Famous Movies That Have Been Banned All Over the World

Shut Down from the Ground Up

Brokeback Mountain was by far the most impressive film to come out in 2005. So, why didn't it win the Best Picture award, despite sweeping all of the Best Picture and Best Director prizes on the annual circuit? Well, Hollywood critics say that institutionalized homophobia was most likely to blame. Additionally, this movie was banned in several Middle Eastern countries and China for its depiction of a homosexual relationship.

The More You Know

The location of Tony Stark’s mansion in Iron Man is the same cliff from Planet of the Apes where the Statue of Liberty is sticking out from the sand.
Toto was paid more than the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz".
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.
Robert Ludlum, the creator of the Jason Bourne series, died while the first Bourne film was in post-production.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.