Yahoo Movies 10 NSFW Movie Posters That Got Banned
1/10‘Zack And Miri Make A Porno’
Why it was banned: Kevin Smith was outraged that the censors deemed this cheeky poster for his DIY porn comedy unsuitable for public consumption – the head placement is a little risque, but Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks are fully clothed and are wearing such goofy expressions, you can’t help but love it.
![<p><b>Why it was banned: </b>The 'Saw’ franchise got away with far more violent acts in its time than the relatively tame lopping off of a couple of fingers, but the MPAA drew the line at this sparse poster, which it decided was too upsetting to be displayed in US cinemas.</p>]()
2/10'Saw II’
Why it was banned: The 'Saw’ franchise got away with far more violent acts in its time than the relatively tame lopping off of a couple of fingers, but the MPAA drew the line at this sparse poster, which it decided was too upsetting to be displayed in US cinemas.
![<p><b>Why it was banned: </b>Have a guess. Eva Green has never been shy about showing her body in her movies, but the MPAA couldn’t tolerate the transparency of her dressing gown here, ordering that she cover herself up and wear a garment at least 20% more conservative.</p>]()
3/10'Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’
Why it was banned: Have a guess. Eva Green has never been shy about showing her body in her movies, but the MPAA couldn’t tolerate the transparency of her dressing gown here, ordering that she cover herself up and wear a garment at least 20% more conservative.
![<p><b>Why it was banned: </b>Should we draw you a diagram? This is no cheap, exploitative poster concept – this is an accurate representation of the story of the movie: a girl has teeth… down there. This shocking one-sheet is actually the most tactful and harmless way to sell the movie possible.</p>]()
4/10'Teeth’
Why it was banned: Should we draw you a diagram? This is no cheap, exploitative poster concept – this is an accurate representation of the story of the movie: a girl has teeth… down there. This shocking one-sheet is actually the most tactful and harmless way to sell the movie possible.
![<p><b>Why it was banned: </b>Boobs, basically. Sony created two versions of this moody black and white poster – one showing off Lisbeth Salander, nipple ring and all, plus another with her 'assets’ obscured. Both were banned by the MPAA. If the sight of an errant nipple put them off their breakfast, we hope the censors weren’t eating when they watched what Lisbeth does to her tormentors in the actual movie.</p>]()
5/10'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’
Why it was banned: Boobs, basically. Sony created two versions of this moody black and white poster – one showing off Lisbeth Salander, nipple ring and all, plus another with her 'assets’ obscured. Both were banned by the MPAA. If the sight of an errant nipple put them off their breakfast, we hope the censors weren’t eating when they watched what Lisbeth does to her tormentors in the actual movie.
![<p><b>Why it was banned:</b> By that point, the MPAA were presumably just ban-happy, content to bring their big red stamp down on any poster that hinted at anything more unsavoury than a peck on the cheek. America: the country where you can take your loaded gun into Starbucks but you’re not allowed to see a movie poster featuring stuffed bears doing it. It was allowed in the UK though.</p>]()
6/10'The Rules Of Attraction’
Why it was banned: By that point, the MPAA were presumably just ban-happy, content to bring their big red stamp down on any poster that hinted at anything more unsavoury than a peck on the cheek. America: the country where you can take your loaded gun into Starbucks but you’re not allowed to see a movie poster featuring stuffed bears doing it. It was allowed in the UK though.
![<p><b>Why it was banned:</b> Christoph Waltz’s bare bottom, floating through space, upsetting lots of easily-offended aliens. Even though Waltz’s bum is barely visible in the poster, and it’s about as far from sexual as a bum is possible to get, the MPAA still refused to approve the poster. Party poopers.</p>]()
7/10'The Zero Theorem’
Why it was banned: Christoph Waltz’s bare bottom, floating through space, upsetting lots of easily-offended aliens. Even though Waltz’s bum is barely visible in the poster, and it’s about as far from sexual as a bum is possible to get, the MPAA still refused to approve the poster. Party poopers.
![<p><b>Why it was banned:</b> For an entirely accurate reason: that it was glamorising guns. Anyone who buys a ticket to a film called 'Shoot 'Em Up’ knows exactly what they’re getting into; however, the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that children could be upset by the posters, as could families of gun crime victims.</p>]()
8/10'Shoot 'Em Up’
Why it was banned: For an entirely accurate reason: that it was glamorising guns. Anyone who buys a ticket to a film called 'Shoot 'Em Up’ knows exactly what they’re getting into; however, the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that children could be upset by the posters, as could families of gun crime victims.
![<p><b>Why it was banned:</b> Weirdly, it wasn’t the MPAA that objected to this grisly poster for Eli Roth’s slice of torture-porn – they passed it without question. It was actually cinema chain Century/Cinemark that turned their nose up, calling it “ruthless” and instructing staff not to hang it in their cinemas.</p>]()
9/10'Hostel: Part II’
Why it was banned: Weirdly, it wasn’t the MPAA that objected to this grisly poster for Eli Roth’s slice of torture-porn – they passed it without question. It was actually cinema chain Century/Cinemark that turned their nose up, calling it “ruthless” and instructing staff not to hang it in their cinemas.
![<p><b>Why it was banned: </b>Golden boy Jean Dujardin was on the home stretch of Oscar season, cruising to a Best Actor win for 'The Artist’, when this poster for his new French-language comedy threatened to derail his campaign. As audiences cried 'Le sexism!’ the posters were quietly taken down by the French advertising regulators. He won anyway.</p>]()
10/10'Les Infideles’
Why it was banned: Golden boy Jean Dujardin was on the home stretch of Oscar season, cruising to a Best Actor win for 'The Artist’, when this poster for his new French-language comedy threatened to derail his campaign. As audiences cried 'Le sexism!’ the posters were quietly taken down by the French advertising regulators. He won anyway.
