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Get ready to dive into the world of controversy, where the lines between right and wrong are constantly blurred. From thought-provoking documentaries to gripping dramas, we've got you covered with the best movies and TV shows that will spark debate and ignite conversation. Explore the most talked-about titles that challenge our perceptions and push the boundaries of what we consider acceptable.

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Dean Gomersall

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Samantha Berg

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John Jett

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John Hargrove

Blackfish (2013)

7.8 1.2K votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.

Plot: whale, trauma, controversy, psychological thriller, nature, killer whale, sea world, animal trainer, ...

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Jude Law

John Malkovich

Silvio Orlando

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The New Pope (2020) TV Show

7.6 308 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France, Italy

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 9

Audience: TV-MA

Story: As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the papal throne and adopts the name John Paul III. A sequel series to “The Young Pope.”

Plot: vatican (holy see), pope, europe, controversy, religion, miniseries, church, alternative world

Place: italy

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Sylvia Syms

Dennis Price

Anthony Nicholls

Victim (1961)

7.4 160 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.

Plot: london, england, blackmail, controversy, film noir, social commentary, male homosexuality, lawyer, ...

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Pankaj Tripathi

Akshay Kumar

Yami Gautam Dhar

Pavan Malhotra

OMG 2 (2023)

7.3 79 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 155 min.

Story: Life is bliss until one day Kanti Sharan Mudgal’s son Vivek is blamed for immoral conduct and expelled from school. Overwhelmed, Kanti plans to leave town until a divine intervention leads him to seek justice by taking those responsible to court.

Plot: controversy, sex education, sequel, hindu mythology, dramedy, film censorship, religious satire

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Ranveer Singh

Akshaye Khanna

R. Madhavan

Arjun Rampal

Dhurandhar (2025)

7.3 324 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 214 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A mysterious traveler slips into the heart of Karachi's underbelly and rises through its ranks with lethal precision, only to tear the notorious ISI-Underworld nexus apart from within.

Plot: espionage, political party, politics, asia, patriotism, nationalism, controversy, gore, ...

Time: 1990s, 2000s

Place: pakistan, india

Cast

Mithun Chakraborty

Anupam Kher

Darshan Kumaar

Pallavi Joshi

The Kashmir Files (2022)

7.1 99 votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: India

Duration: 170 min.

Audience: 15

Story: Based on a true tragedy, the emotionally triggering film sheds light on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus), a religious minority in the 1990s Kashmir valley, who were compelled to flee their homes by the Islamic militants.

Plot: propaganda, politics, killing, controversy, gore, tragedy, phobia, massacre, ...

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Ray Winstone

Mick Ford

Julian Firth

John Blundell

Scum (1979)

7.1 214 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: 18

Story: Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.

Plot: prison, suicide, rape, corruption, controversy, riot, revenge, racism, ...

Place: england

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Woody Harrelson

Juliette Lewis

Robert Downey Jr.

Tommy Lee Jones

Natural Born Killers (1994)

7.1 3.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Style: tense

Plot: daughter, journalist, sadistic, mass murder, yellow press, pop culture, trauma, controversy, ...

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Nicholas Crowe

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Malcolm Jarry

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Lucien Greaves

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Jesper Aagaard Petersen

Hail Satan? (2019)

7.0 195 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society.

Plot: political activism, freedom of speech, satanism, religion, religious conflict, black mass, science vs religion, religious prejudice, ...

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Willem Dafoe

Charlotte Gainsbourg

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Antichrist (2009)

6.6 2.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: Denmark, France

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

Plot: depression, suffering, therapist, symbolism, marriage, masochism, controversy, woods, ...

Cast

Rose McGowan

James Duval

Johnathon Schaech

Cress Williams

The Doom Generation (1995)

6.5 315 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.

Style: shocking, intense

Plot: friendship, robbery, nazi, nihilism, eroticism, blow job, controversy, punk rock, ...

Place: california

Cast

Robert Kerman

Francesca Ciardi

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Perry Pirkanen

Luca Barbareschi

Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

6.3 1.9K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: Colombia, Italy

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

Plot: adultery, rape, snake, pig, culture clash, ritual, movie business, leech, ...

Place: south america

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Mohanlal

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Manju Warrier

Tovino Thomas

L2: Empuraan (2025)

6.2 28 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 179 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Five years after becoming Chief Minister of Kerala, Jathin Ramdas' move to align with communal forces led by Balraj 'Baba' Bajrangi, triggers Stephen Nedumpally aka Khureshi Ab'raam to return with his Man Friday Zayed Masood to save his home state and settle scores.

Style: cynical

Plot: controversy, kerala, admiring, enthusiastic, optimistic, 2002 gujarat riots

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John Cusack

Noah Taylor

Leelee Sobieski

Molly Parker

Max (2002)

6.1 113 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: Canada, Hungary

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics

Plot: infidelity, controversy

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Mona Zaki

Nadine Labaki

Eyad Nassar

Adel Karam

Perfect Strangers (2022)

6.0 84 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Country: Egypt, Lebanon

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: 15

Story: A dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on the table, exposing juicy interactions and dark secrets.

Plot: infidelity, controversy, remake, secret life, dinner party, controversial artist, game night, fun become fear, ...

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Darshan Kumaar

Anupam Kher

Saswata Chatterjee

Pallavi Joshi

The Bengal Files (2025)

5.9 10 votes

Genre: Drama, History, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 205 min.

Audience: 15

Story: A criminal investigator uncovers a web of corruption during a missing person investigation, while a figure connected to the case reflects on the communal violence which broke out ahead of India's partition.

Plot: corruption, ideology, controversy, gore, phobia, hatred, bloodshed, bengal, ...

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Sergej Trifunoviu0107

Jelena Gavriloviu0107

Slobodan Beu0161tiu0107

A Serbian Film (2010)

5.5 2.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller

Country: Serbia

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: Retired porn star Milos leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From then on, Milos is drawn into a maelstrom of unbelievable cruelty and mayhem.

Style: disturbing

Plot: mask, pedophilia, suicide, pornography, rape, sexual abuse, sadism, necrophilia, ...

Place: serbia

Cast

Udo Kier

Linda Hayden

Fiona Richmond

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Patsy Smart

Exposé (1976)

4.9 43 votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 84 min.

Audience: 18

Story: A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.

Plot: rape, sadism, psychopath, country house, controversy, writer's block, revenge, murder, ...

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Laurence R. Harvey

Ashlynn Yennie

Dominic Borrelli

Georgia Goodrick

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011)

4.8 1.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror

Country: Netherlands

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

Style: exploitation, disturbing

Plot: child abuse, baby, rape, insect, sexual obsession, suffering, sadism, kidnapping, ...

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Jerry Springer

The Jerry Springer Show (1991) TV Show

4.5 57 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America, France

Seasons: 27

Episodes: 358

Audience: TV-14

Story: The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries. It is videotaped at the Stamford Media Center in Stamford, Connecticut and is distributed by NBC Universal Television Distribution, although it is not currently broadcast on any NBC-owned stations.

Plot: talk show, controversy, counter-culture, racism, woman fights man, confrontation, tabloid, yelling, ...