I'm really not sure what anybody could find to ban about Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, oh yeah, Derek and Clive get the Horn, banned in 1983 and finally released in 1993. Derek and Clive are an acquired taste, most of it appears to be adlibed and a vast difference from Pete and Dud.
Hidden Rage or alternatively Perfect Victims was refused a certificate by the BBFC in 1988 because they felt rape scenes were "titillatory" for male audiences and felt that cutting them wasn't an option, it doesn't appear that a certificate has been issued still.
Visions of Ecstasy (1989)was the only film ever to be banned due to blasphemy under the common law offence of blasphemy, this was abolished in 2008, the film was finally released in 2012.
In 1994 Rowdy Roddy Piper got into trouble with the BBFC over his film Back in Action, the powers that be at the BBFC thought that the extremely violent content could be harmful, as they felt that it was likely to appeal to minors, particularly those with a record of violent offending. WTF, are the people at the BBFC child psychologists (I did check, they weren't, it was still being run by James Ferman, lots about him and his regime in later blogs).Film was later released uncut in 2004.
Banned for 10 years Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor, the reason, it was "celebration of extreme violence as entertainment", that'll be James Ferman again, didn't like martial arts or chainsaws!
A documentary about bare knuckle boxing, surely they wouldn't have an issue with that, well you guessed it, Bare Fists: The Sport That Wouldn't Die was banned in 1996 and never formally given a release as the director wouldn't resubmit the film with the suggested cuts.
1998 Deadbeat at Dawn spent 20 years either banned or cut, now available on Prime, uncut, and it's not a very good film, yep it's violent but it's almost cartoon violence due to the bad acting!
Bumfights 2, submitted for classification in 2003, refused and still isn't passed, though you can find copies online if you're that way inclined, the film's content exploited "the physical and other vulnerabilities of homeless people". Then again the idea is a bit sick and exploitative, not really my cup of tea.
The Texas Vibrator Massacre had 20 minutes cut from it's original running time before it was submitted to the BBFC and still they wouldn't pass it! They didn't like the significant amount of eroticized sexual violence and the scenes of intercourse between characters who were intended to be brother and sister.
A particularly nasty entry to this list is Grotesque, a Japanese torture porn movie along the lines of the Guinea Pig films, they are just gore and no story what so ever, they make the Saw franchise look like they were made by Disney, nasty stuff, but the special effects are fantastic though, so good that it was one of the Guinea Pig movies that Charlie Sheen called the FBI over believing he'd just seen a snuff movie! None of these have been given a release but you can get hold of them, some are even available on YouTube, but do so at your own risk, I wouldn't recommend them.
The Bunny Game is another nasty movie, rape and sexual violence and not a lot of story, refused a certificate in 2011 and still not officially certified, but again, thanks to the internet you can watch this, if that's your kick.
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