10 Banned Movies Now Considered Masterpieces

A vivid spectacle based on the horrors of war, it's unsurprising to hear that Apocalypse Now earned itself a taboo status at least somewhere. resulting in a ban. What is surprising however, is the real reason why - apparently, instead of the gratuitous violence, harrowing scenes of death, or difficult subject matter: it was actually the film's anti-war message that sealed the deal.

Following Special Forces Officer Michael Sheen on his mission to kill a presumed insane Colonel, Marlon Brando, the movie is a deep and often brutal look at the reality of conflict, rejecting war as the glorified propaganda so regularly brought to the big screen.

Taking offence to this ideology, South Korea in particular refused to allow the film to screen as it wasn't in keeping with their government at the time. Now, it's been deemed as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the National Film Registry, and war decided as Definitely A Bad Thing™.