Famous Movies That Have Been Banned All Over the World

Ecstasy

It was 1933, nobody knew how to understand sexuality, and for some reason, it was the government's job to determine what was morally correct and what wasn't. The star of this film, Hedy Lamarr, was nude in one scene, and in another, the director shot a close up while she and her costar were engaging in non-contact movie sex. America lost its mind at this horrific display of immoral sexuality. In fact, Lamarr's husband attempted to get every copy of the movie destroyed multiple times. 

The Song of the South

The Song of the South was one of the first live-action and animation hybrid films, but once times started to change a bit more and Disney realized that their film was tone-deaf, they decided to bury it and apologize. You see, The Song of the South perpetuated stereotypes that were absolutely racist, even for 1946. Disney missed the mark. They apologized, banned the movie themselves, and moved on. 

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The More You Know

  • Like Facebook, Star Wars was originally prefixed by the definite article ‘The’. Much cleaner without it.
  • In the movie 'The Hangover', no effects or prosthetics were created for Stu's missing tooth. Actor Ed Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger practiced with guns every day for a month to prepare for The Terminator.
  • The Little Mermaid was Disney’s first princess movie in 30 years.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.