Netflix movies and series: Controversial

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Netflix movies and series: Controversial

Do you feel like watching something controversial? This overview contains all Netflix movies and series in the controversial genre and is updated with new releases daily. Currently, the best rated title in this category, with a rating of 43, is The Bleeding Edge.

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81 movies and series in the controversial category

Why Knot

Pressured by his traditional family to marry, a filmmaker explores the idea of monogamy and the possibility of lifelong union without sexual fidelity.

Genre:

Scandalous, Provocative, Cerebral, ...

August 15, 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 83 minutes

The Bleeding Edge

This eye-opening look at the fast-growing medical device industry reveals how the rush to innovate can lead to devastating consequences for patients.

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial

July 27, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 100 minutes

A River Below

Two very different men struggle to save pink dolphins in the Amazon. But their well-intentioned activism has murky consequences.

Genre:

Controversial, Emotional

July 13, 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 87 minutes

The Deer Hunter

A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos.

Actors:

John Cazale, Robert De Niro, John Savage, ...

Genre:

Violent, Dark, Controversial, ...

July 13, 2018 | Movie | 1978 | 183 minutes

My Scientology Movie

After speaking with former Scientology members and being stonewalled by higher-ups, filmmaker Louis Theroux hires actors to re-create alleged events.

Actors:

Louis Theroux

Genre:

Controversial

July 13, 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 99 minutes

Killer Women with Piers Morgan

Journalist Piers Morgan goes behind prison walls to speak with women convicted of shocking crimes, shedding light on what drove them to murder.

Actors:

Piers Morgan

Genre:

Controversial

July 13, 2018 | Show | 2017

Do the Right Thing

Director Spike Lee chronicles trivial events that bring festering racial tensions to the surface on a sweltering day in a Brooklyn neighborhood.

Actors:

Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Controversial

July 13, 2018 | Movie | 1989 | 119 minutes

De Palma

Iconoclastic film director Brian DePalma takes a look back at the production of such classic movies as "Carrie," "Scarface" and "The Untouchables."

Actors:

Brian De Palma

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial, Violent

July 13, 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 110 minutes

Catfish

A young photographer becomes involved with a gifted 8-year-old artist's family -- until he realizes something's not quite right.

Actors:

Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, Yaniv Schulman, ...

Genre:

Controversial

July 13, 2018 | Documentaries | 2010 | 87 minutes

Inside: Medical Marijuana

This documentary examines the world of legal marijuana and analyzes the science behind the medical properties of the world's most-used illicit drug.

Genre:

Controversial

July 13, 2018 | Documentaries | 2011 | 45 minutes

The Hateful Eight

Years after the Civil War, a bounty hunter and his captive are waylaid by a Wyoming blizzard and hole up in a way station with six dicey strangers.

Actors:

Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, ...

Genre:

Violent, Controversial, Gritty

July 13, 2018 | Movie | 2015 | 168 minutes

Steve Jobs

By keying in on three crucial points in his career, this biopic shows the human foibles and visionary fearlessness of the man who made the Mac.

Actors:

Jeff Daniels, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Controversial, Inspiring

July 4, 2018 | Movie | 2015 | 122 minutes

Bowling for Columbine

Michael Moore tackles America's obsession with firearms in this Oscar-winning documentary that examines the Columbine High School shootings.

Actors:

Charlton Heston, Matt Stone, Marilyn Manson, ...

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial

July 4, 2018 | Documentaries | 2002 | 119 minutes

Confessions: Animal Hoarding

This documentary-reality series takes an unflinchingly honest look at animal hoarding and the people and pets affected by this disturbing condition.

Genre:

Dark, Controversial, Gritty

July 4, 2018 | Show | 2010

Brave Miss World

Weeks before being named Miss World, Linor Abargil was raped. She tells the world her inspiring true story in this Emmy-nominated documentary.

Actors:

Linor Abargil

Genre:

Controversial, Emotional

June 20, 2018 | Show | 2013

9/11: Truth, Lies and Conspiracies

Fifteen years after 9/11, this documentary looks into the theories surrounding the attack and investigates whether information is being withheld.

Actors:

Tara Fitzgerald

Genre:

Controversial

June 20, 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 46 minutes

The Rachel Divide

Rachel Dolezal, her family and her critics reckon with the aftermath of a national debate sparked by questions about her racial identity.

Genre:

Controversial

April 27, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 104 minutes

The China Hustle

Ill-advised financial maneuverings didn't end with the 2008 market crash. Instead, bankers used China-based companies to take investors for a ride.

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial

April 19, 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 84 minutes

Derren Brown: The Push

Mentalist Derren Brown engineers an audacious social experiment demonstrating how manipulation can lead an ordinary person to commit an appalling act.

Actors:

Derren Brown

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial

March 8, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 69 minutes

Beach Rats

A 19-year-old wrestling with questions about his sexuality finds himself torn between his macho friends, his family and the older men he meets online.

Actors:

Kate Hodge, Neal Huff, Madeline Weinstein, ...

Genre:

Controversial, Steamy, Understated

March 8, 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 98 minutes

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