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This is a list of films condemned by the Legion of Decency, a United States Catholic organization.

The condemned (or C) rating was issued from the time of the Legion's formation in 1933 until 1978, when the C rating and the B rating were merged into the new O ("morally objectionable") rating.

The Legion's ratings were applied to movies made in the United States (which were subject to the Production Code until 1967) as well as those which were imported from other countries. Beginning in 1968, the ratings were applied in addition to any rating assigned by the MPAA film rating system.

Legion-organized boycotts made a C rating harmful to a film's distribution and profitability. Accordingly, for the majority of years that the rating was applied, most condemned films were made outside of the United States, where their producers didn't have as much to fear from the condemnation. Of the 53 movies which the Legion had placed on its condemned list by 1943, only Howard Hughes' The Outlaw came from a major US studio, and it had not been approved by the Production Code or distributed widely.

Despite rumor to the contrary, Elia Kazan's 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire did not receive a C rating. However, it was cut by 4 minutes to avoid condemnation.

The following list is not complete.

By Year

1933

Blood Money
Design for Living
Grandeur and Decadence -- One of the first foreign films to be condemned.
Queen Christina
The Worst Woman in Paris

1934

Finishing School
The Life of Vergie Winters
Madame DuBarry
Men in White
One More River
Riptide
The Scarlet Empress

1937

Damaged Goods

1940

Strange Cargo -- Initially condemned, the studio released a cut version.
This Thing Called Love

1941

No Greater Sin -- Not approved by the Production Code.
Two-Faced Woman
Volpone

1942

White Cargo

1943

The Outlaw

1947

1948

Three Daring Daughters

1951

M
The Miracle (film)

1953

The Moon is Blue -- The first studio-produced film to deliberately bypass Production Code approval.

1954

The French Line

1955

Rififi
-- Initially condemned, was re-released with changes for B rating.

1956

And God Created Woman
Baby Doll
-- The first film to be approved by the Production Code but condemned by the Legion of Decency.

1957

Love in the Afternoon
-- Initially condemned, the studio changed the ending.

1960

1961

A Cold Wind in August
Jules and Jim
Viridiana

1966

Blow-Up
Masculine Feminine
Torn Curtain

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