Famous Movies That Have Been Banned All Over the World

The Great Dictator

It should not come as a surprise based on the time period of this movie's release that it wasn't received well in Germany. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in The Great Dictator to provide satyrical education about the dangers of fascism. Naturally, the movie was banned in Germany, and it was banned in many Latin American countries that were occupied by Nazi sympathizers after the war had ended. 

Amazing Grace

This movie follows two night's worth of secret recordings from some of Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace album, recorded in LA's New Temple Missionary Baptist Church. These recordings were harnessed by Sydney Pollack, who has since passed. Aretha Franklin's lawyers have stopped every attempt to distribute this film because Pollack technically owns the rights to it, despite being dead. 

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The More You Know

  • Brad Pitt and Edward Norton actually learned how to make soap in Fight Club.
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played the character of ‘Fogell/McLovin’ in the coming-of-age indie flick ‘Superbad,’ was only 17 when filming took place. Being a minor at the time, his mother was required to be on the set during the filming of his sex scene.
  • For 'Deadpool' (2016) Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it.
  • Like Facebook, Star Wars was originally prefixed by the definite article ‘The’. Much cleaner without it.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.