10) Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust received a lot of publicity for the violent scenes, including some scenes of animal cruelty and human sacrifice. The film captures an expedition by a documentary team into the Amazonian rainforest in search of research on indigenous tribes.
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Rescue teams exhume images showing the crew turning savage and murdering natives whom they came across. The line between fiction and reality is very easily crossed in the film, and it shockingly features some scenes that were so discussed at the time of release, such as butchering.
The film critiques how Westerners exploit the cultures of the indigenous people, and it brings forth some questions on the nature of documentary filmmaking and violent presentation.
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