[134]
1937-1945	La Grande Illusion	Italy	Banned under the regime of Benito Mussolini for its anti-war message.[147]
1955	Totò and Carolina	Italy	Banned on its initial release for poking fun at the police.[203]
1962	Jules and Jim	Italy	Banned initially for its sexual attitudes, but after protest this ban was quickly lifted.[9]
1972−1986	Last Tango in Paris	Italy	Banned from 1972 to 1986 for being "obscene".[102]
1982-2009	Lion of the Desert	Italy	Banned from 1982 until 2009 as it was considered damaging to the honor of the Italian Army.[204]
1999	Li chiamarono... briganti!	Italy	Banned from theatrical release and still not available on VHS and DVD, because of its critical viewpoint about the Italian unification.[205]
1945-1952	The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail	Japan	Banned in Japan by the US occupying government for seven years, because of the "feudal values".[9]
1976-1982	In the Realm of the Senses	Japan	Banned in Japan for its graphic sex scenes.[9] In 1982 the court ruled in director Nagisa Oshima's favor, but the film is still only available in a censored cut.[206][207]
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Jordan	Banned because of blasphemous content.[11]
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Kenya	Banned for explicit sexual content, profanity, drug use and nudity.[208]
2014	Stories of Our Lives	Kenya	Banned because this documentary about being gay in Kenya "showed obscenity, explicit scenes of sexual activities" and promoted homosexuality.[209]
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Kenya	Banned due to its sexual content.[177][178]
1999	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Kuwait	Banned for offending the Muslim Brotherhood. The TV series itself is also banned in the country.[210]
2004	Fahrenheit 9/11	Kuwait	Banned for being critical of the Iraq war and being an insult to Saudi Arabia's royal family.[211][212]
2007	The Kingdom	Kuwait	Banned for being a "false depiction" of a 1996 bombing in Saudi Arabia.[23]
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Lebanon	Banned because of blasphemous content.[11]
2007	Persepolis	Lebanon	Banned initially 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.[213]
2008	Waltz with Bashir	Lebanon	The film is banned in Lebanon, with the most harsh critics saying the film depicts a vague and violent time in Lebanon's history. A movement of bloggers, among them the Lebanese Inner Circle, +961 and others have rebelled against the Lebanese government's ban of the film, and have managed to get the film seen by local Lebanese critics, in defiance of their government's request on banning it. The film was privately screened in January 2009 in Beirut in front of 90 people.[214] Since then many screenings have taken place. Unofficial copies are also available in the country.
1979	Monty Python's Life of Brian	Malaysia	Banned because of blasphemous content.[30]
1984	Cannibal Holocaust	Malaysia	Banned due to explicit violence and depictions of animal cruelty.[14]
1998	Barney's Great Adventure	Malaysia	Banned because the censors found it to be unacceptable for children to watch, without providing any further explanation.[215]
2001	Zoolander	Malaysia	Banned for its negative portrayal of Malaysia. In this comedy film, the title character visits Malaysia which is depicted as an impoverished country, dependent on sweatshops. Malaysia's censorship board deemed it "definitely unsuitable".[216]
2014	The Raid 2: Berandal	Malaysia	Banned on its initial release.[217]
2014	Noah	Malaysia	Banned due to depictions of the prophets.[176]
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Malaysia	Banned due to its sexual content.[36]
1987	The Last Temptation of Christ	Mexico	Banned for blasphemic themes.[9]
1932	Scram!	The Netherlands	Banned on its initial release because of a scene where Laurel and Hardy sit on a bed with a woman to whom they weren't married. Censors felt this was "indecent". Today the film is not banned.[218]
2010	Maladolescenza	The Netherlands	Banned since 25 March 2010 by the court of Alkmaar, who classified several scenes as child pornography.[219][220] The decision therefore means that possession, distribution and knowingly gaining access to the movie is prohibited.[221]
1975-1992	Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	New Zealand	Banned on its initial release,[7] but lifted after seventeen years.[11]
1980, 2006	Cannibal Holocaust	New Zealand	Banned due to its extremely violent content and actual on-screen killings of animals.[222] (also refused release in 2006)
1981	Mad Max	New Zealand	Banned because of a graphic violent death.[223] (VHS release was later approved[224])
2004	Puni Puni Poemy	New Zealand	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."[225]
2007−2008	Hostel: Part II	New Zealand	Banned. [226] (excisions recommended but not initially made; later released on DVD in April 2008 with offending material cut)
2005	Vase de Noces	New Zealand	Banned due to "gross, revolting, and abhorrent content" (bestiality, coprophilia, and animal violence). As of 2014, it is still banned.
2010	I Spit on Your Grave (2010 remake)	New Zealand	Banned due to violence [227]
2010	Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny	New Zealand	Banned on the grounds of sexual exploitation of children. Due to the reaction from New Zealand film authorities, distributor Madman Entertainment chose not to release the remaining volumes there.[228]
2011	Megan Is Missing	New Zealand	Banned for its sexual violence involving young people.[229]
2011	The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)	New Zealand	Banned due to its gore, violence and sexually explicit content.[230]
2012	A Serbian Film	New Zealand	Banned by the government on May 25, 2012 due to "objectionable content" (offensive depictions of sexual violence, pedophilia, extreme violence, necrophilia and/or other content that is offensive and abhorrent) [231]
2013	Maniac	New Zealand	Banned from theatrical and home video release; the OFLC felt that "the tacit invitation to enjoy cruel and violent behavior through its first-person portrayal and packaging as entertainment is likely to lead to an erosion of empathy for some viewers".[232]
2014	High School DxD	New Zealand	Banned on the grounds of sexual exploitation of children. The OFLC stated in their report publications were banned if containing what the board felt was "to reinforce the notion that young persons are sexually desirable and available".[233]
2009	District 9	Nigeria	Banned due to accusations of being xenophobic and racist towards Nigerians.[234]
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."[235] Thus, a movie which depicts the year in a negative light was found to be offensive by the North Korean government. Several people in North Korea were reportedly arrested for possessing or viewing imported copies of the movie and charged with "grave provocation against the development of the state."[236]
1964–1971	491	Norway	Banned due to homosexual themes; a censored version was later released.[237]
1972	Pink Flamingos	Norway	Banned on its initial release until the 1980s.[10]
1974−1997	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	Norway	Banned due to high impact scary violence. Ban lifted in 1997 and re-released uncut with an 18 (Adults only) rating.[102]
1979–1980	Monty Python's Life of Brian	Norway	Banned due to jokes deemed offensive to religious people. In Sweden the film was allowed for release and even screened with the tagline "The film so funny that it got banned in Norway".[238] In 1980 the Norwegian ban was lifted.[102]
1984−2005	Cannibal Holocaust	Norway	Banned due to explicit violence and depictions of animal cruelty. Passed uncut after 2005 with an 18 (adults only) rating.[14]
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.[102]
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.[102]
1971	Sacco e Vanzetti	Paraguay	Banned under the regime of Alfredo Stroessner for "encouraging Communism".[7]
1979	The Deer Hunter	Paraguay	Banned under the regime of Alfredo Stroessner for "danger of being misunderstood".[7]
1980	The Blood of Hussain	Pakistan	Banned.[239]
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Pakistan	Banned because of blasphemous content.[11]
2012	Agent Vinod	Pakistan	Banned by the Central Board of Film Censors of Pakistan, for containing various controversial references to the Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence.[11][240]
2016	Maalik	Pakistan	Banned by the Government of Pakistan.[241]
1977	Hubad na Bayani	Philippines	Banned.[242] Depiction of human-rights abuses during the martial-law era
1987	The Last Temptation of Christ	Philippines	Banned for blasphemic themes.[9]
2000	Toro/Live Show	Philippines	Banned for explicit sexual content.[243]
2003	Imelda	Philippines	Banned, after Imelda Marcos, on whom the biopic is based, filed a lawsuit.[244]
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Philippines	Banned because of blasphemous content.[11]
1930	All Quiet on the Western Front	Poland	Banned because censors felt it was "pro-German". Ironically enough it was also banned in Nazi Germany for being "anti-German".[131]
1946	Australia Marches with Britain	Poland	Banned without a reason given.[245]
1946	Men of Timor	Poland	Banned without a reason given.[245]
1967-1985	Ręce do góry (Hands Up!)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for 18 years for depicting the Stalinist era.[246] Its director, Jerzy Skolimowski, was so outraged he left his country and moved to the West.
1972	Diabeł (The Devil)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime because of its political anti-war theme.[247][248]
1973-1981	Opowieść o człowieku, który wykonał 552% normy (A Story of a Man Who Filled 552% Of The Quota)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for being a documentary unveiling the Stalinist past. It was only released after the director, Wojciech Wiszniewski, passed away in 1981.[249]
1975-1981	Wanda Gościmska. Włókniarka (Wanda Gościmińska. A Weaver)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for being a documentary unveiling the Stalinist past. It was only released after the director, Wojciech Wiszniewski, passed away in 1981.[250]
1976-1981	Elementarz (The Primer)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for being a documentary unveiling the Stalinist past. It was only released after the director, Wojciech Wiszniewski, passed away in 1981.[251]
1976-1980	Spokój (The Calm)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for four years because the plot is about a strike.[252][Note 1] The film was finally shown on Polish television for the first time on 19 September 1980. In 1981, The Calm received the Polish Film Festival Special Jury Prize.[254][255]
1977-1981	Indeks. Życie i twórczość Józefa M. (The Index)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for four years, because it depicted the 1968 student demonstrations.[256]
1981-1988	Kobieta Samotna (A Lonely Woman, also translated as A Woman Alone)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for its political criticism.[257] It remained banned for seven years, until 1988.[258][259]
1981-1984	Wahadelko [260] (Shilly Shally)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for three years, because the story is set during the Stalinist era.[261]
1981-1987	Wielki bieg (The Big Run, also translated as The Big Race)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for six years for criticizing the regime.[258][259]
1981-1987	Blind Chance	Poland	Banned by the Communist government because of one storyline in this anthology film where Communism in Poland is overthrown.[262][263]
1981	Był Jazz (There was Jazz)	Poland	Banned by the Communist government.[257]
1981	Człowiek z żelaza (Man of Iron)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for its political criticism and for depicting the labour union Solidarity.[257]
1981-1984	Dreszcze (Shivers)	Poland	Banned by the Communist government. The film is a satirical story about a teenager imprisoned at an indoctrination camp.[264][265]
1981	Gorączka (Fever)	Poland	Banned by the Communist government, because of its brutally realistic portrayal of the occupying Soviet forces.[266][267][267]
1981	Jak żyć (How to Live)	Poland	Banned twice in one year by the Communist government.[257]
1981-1983	Wojna światów – następne stulecie (The War of the Worlds: Next Century)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for depicting a futuristic society which showed parallels with the political situation of Poland at that time. It remained banned until 1983.[268]
1981	Kobieta Samotna (A Lonely Woman)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for its political criticism.[257]
1982-1989	Przesłuchanie (Interrogation)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for seven years because of its criticism of Communism. Despite the film's controversial initial reception and subsequent banning, it garnered a cult fanbase through the circulation of illegally taped VHS copies, which director Ryszard Bugajski secretly helped to leak out to the general public.[269][270][271]
1982-1987	Matka Królów (The Mother of Kings)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime without even being released for its political criticism.[257] It remained banned for five years, until 1987.[258]
1983-1988	Niedzielne igraszki (Sunday Pranks)	Poland	Banned under the Communist regime for five years.[272][273]
1970	Catch-22	Portugal	Banned under the Marcelo Caetano regime for a scene depicting a character sitting naked in a tree.[32] Though the fact that the film satirizes the military may also have been a factor.
1972−1974	Last Tango in Paris	Portugal	Banned for its strong sexual content (unbanned in 1974).[102]
2014	Noah	Qatar	Banned for depicting the prophets.[24]
1966	Andrei Rublev	Russia	Banned in the Soviet Union for its themes of artistic freedom, religion, political ambiguity, autodidacticism, and the making of art under a repressive regime. Because of this, it was not released domestically for years after it was completed, except for a single 1966 screening in Moscow.[9][274]
1968	Korotkie vstrechi (Brief Encounters)	Russia	Banned by the Communist government.[275]
1971	Dolgie Provody (Long Farewells)	Russia	Banned by the Communist government for its negative view of a mother-son relationship.[275]
2006	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	Russia	Banned for being "offensive".[276]
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Samoa	Banned outright after church leaders watching a pre-release showing filed a complaint with film censors.[277] (see Censorship in Samoa for details) [11]
2009	The Cell 2	Samoa	Banned due to violent content.[277] (see Censorship in Samoa for details)
2009	Milk	Samoa	Banned, originally without being given a reason.[277] Later, it was explained that the censors deemed it "inappropriate and contradictory to Christian beliefs and Samoan culture": "In the movie itself it is trying to promote the human rights of gays." The sex scenes in particular were considered inappropriate by the Samoan Censor Board.[278] (see Censorship in Samoa for details)
2009	National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year	Samoa	Banned in 2009.[279] (See Censorship in Samoa for further details)
2007	The Kingdom	Saudi Arabia	[280]
2014	Noah	Saudi Arabia	Banned for depicting the prophets.[11]
1977	Ceddo	Senegal	Banned for its presentation of the conflicts between Islamic and Christian religions and ethnic and traditional beliefs .[7][281] According to another account reported in The New York Times in 1978, the banning was not "because of any religious sensitivity, but because Mr. Sembene insists on spelling 'ceddo' with two d's while the Senegalese Government insists it be spelled with one."[282]
1977	Camp de Thiaroye	Senegal	Banned for criticizing the colonial system.[121]
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.[102] 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.[283][284]
1973	The Exorcist	Singapore	[102]
1973	Last Tango in Paris	Singapore	Banned for its strong sexual content.[102]
1974−2004	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	Singapore	Banned for 30 years.[102] Passed uncut after 2004 with an M18 rating.
1975	Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Singapore	Banned due to graphic violence and nudity.[11]
1979	Monty Python's Life of Brian	Singapore	Banned for "inappropriate" religious content.[30][285]
1980	Cannibal Holocaust	Singapore	Banned for graphic violence .[286]
1980−2006	Saint Jack	Singapore	Banned for the "excessive edits required to the scenes of nudity and some coarse language before it could be shown to a general audience," the film was reclassified to an M18 rating in 2006.[287]
1981	The Evil Dead	Singapore	Banned since its release in 1981; authorities disallowed it for "excessive graphic violence and gore".[288]
1986	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2	Singapore	Banned by the authority. Subsequently rated R21.[289]
1988	The Last Temptation of Christ	Singapore	Banned for blasphemous content.[290]
1995	A Night on the Water	Singapore	Banned for strong sexuality.[291]
2001−2004	Zoolander	Singapore	Banned without a reason given, though the plot is about a man who is brainwashed to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Malaysia , a neighbouring country, also banned the film.[292] Passed uncut after 2004 with an NC16 rating.
2004	Formula 17	Singapore	Banned because it "portrayed homosexuality as normal, a natural progression of society."[293]
2005-2009	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.[294]
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Singapore	Banned because of blasphemous content.[11]
2007	Solos	Singapore	Banned for its homosexual themes.[295]
2007	Following Desire	Singapore	Banned for "excessive sexual acts and stage performances of a sexual nature which are prolonged, gratuitous and exploitative".[296]
2007	Zahari's 17 Years	Singapore	Banned because, according to the Government of Singapore, it is "against public interests".[297]
2008	A Jihad for Love	Singapore	Banned for an imbalance depiction of Islam as being intolerant. The interviewees also tried to use religion to justify their homosexuality.[296]
2008	David the Tolhidan	Singapore	Banned for its "sympathetic portrayal of an organisation viewed as a terrorist organisation by many countries."[296]
2008	Arabs and Terrorism	Singapore	Banned for its "sympathetic portrayal of an organisation viewed as a terrorist organisation by many countries."[296]
2008	Bakushi	Singapore	Banned for its "several prolonged and explicit sado-masochistic sequences, demonstrating how the rope masters tied up nude women and subjected them to various degrees of physical abuse and sexual degradation, for the erotic gratification of their audience."[296]
2009	Female Games	Singapore	Banned for its "explicit lesbian sex acts."[296]
2009	Boy	Singapore	Banned because it "romanticizes and promotes homosexual relationships. The sexual sequence is prolonged, intense and titillates".[296]
2009	Brides of Allah	Singapore	Banned because it "promotes and justifies the act of terrorism, and uses religion to justify its cause".[296]
2009	Transgressor (School of the Holy Beast)	Singapore	Banned because it "portrayed nuns as lesbians with depictions of sadomasochism as well as bondage in many of the scenes".[296]
2010	Dr Lim Hock Siew	Singapore	Banned due to similar reasons for the film Zahari's 17 Years[298]
2012	Sex.Violence.FamilyValues	Singapore	Banned because of Porn Masala, the second story in Ken Kwek's compendium of three short films. It was deemed "racially offensive and demeaning to Indians" by the Board of Film Censors.[299] The ban was subsequently lifted and the film's Singapore version released with edits in March 2013.[300] However, the film had not completed its Singapore theatrical run when it was banned by the Malaysian Board of Film Censors, who found it "obscene" and "insulting to local cultures".[301] The film was also withdrawn from the Asean International Film Festival & Awards, where it was due to be screened from Mar 28-30, 2013.[302]
2014	To Singapore, With Love	Singapore	Banned because it allegedly undermined national security as "the individuals in the film have given distorted and untruthful accounts of how they came to leave Singapore and remain outside Singapore," and that "a number of these self-professed 'exiles' were members of, or had provided support to, the proscribed Communist Party of Malaya."
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Solomon Islands	Banned because Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stated that the film "undermines the very roots of Christianity in Solomon Islands."[303]
1910	The Johnson-Jeffries Fight	South Africa	Banned because the footage depicted the black boxer Jack Johnson defeating the white boxer James J. Jeffries, which had already inspired race riots in the American South.[7]
1964	Zulu	South Africa	Banned under the apartheid regime from screening to black South Africans, because it depicts a Zulu uprising in the 19th century. Whites were allowed to see it in their own segregated cinemas.[304]
1971-1984	A Clockwork Orange	South Africa	Banned under the apartheid regime for 13 years, then released with one cut and only made available to people over the age of 21.[305]
1978	Up In Smoke	South Africa	Banned under the apartheid regime because it "might encourage the impressionable youth of South Africa to take up marijuana smoking." [306]
1978-1983	Pretty Baby	South Africa	Banned under the apartheid regime until 1983.[305]
1979	Monty Python's Life of Brian	South Africa	Banned under the apartheid regime because of blasphemous content.[30]
1980	Cruising	South Africa	Banned under the apartheid regime on its initial release.[10]
1988	Mapantsula	South Africa	Banned under the apartheid regime for criticism of apartheid.[304]
1989	Cry Freedom	South Africa	Banned under the apartheid regime for being a biopic about anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.[7]
1995-1997	Kids	South Africa	Banned for two years and only unbanned in 1997 on appeal with a no-under 16 age restriction.[307]
2013	Of Good Report	South Africa	Banned in the entire country because it has a storyline where older men abuse young girls, with scenes deemed "child pornography" according to the censors.[308]
1971	A Clockwork Orange	South Korea	Banned due to depictions of violence and gang rape. Has been lifted since.[102]
1973	Last Tango in Paris	South Korea	Banned for its strong sexual content.[102]
1975–1981	Ban Geum-ryeon	South Korea	Banned for six years, was released with 40 minutes cut.[309]
1979	Apocalypse Now	South Korea	Banned under President Park Chung-hee's regime, the importation of the film was on hold because of its anti-war theme.[310]
1927-1975	Battleship Potemkin	Spain	Banned under the regime of Francisco Franco out of fear of inciting a Communist revolution.[6][95]
1957-1975	Paths of Glory	Spain	Banned under Franco's regime for its "anti-military" themes.[9]
1960-1975	La Dolce Vita	Spain	Banned under the regime of Francisco Franco.[311]
1961−1977	Viridiana	Spain	Banned under Franco's regime, 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 for sixteen years.[312]
1981	La Petición (The Engagement Party)	Spain	Banned initially, but finally released under media pressure to reconsider its artistic merit. The film is about a woman involved in sadistic and ultimately fatal sexual relationships with men.[41]
2009	Saw VI	Spain	Banned from regular, non-adult cinemas because of the "X" rating.[313][314]
2010	A Serbian Film	Spain	Banned due to extreme violence (contains a lot of sexually violent content).[315]
1975	Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Sri Lanka	Banned due to graphic violence and nudity.[11]
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Sri Lanka	Banned briefly because of a scene, set in India, where characters are served monkey brains. Monkeys are seen as sacred animals in Hinduism.[30]
2006	Aksharaya (Letter of Fire)	Sri Lanka	Banned for dealing with issues of incest, murder, and rape.[316]
1969	I Am Curious (Yellow)	Sweden	Banned because of pornography, but after a court case it was allowed.[142]
1974–2001	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	Sweden	Banned due to high gore violence and cruelty.[102] Ban lifted in 2001.
1981	Mad Max	Sweden	Banned because of violent content.[317]
1983	Hell of the Living Dead	Sweden	[318] Released uncut on DVD in the mid-2000s[319]
1984–2005	Tenebre	Sweden	Banned because of high impact scary violence. Re-released in an uncut version in 2005.[320]
1985	Return of the Living Dead	Sweden	Although status remains unclear(?) the first two sequels have been released on DVD.[321]
1997	Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation	Sweden	Banned because of high impact scary violence and cruelty. Sony Pictures later released the film on DVD.[322][323]
1957	Paths of Glory	Switzerland	Banned for its critical depiction of the French army during World War I.[117]
1968-1975	Rondo	Switzerland	Banned for its critical look at the Swiss prison system, implying that for the Swiss incarceration as a form of punishment and means of deterrence is more important than integrating released prisoners back into society.[324]
2012	The Dictator	Tajikistan	Banned because of subversiveness.[6]
2014	The Route	Tanzania	Banned because this documentary about human trafficking and sex slavery in Africa "showed too much sex and nudity" and thus was a "threat to Tanzanian culture." [209]
1956	The King and I	Thailand	Banned because could be construed as disrespectful towards the King of Thailand. [325]
1999	Brokedown Palace	Thailand	Banned because of its negative portrayal of Thailand with narcotics smuggling - especially with the views of the Thai judicial system despite parts of the film shot on location by the second unit (majority of the film was filmed in the Philippines).[326]
1999	Anna and the King	Thailand	Banned because could be construed as disrespectful towards the King of Thailand.[327]
2007	All the Boys Love Mandy Lane	Thailand	Bbanned due to violence.[328]
2007	Halloween (2007 remake)	Thailand	Banned due to depictions of violence.[328]
2008	Frontier(s)	Thailand	Banned due to violence.[329]
2008	Funny Games	Thailand	[328]
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).[330]
2010	Saw VI	Thailand	Banned due to violence.[331]
2008	Zack and Miri Make A Porno	Trinidad	Banned because the censors worried that teenagers would mimic the plot and make their own porn movies.[30]
1969	Bir Çirkin Adam (An Ugly Man)	Turkey	Banned for its revelations of the social conditions in the country.[7]
1979	Yorgun Savaşçı (The Tired Warrior)	Turkey	Banned because it was written by Kemal Tahir, who opposed the regime, and because the story casts doubt on the uniqueness of Kemal Atatürk's contribution to the struggle for the republic in the 1920s.[7]
1987	The Last Temptation of Christ	Turkey	Banned for blasphemic themes.[9]
1987	Su da Yanar (Water Also Burns)	Turkey	Banned because it dealt with the banned communist poet Nazim Hikmet.[7]
1972-1979	All foreign films	Uganda	President Idi Amin banned all foreign films in 1972 on the grounds that they contained "imperialist propaganda".[332]
2014	The Wolf of Wall Street	Uganda	Banned, like in most other African countries.[333]
2005	Hostel	Ukraine	Banned because it depicts Eastern Europe as a region where people are tortured for money. Owning the movie in private is still legal.[334]
2006	Land of the Dead	Ukraine	Banned due to high level violence and blood and gore. The movie also depicts the suffering and the agony of people who were forced to eat human flesh in Kharkiv during the German attack there in 1943.[335]
2007	Hostel: Part II	Ukraine	Banned for the same reason as Hostel. People are allowed to own it on private DVD.[336]
2009	Brüno	Ukraine	Banned for its homosexual themes.[337]
2009	Saw VI	Ukraine	Banned because of 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.[338]
2013	Evil Dead (2013 film)	Ukraine	Banned due to high level violence and blood, sexual and gore. .
2010	My iz budushchego 2 (We Are from the Future 2)	Ukraine	[339]
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.[340]
2014	Noah	United Arab Emirates	Banned for depicting the prophets.[24]
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	United Arab Emirates	Banned due to its sexual content.[177][178]
1973-1999	A Clockwork Orange	United Kingdom	Not banned per se, but withdrawn in the United Kingdom two years after its release by Warner Bros. following a request for this action from its own director, Stanley Kubrick. This was not because of the alleged copycat violence inspired by the film contemporaneously reported by the media, as commonly believed, but because Kubrick had received death threats against his family. It was not allowed to be shown again in the UK until after his death in 1999 and before the release of Eyes Wide Shut, his last film.
2001	Green Dragon	Vietnam	Banned as of 2002.[341]
2002	We Were Soldiers	Vietnam	Banned as of 2002.[341]
1995	Xich lo (Cyclo)	Vietnam	Banned for being too "westernised" in its portrayal of urban poverty in the country. [11][342]
2010	Sex and the City 2	Vietnam	Banned because of a conflict of "cultural values".[343]
2012	The Hunger Games	Vietnam	Banned because of extreme violence and killing.[344][345]
2012	The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo	Vietnam	Banned because its international distributor, Sony Pictures, did not accept the requirement by the Vietnamese National Film Board of cutting out some sensitive scenes.[346]
1937	La Grande Illusion	Yugoslavia	Banned in 1937 for its anti-war message.[147]
1952−1977	Ciguli Miguli	Yugoslavia	Banned under the regime of Josip Broz Tito for its satire of socialist bureaucracy. Issued a license for public showing only in 1977.[347]
1971−1987	W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism	Yugoslavia	Banned under the regime of Josip Broz Tito and seven years after his death in 1980.[9][348][349]
1986	Jock of the Bushveld	Zimbabwe	Banned because of its South African origins. At the time Zimbabwe boycotted South African products because of its apartheid regime. [304]
2010	Lobola	Zimbabwe	Banned because it "doesn't really portray African custom when it comes to marriage, since one does not get married while drunk." Another objection is a scene where a young couple kisses in front of their parents, as well as the "abrupt ending".[350]
2014	Kumasowe	Zimbabwe	Banned because it depicts violent clashes between members of an Apostolic sect in the country and Zimbabwe Republic police officers.[351]
2015	50 Shades of Grey	Zimbabwe	Banned because of the explicit erotic scenes. In some theaters an edited version was allowed.[352]

Other countries

• List of films banned in Australia
• List of films banned in Brazil
• List of films banned in Canada
• List of films banned in Chile
• List of films banned in China
• List of films banned in India
• List of films banned in Malaysia
• List of films banned in Pakistan
• List of films banned in South Africa
• List of films banned in the United Kingdom
• List of films banned in the United States

See also

• List of books banned by governments
• List of banned video games
• Streisand effect

Notes

1. Kieślowski claimed that the film "had nothing to do with politics. It simply tells the story of a man who wants very little and can't get it."^[253]

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External links

• A complete list of Finland's banned films until 1997
• Complete List of movies banned in Germany
• List of banned films