Movie Banned In Malaysia

With the disney renaissance classic remake not hitting the cinemas in malaysia we take a look at 10 other major movies throughout the years that were banned by the hammer of the film censorship board of malaysia.

Movie banned in malaysia. In addition to nudity and sex scenes being strictly censored off kissing scenes and cleavages were also censored and many movies were banned altogether. Many movies have been banned for high impact violence and or cruelty which is also not allowed by malaysia s film censorship guidelines. This is a list of films banned or rejected in malaysia films that are assigned the tidak diluluskan untuk tayangan not passed for screening category by the film censorship board of malaysia are banned for sale possession distribution and screening. Newly released tamil thriller kadaram kondan has been officially banned in malaysia due to the negative portrayal of the malaysian police in the movie.

Official reason for ban. Screening rejected films possessing selling or even owning them in private is forbidden and strictly enforced and can be punished with. Hear ben stiller talk about zoolander and malaysia at the 05 34 mark above. Kuala lumpur the makers of the award winning movie absent without leave which was banned in malaysia due to communist overtones will make the film available to malaysian viewers without.

According to a letter sent by the malaysian film censorship board lpf to the film s distributor the film was a piece of propaganda with the purpose of asking for. The passion of the christ 2004 this gruesome depiction of the crucifixion of jesus christ by mel gibson is one of many movies about figures in the bible to have been banned due to strict laws against depicting a figure that is also in the quran. Malaysia s film censorship guidelines were further tightened in 2003 amid rising islamic conservatism. The movie s distributor lotus five star lfs made a last minute announcement on its social media quoting that it is as per the order of the film censorship board lpf of malaysia.