A backlash erupted over this teaser poster for 2011’s David Fincher–directed The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo because star Rooney Mara’s nudity was deemed exploitative.
The German poster for Martin Scorsese’s 1976 vigilante thriller, Taxi Driver.
The one-sheet for the notorious 1982 women-in-prison flick, The Concrete Jungle.
Last year’s in-your-face promo for Gaspar Noé’s controversial sex romp, Love.
The poster for the 1996 movie about the trials and tribulations of infamous porn magazine publisher Larry Flynt.
The one-sheet for Russ Meyer’s 1965 sexploitation classic.
This poster for 2005’s sequel to Sin City was initially banned by the Motion Picture Association of America for showing too much of star Eva Green’s boobs. After a little airbrushing, the image was given the green light.
The original poster for the controversial 1962 Stanley Kubrick masterpiece, Lolita.
The poster for Spike Lee’s 1991 interracial romance movie, Jungle Fever.
The 2014 advertising campaign for Lars von Trier’s sex-filled drama featured a series of posters of the actors seemingly in the throes of passion.
