Most movies today play it safe, sticking to tried-and-true formulas and market-tested endings. The movie business is a business , usually striving to please the customer, and a so-called four-quadrant movie will always be the way to go. Yet, cinema has always had its troublemakers, artists who poke at society's raw nerves, revel in discomfort, and use the screen as a Molotov cocktail .

This list looks at some of the most notorious directors in modern cinema . The filmmakers on this list carved their names into film history by refusing to play nice or conform to any given set of rules. Sometimes, their work is shocking, discomforting, and even offensive. Sometimes, it's darkly funny, disturbingly beautiful, or unexpectedly moving. The fact remains, they are never, ever safe, and cine

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