List of films banned in Malaysia

This is a list of films banned (Rejected) in Malaysia. Films that are assigned the "Tidak Diluluskan Untuk Tayangan" category by the Film Censorship Board of Malaysia are banned for sale, possession, distribution and screening. Screening Rejected films, possessing, selling, or even owning them in private is forbidden and strictly enforced and can be punished with severe fines, up to 5 years imprisonment or both.

List

Year Name Notes
1936 The Bohemian Girl It was banned due to its Roma theme. It was passed during the '90s with a VCD release from Warner Malaysia Video.[1]
1946 The Big Sleep It was banned in Malaysia, but passed in 1999 by a VCD release and a delayed DVD release from Warner Malaysia Video.[1]
1956 The King and I It was banned when Malaysians were offended by it. It was passed in 2005 by a VCD release and a DVD release from Fox Malaysia.[1]
1956 The Ten Commandments It was banned by Paramount Malaysia (now United International Pictures) due to religious content.[1]
1964 491 It was banned due to a homosexual rape scene; a censored version was later released.[1]
1971 A Clockwork Orange It was banned due to its explicit sexual and violent content. A censored version was later released on DVD after several years.[2]
1971 The Last House on the Left It was passed for a VCD release by Movie Master in the late 1990s.[1]
1971 Villain [1]
1972 Fritz the Cat It was banned due to explicit sexual content and violence.[1]
1972 Deep Throat It was banned due to very offensive content (sexual intercourse, masturbation, pornography, etc.)[1]
1973 Alvin Purple It was banned due to high impact nudity.
1973 The Exorcist It was banned due to high impact violence and cruelty.[1]
1974 The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat [1]
1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre It was banned due to very high impact violence and cruelty.[1]
1975 Jaws It was passed for a VCD release and a long-delayed DVD release by Movie Master. Many other Steven Spielberg films were banned.[1]
1975 Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom It was banned due to repulsive, outrageous and abhorrent content (extremely high impact violence, offensive depictions of cruelty and other material that is repelling and abhorrent).[1]
1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail [1]
1977 Saturday Night Fever It was banned by Cinema International Corporation's Paramount Malaysia division, reportedly because it was deemed to cause chaos in the community.[3]
1979 Monty Python's Life of Brian [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 "Movies banned in Malaysia on Lists of Bests". Listsofbests.com. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Davis, Laura (16 August 2009). "Gratuitous Gore and Sex". Tonight (Tonight & Independent Online). Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 Gogoi, Pallavi (5 November 2006). "Banning Borat". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Movies banned in Malaysia on Lists of Bests". Listsofbests.com. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Why 'Platoon' is banned". New Straits Times. 7 April 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "South Park is now available in Malaysia". HyppTV. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Movies banned in Malaysia on Lists of Bests". Listsofbests.com. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Malaysia bans Spielberg's Prince". BBC News. 27 January 1999. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Zoolander faces Malaysian censorship controversy". London, United Kingdom: Guardian Unlimited. 28 September 2001.
  10. 1 2 3 Never released in cinemas, but passed for a VCD release and delayed DVD release by Sunny Film Productions
  11. ↑ "Cutting for change", TheStar Online, 14 May 2007.
  12. ↑ "Film "Rumah Dara" Dicekal di Malaysia" (in Indonesian). ESQmagazine. 2010.
  13. ↑ PTI (19 February 2013). article4431351.ece "Malaysia lifts ban on ‘Vishwaroopam’" Check |url= value (help). Business Line. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  14. ↑ Pamela McClintock (January 15, 2014). "Gay Orgy, Gone! 'Wolf of Wall Street' Censored, Banned Overseas". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  15. ↑ ""Banglasia" By Namewee Banned". Malaysian Digest. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  16. ↑ Patrick Frater (February 4, 2015). "‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Banned in Malaysia". Variety. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  17. ↑ "‘Danish Girl’, film on sex-change operations banned by censorship board".
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