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 4.2, is Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This?.

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71 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, ...

14 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 83 minutes

Seeing Allred

Explore the public and private sides of feminist firebrand attorney Gloria Allred, who's battled some of the biggest names in politics and business.

Actors:

Gloria Allred

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial, Inspiring

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 95 minutes

Louis Theroux: Savile

Louis Theroux hears from victims and revisits his own encounters with TV celebrity Jimmy Savile, whose sordid crimes came to light posthumously.

Actors:

Louis Theroux

Genre:

Scandalous, Controversial

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 75 minutes

White Right: Meeting the Enemy

To many, white supremacists embody hate in its purest form. One filmmaker decides to look past the rhetoric to see if a human connection is possible.

Genre:

Controversial

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 55 minutes

Saving Capitalism

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich meets with Americans from all walks of life as he chronicles a seismic shift in the nation's economy.

Actors:

Robert Reich

Genre:

Provocative, Cerebral, Controversial

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 73 minutes

Freeway: Crack in the System

Take in the true account of drug kingpin "Freeway" Rick Ross's empire and how the CIA helped him fuel America's devastating crack cocaine epidemic.

Actors:

Freeway Rick Ross

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 103 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

4 July 2018 | Movie | 2015 | 168 minutes

Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore's documentary addresses the attacks of September 11, outlining the reasons the United States became a target for hatred and terrorism.

Actors:

Michael Moore

Genre:

Controversial, Irreverent

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2004 | 122 minutes

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

21 June 2018 | Show | 2013

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

1 June 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 98 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

27 April 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

19 April 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 84 minutes

Forever Pure

The furor over the addition of two Muslim players to the Beitar Jerusalem soccer club underscores the role of institutionalized racism in Israel.

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial, Ominous

5 April 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 87 minutes

Risk

Filmmaker Laura Poitras shines a dramatic light on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, one of the most controversial figures of the early 21st century.

Actors:

Laura Poitras, Julian Assange

Genre:

Controversial

5 April 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 91 minutes

Cop Watchers

Explore the stories of the citizens who seek to deter police brutality by observing and videotaping arrests made by the New York Police Department.

Genre:

Controversial

5 April 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 45 minutes

Truth

This fact-based drama recounts the 2004 reporting scandal that cost news producer Mary Mapes her job and sullied the reputation of anchor Dan Rather.

Actors:

Dennis Quaid, Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Controversial

5 April 2018 | Movie | 2015 | 125 minutes

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Via interviews with ex-members, this documentary based on a best-selling book examines Scientology's alleged abuses and potentially illegal practices.

Actors:

Jason Beghe, Paul Haggis

Genre:

Controversial

5 April 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 119 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

5 April 2018 | Show | 2017

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore "invades" Europe to learn about policies implemented there that could solve social problems plaguing the United States.

Actors:

Michael Moore

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial

5 April 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 120 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

8 March 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 69 minutes

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