Research reveals UK has more banned films than any other country in the world

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New research reveals that the UK has more banned movies than any other country in the world.

You can view the research here: https://casino.partycasino.com/en-ca/blog/most-banned-movies/

You can view the 89 banned films in the UK below this email, as well as the year they were banned and the reason they were prohibited (it’s a long table!).

The top ten films banned in the most countries around the world are:

Rank

Film

No. of countries banned in

1

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

11

2

Last Tango in Paris

7

2

The Last Temptation of Christ

7

2

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

7

2

Noah

7

2

Fifty Shades of Grey

7

2

A Clockwork Orange

7

2

The Da Vinci Code

7

9

Cannibal Holocaust

6

9

Monty Python’s Life of Brian

6

And the top five reasons for films being banned globally were…

Reason for banning

Number of films

Percentage of films banned for this reason

Political reasons

335

38.4%

Sexual content

214

24.5%

Violent content

198

22.7%

Religious reasons

65

7.5%

Criminal content

19

2.2%