2026 has been no stranger to contentious films, and these eight are some of the most egregious to hit theaters when it comes to their controversies.

2025 may be over, but we're not done talking about all of the year's movies. While the best films of 2025 invited discussion and helped push the medium forward, others were less well received. Then ...

Controversial films tend to have one of two effects: Potential moviegoers steer clear of the big screen, heeding critics' warnings to beware, or the promise of something contentious makes viewers want ...

Sidney Prescott looking confused opening bathroom stall door (2000) - Dimension Films In February 2026, "Scream 7" entered theaters on a wave of controversy, much of it centering around the firing of ...

A lot of movies about teenagers tend to delve into the darker side of being a teen. And although some of these portrayals are met with positive reactions, some are surrounded by a bit of controversy ...

It starts not with a bang, but a bacchanalia that would make Caligula blush. People dressed to the nines are gyrating and grinding away to La Bouche’s “Be My Lover,” including several uniformed ...

Antoine Fuqua directs "Michael" (in theaters April 24), which focuses on Michael Jackson's rise to fame and his early solo career in the '80s. Jaafar Jackson, son of Michael's brother Jermaine Jackson ...

Movies are Zakaria's true calling, and when he isn't logging reviews on Letterbox, he is covering the latest happenings in the movie and TV world, with the occassional contrarian feature essay. With ...