Think about movies that you could see being banned.
Which ones come to mind?
Movies by Michael Moore, maybe. The American Pie series... perhaps. Babe? Yeah... me neither.
Over the past couple of decades, the Malaysian film board has banned the most [seemingly to Westerners] random films that have been released. When looking through the list of banned films and TV shows that has been provided by the Internet Movie Database, it's hard to understand the motives behind some of the decisions to ban.
Among those banned, the list names movies such as Brokeback Mountian, I Know Who Killed me, Pokemon and Interview with the Vampire. (For a complete list, visit www.imdb.com/List?certificates=Malaysia:%28Banned%29&&heading=14;Malaysia:%28Banned%29)
Confused? Me too. The titles of the movies and TV shows that have been banned vary to the point of randomness, and rarely do the ideas that have placed them on this list make any sense. Movies, such as Babe, and it's sequel Babe 2: Pig in the City, which are both rated "G" in Canada, are yet to be released within the Malaysian boarders.
With children's movies being banned, good luck finding any films that star popular actors such as Seth Rogen or Sacha Baron-Cohen, as well as most horror movies that have been released within the past decade.
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