Famous Movies That Have Been Banned All Over the World

Birth Control

This movie was created by sex ed teacher, activist, and founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger. She wanted to show the world that family planning, and the empowerment of women, came hand in hand with dropping the stigma around contraceptives. However, this movie came out in 1917, which was a bad year for women's suffrage. This movie was banned in America, and was only to be showed heavily censored "in the interest of morality, decency, and public safety and welfare."

The More You Know

In 1982, Spileberg’s kids classic stayed in the US top ten for ten months.
The original raw footage of Apocalypse Now consisted of 1,250,000 feet of film which is over 230 hours’ worth.
Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they’re called “trailers.”
During the filming of the movie Titanic, an angry crew member put PCP in James Cameron’s soup, sending him and 50 others to the hospital.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.