Wajda, the first full-length feature film by a female Saudi Arabian film-maker, releases this week and while the film addresses certain taboos, it is also critical of the tight-grip of censorship on films in the Middle-East. Enstars rounded up a list of American films, that, for various reasons, -- from religious intolerance to excessive violence -- have qualified for bans in certain countries.

1. Natural Born Killers (1994)

Where: Ireland and UK

The film was banned completely -- both theatrical and VHS -- in Ireland. The ban has been lifted now.

In the UK, the censor board initially implemented a ban because of news of its inspiring copycat murders in the U.S. and France, which delayed the film's release. The film was eventually released in 1995. But the video release was pushed by 5 years, after the Dunblane massacre.

2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Where: UK, France, Sweden, Singapore, and Brazil

The slasher film was met with a lot of resistance when it first released from outright bans by certain countries to others pulling it out of theaters after intital release. The UK which only re-evaluated and lifted the ban in 1999.

3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Where: UK

The film was withdrawn from Britain's theaters and not released on VHS, the ban was maintained for over 27 years. The authorities corroborated the ban by claiming that the film had spurred crimes in the country. In the United States, the film was rated X and Stanley Kubrick was asked to edit out and replace certain graphic scenes which depicted sexual violence.

4. Borat (2006)

Where: Kazhakstan, Russia, and all Arab countries except Lebanon

The government of Kazakhastan was most disconcerted by the portrayal of the nation and its people in the film, accusing the filmmakers of being racist. The ban on the film in Kazakhastan still holds. Russian authorities discouraged theaters from releasing the film. Yousuf Abdul Hamid, a film censor for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates called the film "vile, gross and extremely ridiculous."

5. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

Where: Mexico, Georgia, Chile, Turkey, Argentina, Singapore, and the Philippines

Even after over 3 decades since the film's release, Sinagapore and the Philppines have upheld the ban. Back when it released, a Paris theater which was showing the film, was actually torched by Christian fundamentalists.

6. The Wild One (1953)

Where: UK

The film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors for fourteen years. The authorities worried that the film would have a negative influence on the youth of the country. The film was finally released in 1968 with an X-rating.

7. The Exorcist

Where: Britain

The film was banned in Britain for a good 15 years. The ban was also motivated by Reverend Billy Grahams stern dismissal of the film, he stated that he "felt the power of evil buried within the film itself."

8. Baby Doll (1956)

Where: Sweden

The film was banned in Sweden for "exaggerated sexual content." Time magazine also denigrated the film calling it "the dirtiest American-made motion picture that had ever been legally exhibited."

9. The Evil Dead (1983)

Where: UK, Mayasia, Sweden, Iceland, Ireland, Singapore, and West Germany

The film was one of the first to be labelled a "video nasty" - a term used to criticize films for their violent content by various religious organizations.

10. Mikey (1992)

Where: Britain

The film was banned in the UK following the Jamer Bulger murder in Liverpool. The ban on the film still holds in the UK.