banned movies in uk,usa and ireland

United States

Films are usually not banned today in the United States, as the First Amendment's section on freedom of speech is usually enforced. Decades ago, however, obscenity was a valid reason for a film to be banned in certain cities across the nation.

• 1908: The James Boys in Missouri and Night Riders are banned in Chicago.
• 1915: The Birth of a Nation banned in several American cities, including Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis.
• 1917: The film Birth control, produced by and starring Margaret Sanger banned, with the New York Court of Appeals holding that a film on family planning work may be censored "in the interest of morality, decency, and public safety and welfare".Message Photo-Play v. George H. Bell, 179 A.D. 13 (1917).
• 1919 - 1920: Within Our Gates banned in Chicago, New Orleans, and Omaha, for its depiction of interracial , lynching, and racial discrimination.
• 1926: The Red Kimono, based on a real-life Chicago case and political scandal, banned in Chicago.
• 1928: The Racket banned in Chicago.
• 1931: Frankenstein banned in Kansas for its portrayal of cruelty.
• 1932: Freaks banned in Cleveland.
• 1932: Scarface, a violent gangster movie set in Chicago, is banned in Chicago
• 1936 - 1966: The 1931 version of "The Maltese Falcon" (not to be confused with the better known "cleaned-up" 1941 version) could not be shown in its unedited "lewd" version.
• 1945: Scarlet Street banned in New York City, according to Jan Morris' book Manhattan '45.
• 1949: Pinky was banned by the city of Marshall, Texas because it portrayed an interracial couple, a violation of the city's censorship code.
• 1954: Salt of the Earth was banned by the House Un-American Activities Committee for its defense of workers on strike.
• 1961: Victim banned in many American cities due to language.
• 1967 - 1992: Titicut Follies is barred from distribution by legal order because the movie was considered a violation of the privacy of the prison inmates it filmed.
• 1969: I Am Curious (Yellow) is banned as ography. After three court cases, it was unbanned when the anti-obscenity laws concerning films was overturned.
• 1987: Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story is banned from sale, distribution, and public exhibition by court order after a civil trial on copyright infringement.
• 1997; The Tin Drum (film) was briefly banned in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
• 1988: The Last Temptation of Christ banned in Savannah when city leaders sent a petition to Universal Studios requesting a ban. However, opened in Savannah on September 23, 1988, 6 weeks after national and worldwide debut.
• 2002 - present: The Profit is prevented from exhibition by a legal injunction in one jurisdiction by a lawsuit from the Church of claiming libel, pending trial. The Disinformation Book Of Lists and The Times have characterized The Profit as a "banned film" in the United States.

United Kingdom

• 1932: Freaks is rejected by British censors and banned. Available from 1963
• 1952: Freaks is again rejected for a cinema rating certificate. Available from 1963
• 1954: The Wild One was banned from distribution in the United Kingdom until 1967. Now available
• 1960: La maschera del io was banned until 1968 due to its violent content.
• 1963: Freaks is finally passed with an X rating.
• 1968: Roger Corman's film The Trip was banned due to glorification of LSD. It is later unbanned but not released in Britain until the mid-1990s.
• 1972: The Last House on the Left was banned by the BBFC until 2002.
• 1974: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was passed uncut in 1999.
• 1975: Umberto Lenzi's Il paese del sesso selvaggio is banned.
• 1981: Ruggero Deodato's La casa sperduta nel parco (The House on the Edge of the Park) is banned until 2002.
• 1984: The infamous video list is created to protect against obscenity. Films on this list were banned and distributors of said films were viable to be prosecuted (some of the films were banned before this list was made). This list banned 74 films at one point in the mid-1980s, but the list was eventually trimmed down when only 39 films were successfully prosecuted. Most of the films (even of the 39 successfully prosecuted) have now been approved by the BBFC either cut or uncut (see Video Recordings Act 1984)

Ireland

• 1931: Monkey Business was banned because censors feared it would encourage anarchic tendencies.
• 1967: Ulysses, based on the book by James Joyce - unbanned September 2000.
• 1968: Rocky Road to Dublin (documentary which in part questioned Irish censorship) - unbanned in 2003.
• 1971: A Clockwork Orange - unbanned in 2000.
• 1979: Monty Python's The Life of Brian - unbanned in 1987.
• 1983: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - unbanned in 1990.
• 1984: Cannibal Holocaust - unbanned in 2006.
• 1989: Meet The Feebles - still banned as of 2007.
• 1991: Riki-Oh - unbanned in 2002.
• 1994: Natural Born Killers - unbanned.
• 1996: From Dusk Till Dawn - unbanned in 2000.
• 1999: Romance - still banned.
• 2000: Baise Moi - still banned.

Due to the small size of the country, films banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) are rarely even submitted for release in Ireland, due to the high costs of promotion and distribution for such a small area. Similarly, BBFC cuts are often left in DVD releases due to the difficulties in separating the two supplies.

Banned movies can still be viewed at private members clubs with 18+ age limits.

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