15 Movies Banned Overseas For Ridiculous Reasons

13. That Chinese Subplot Nobody Remembers - The Departed

The Reason: A scene in which Chinese secret agents are depicted purchasing advanced military computer hardware from gangsters (China).

You probably don't remember the subplot - if you can even call it that - in Martin Scorsese's Best Picture-winning masterpiece where mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) makes a shady deal with the Chinese authorities, so it's pretty ridiculous that China had such a vitriolic knee-jerk response to it.

It's especially ironic as the film on which The Departed is based, Infernal Affairs, is actually from Hong Kong itself, even if this film, ahem, departs from its predecessor's script and tone quite significantly.