Your Favorite Movie Might Have Been Banned In These Countries

Mad Max

This dystopian movie from 1979 originally garnered acclaim upon its release, even making more than $100 million at the time. That worldwide gross was considered a lot for the 1970s, and all countries contributed to it except two: Sweden and New Zealand.

It turns out that these two countries banned the film for one particular scene where a character is burned alive inside his car. It was deemed too similar to other gang violence recently seen inside the countries. The bans were ultimately lifted in 2005.