Famous Movies That Have Been Banned All Over the World

Battle Royale

You probably didn't know this, but it's widely assumed that this movie inspired The Hunger Games. Much like how The Hunger Games introduces its premise, Battle Royale selects several young individuals from a Japanese grade school and isolates them on a remote island. The students are then forced to murder one another until only one remains. 

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The More You Know

  • Hattie McDaniels was the first Black actor to win an Oscar
  • George Lucas wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie but could not obtain the rights so instead, he created Star Wars.
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  • During the filming of Star Trek (2009), Zachary Quinto could not manage to properly do the Vulcan salute. Eventually, J.J. Abrams had to glue his fingers together in order for Quinto to do it correctly.
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