9. Likely To Inspire A Revolution In The United Kingdom, And Elsewhere - Battleship Potemkin
Widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, Sergei Eisenstein's incredible recounting of the 1905 mutiny on the titular battleship introduced audiences to all manner of cinematic techniques, which are still used to this day. Along with Man With A Movie Camera it's one of the most influential Russian movies of all time, redefining the power of editing and avant garde compositions. The censors of the time were far concerned about Potemkin's potential to incite a very real revolution in their home countries. Battleship Potemkin was banned in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other countries on account of its perceived "revolutionary zeal". Perhaps they took the words of Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels seriously when he said of the film, "Anyone who had no firm political conviction could become a Bolshevik after seeing the film.