15 Movies Banned Overseas For Ridiculous Reasons

14. Humiliating Kim Jong-Il -Team America: World Police

Team America Kim Jong Il
Paramount

The Reason: For mocking President Kim Jong-Il (North Korea).

Some nations just can't have a sense of humour or an ear for satire, can they? One of the greatest things about filmmaking in the western world is the freedom it gives artists to comment on the world at large, and that extends to ridiculing contentious and controversial political figures.

North Korea, always one to project an eerily self-serious visage to the outside world - one that's ironically quite laughable - took none-too-kindly to their illustrious leader being mercilessly ripped apart in Matt Stone and Trey Parker's incredible puppet musical.

It wasn't the last time the country famously bristled with Hollywood, though: 2014's The Interview was also banned by the country for its unflattering depiction of Kim Jong-un. And we all remember how that went.

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