Netflix movies and series: Controversial

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Netflix movies and series: Controversial

74 movies and series in the controversial category

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 4.1, is Miss Representation.

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I, Dolours

3 March 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 82 minutes

In candid interviews, former IRA member Dolours Price reflects on her upbringing in Belfast, her actions during the Troubles and her disillusionment.

Dolores Price, Lorna Larkin

Controversial, Provocative

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Biggie & Tupac

28 January 2019 | Documentaries | 2002 | 107 minutes

British documentarian Nick Broomfield investigates the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, digging up some surprises in the process.

Nick Broomfield

Controversial, Dark

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Kurt & Courtney

8 January 2019 | Documentaries | 1998 | 95 minutes

This film charts Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's rise to fame, his drug-addled romance with Courtney Love and the conspiracy theories surrounding his death.

Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain

Controversial

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Fred

3 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 85 minutes

Freddie Foreman's determination to rise from poverty to wealth propels him to become one of East London's most infamous gangsters of the 1960s.

Freddie Foreman

Controversial

Syriana

3 December 2018 | Movie | 2005 | 127 minutes

A story of greed and corruption in the global quest for oil unfolds through the fates of a CIA operative, an energy analyst and other power players.

George Clooney, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, ...

Controversial, Cerebral, Dark

Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai

15 November 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 136 minutes

Through interviews with locals, this documentary investigates the triggers and outcomes of the 2013 communal riots in the heart of Uttar Pradesh.

Controversial, Gritty

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The Degenerates

1 November 2018 | Show | 2018

Six stand-ups explore the coarse and salacious side of comedy in this series of half-hour specials. For mature audiences.

Brad Williams, Joey Diaz, Big Jay Oakerson, ...

Controversial, Cynical, Provocative, ...

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Miss Representation

24 October 2018 | Documentaries | 2011 | 90 minutes

Explore how the mainstream media's often disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of females in positions of leadership.

Provocative, Social & Cultural, Controversial, ...

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Derren Brown: Sacrifice

24 October 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 49 minutes

Illusionist Derren Brown concocts a psychological experiment in which he tries to manipulate an ordinary person into taking a bullet for a stranger.

Derren Brown

Reality TV, Provocative, Controversial, ...

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Two Catalonias

28 September 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 116 minutes

Representatives from both the Catalonian and Spanish societies speak about the complexities of Catalonia's politics and the independentist movement.

Controversial

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Meet the Hitlers

20 September 2018 | Documentaries | 2014 | 83 minutes

This documentary profiles people with history's most notorious surname, including an Ecuadorian immigrant and a poor Roman clinging to his identity.

Matt Ogens, Matthew Ogens

Provocative, Controversial

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

1 August 2018 | Movie | 2008 | 101 minutes

Zack and Miri make and star in an adult film to bring in easy money. But their unspoken feelings for each other might threaten the whole enterprise.

Jason Mewes, Elizabeth Banks, Seth Rogen, ...

Controversial, Irreverent, Raunchy

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The Bleeding Edge

27 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 100 minutes

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

Provocative, Controversial

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Why Knot

14 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 83 minutes

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

Scandalous, Provocative, Cerebral, ...

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Seeing Allred

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 95 minutes

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

Gloria Allred

Provocative, Controversial, Inspiring

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Louis Theroux: Savile

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 75 minutes

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

Louis Theroux

Scandalous, Controversial

White Right: Meeting the Enemy

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 55 minutes

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.

Controversial

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Saving Capitalism

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 73 minutes

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.

Robert Reich

Provocative, Cerebral, Controversial

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Freeway: Crack in the System

4 July 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 103 minutes

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.

Freeway Rick Ross

Provocative, Controversial

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The Hateful Eight

4 July 2018 | Movie | 2015 | 167 minutes

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.

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

Violent, Controversial, Gritty

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