List of films that most frequently use the word "fuck"

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The use of profanity and expletives in films has always been controversial, but has increased significantly in recent years.[1] Especially the use of the word fuck in media has always attracted criticism; in 2005, the documentary Fuck dealt entirely with this phenomenon.[2] The word fuck is thought to be the most used taboo term in American film.[3]

This is a list of non-pornographic films containing at least 100 spoken uses of the word "fuck" (or one of its derivatives), ordered by the number of such uses. These are examples of high usage compared to the 42 types of "fuck" variants used per million words in regular language.[4]

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Number of uses

Movie Year "Fuck" count Minutes Source Ref.
Fuck 2005 824[5][6] 93 TDB [1]
Nil by Mouth 1997 428 128 SI [2]
Casino 1995 398 178 FMG [3]
Alpha Dog 2007 367 118 SI [4]
Twin Town 1997 318 99 SI [5]
Running Scared 2006 315 122 SI [6]
Summer of Sam 1999 315 142 SI [7]
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat 2002 311 113 SI [8]
Menace II Society 1993 300 97 PO [9]
Goodfellas 1990 300 145 FMG [10]
Narc 2002 297 105 FMG [11]
Harsh Times 2006 296 120 SI [12]
Made 2001 291 94 FMG [13]
Another Day in Paradise 1998 291 101 SI [14]
Pride and Glory 2008 291 125 SI [15]
Dirty 2005 280 97 FMG [16]
Jarhead 2005 278 123 SI [17]
Bully 2001 274 113 FMG [18]
State Property 2 2005 271 94 SI [19]
Reservoir Dogs 1992 269 99 FMG [20]
Pulp Fiction 1994 265 154 FMG [21]
The Big Lebowski 1998 260 117 FMG [22]
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2001 248 104 FMG [23]
Dead Presidents 1995 247 119 PO [24]
The Boondock Saints 1999 239 110 FMG [25]
The Departed 2006 237 151 SI [26]
Empire 2002 236 90 FMG [27]
True Romance 1993 234 121 FMG [28]
My Name Is Joe 1998 230 105 SI [29]
State of Grace 1990 230 134 FMG [30]
Gridlock’d 1997 227 91 SI [31]
The Devil's Rejects 2005 224 109 FMG [32]
Eddie Murphy Raw 1987 223 90 FMG [33]
Suicide Kings 1997 222 106 FMG [34]
Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008 219 101 SI [35]
Black and White 1999 215 98 SI [36]
American History X 1998 214 119 FMG [37]
The Original Kings of Comedy 2000 213 115 FMG [38]
Layer Cake 2005 210 105 FMG [39]
Monument Ave. 1998 210 93 PO [40]
Scarface 1983 207 170 FMG [41]
Spun 2002 203 101 FMG [42]
DysFunktional Family 2003 200 89 SI [43]
Foolish 1999 200 97 SI [44]
8 Mile 2002 200 110 SI [45]
A Bronx Tale 1993 200 122 FMG [46]
I Got the Hook Up 1998 197 93 SI [47]
Born on the Fourth of July 1989 196 145 FMG [48]
Overnight 2003 191 82 FMG [49]
Magnolia 1999 190 188 FMG [50]
Ten Benny 1996 190 108 KIM [51]
Monster 2003 187 110 FMG [52]
Belly 1998 186 96 SI [53]
Hustle and Flow 2005 186 115 FMG [54]
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ 2005 185 134 FMG [55]
Clockers 1995 185 128 PO [56]
Formula 51 2001 180 93 FMG [57]
Flawless 1999 178 112 FMG [58]
Slam 1998 176 100 SI [59]
Superbad 2007 176 114 SI [60]
Poetic Justice 1993 175 109 PO [61]
Pineapple Express 2008 175 111 SI [62]
Human Traffic 1999 174 100 PO [63]
Bad Santa 2003 173 98 FMG [64]
Tigerland 2000 173 100 MR [65]
Donnie Brasco 1997 172 127 FMG [66]
Backstage 2000 170 86 SI [67]
The Commitments 1991 169 118 FMG [68]
Grindhouse 2007 169 191 SI [69]
Four Rooms 1995 168 98 FMG [70]
Death of a Dynasty 2003 167 93 KIM [71]
Gang Related 1997 165 102 SI [72]
Boogie Nights 1997 164 155 FMG [73]
Blood In Blood Out 1993 163 190 PO [74]
Snatch 2000 159 102 FMG [75][7]
Platoon 1986 159 120 FMG [76]
Colors 1988 157 120 FMG [77]
Intermission 2003 155 106 FMG [78]
The Blair Witch Project 1999 154 86 FMG [79]
Good Will Hunting 1997 154 126 FMG [80]
Boiler Room 2000 153 118 SI [81]
Bad Boys II 2003 153 147 FMG [82]
All About The Benjamins 2002 151 95 SI [83]
Ash Wednesday 2002 151 99 FMG [84]
Smokin’ Stogies 2001 151 102 FMG [85]
Soul Men 2008 151 103 SI [86]
In the Name of the Father 1993 151 127 FMG [87]
Hoffa 1992 150 140 FMG [88]
Havoc 2005 148 86 FMG [89]
Trainspotting 1996 147 93 FMG [90]
Domino 2005 147 127 FMG [91]
Wonderland 2003 146 108 SI [92]
Waiting... 2005 146 94 FMG [93]
Jackie Brown 1997 145 154 FMG [94]
Cabin Fever 2002 144 93 FMG [95]
Baby Boy 2001 144 130 FMG [96]
The Wash 2001 143 93 SI [97]
Confidence 2003 143 98 FMG [98]
Shaft 2000 141 99 FMG [99]
White Men Can’t Jump 1992 141 117 FMG [100]
Assault on Precinct 13 2005 140 109 FMG [101]
Rounders 1998 140 121 SI [102]
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999 139 81 FMG [103]
Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 138 100 FMG [104]
Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show 2008 137 100 SI [105]
Gone Baby Gone 2007 137 115 SI [106]
Carlito's Way 1993 137 144 PO [107]
Street Kings 2008 136 109 SI [108]
Jackass: Number Two 2006 135 95 SI [109]
Clerks II 2006 133 97 SI [110]
Midnight Run 1988 132 126 FMG [111]
American Buffalo 1996 132 88 SI [112]
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay 2008 131 102 SI [113]
Hostel 2006 131 95 FMG [114]
Turn It Up 2000 130 86 SI [115]
Training Day 2001 129 120 FMG [116]
The Rules of Attraction 2002 129 110 FMG [117]
Any Given Sunday 1999 129 162 FMG [118]
In Too Deep 1999 128 95 SI [119]
Poolhall Junkies 2002 128 99 FMG [120]
American Gangster 2007 126 157 SI [121]
Apocalypse Now Redux 2001 126 202 FMG [122]
In Bruges 2008 126 107 KIM [123]
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 125 105 FMG [124]
Fresh 1994 125 114 KIM [125]
Very Bad Things 1998 124 100 SI [126]
Tropic Thunder 2008 124 120 SI [127]
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 123 119 FMG [128]
Gigli 2003 123 121 SI [129]
Dark Blue 2003 122 118 SI [130]
Phone Booth 2002 122 81 SI [131]
Chasing Amy 1997 121 111 SI [132]
Baadasssss! 2004 120 109 FMG [133]
Romper Stomper 1992 119 91 FMG [134]
Blow 2001 119 124 FMG [135]
25th Hour 2002 119 135 FMG [136]
SLC Punk! 1999 118 97 SI [137]
All or Nothing 2002 118 128 FMG [138]
Strange Days 1995 118 145 FMG [139]
The Last Boy Scout 1991 116 105 FMG [140]
24 Hour Party People 2002 116 117 SI [141]
Sexy Beast 2000 115 89 FMG [142]
Smokin' Aces 2007 115 109 SI [143]
Crank 2006 115 85 SI [144]
Buffalo Soldiers 2001 114 98 FMG [145]
Love and a Bullet 2002 114 100 KIM [146]
Dangerous Game 1993 114 108 PO [147]
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1996 114 108 SI [148]
Raging Bull 1980 114 129 FMG [149]
Trespass 1992 113 101 PO [150]
Knocked Up 2007 113 129 SI [151][8]
Righteous Kill 2008 112 101 SI [152]
Pauly Shore Is Dead 2003 112 82 FMG [153]
Deuces Wild 2002 111 97 FMG [154]
Bulworth 1998 111 108 FMG [155]
Natural Born Killers 1994 110 121 FMG [156]
Next Friday 2000 109 98 SI [157]
Boys Don’t Cry 1999 109 114 FMG [158]
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power 2005 108 100 FMG [159]
The Cooler 2003 107 101 FMG [160]
From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 107 108 FMG [161]
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny 2006 106 93 SI [162]
Kiss or Kill 1997 106 96 PO [163]
The Hard Word 2002 106 102 SI [164]
subUrbia 1996 106 121 SI [165]
Dogma 1999 106 130 FMG [166]
Ladybird, Ladybird 1994 105 101 PO [167]
Bad Boys 1995 104 118 FMG [168]
Original Gangstas 1996 103 99 SI [169]
How High 2001 103 93 SI [170]
Set It Off 1996 103 122 FMG [171]
Bookies 2004 102 90 FMG [172]
Metro 1997 101 117 SI [173]
The Aristocrats 2005 100 86 FMG [174]
One Tough Cop 1998 100 90 SI [175]
Swingers 1996 100 94 FMG [176]
Better Luck Tomorrow 2003 100 100 KIM [177]
I Went Down 1997 100 107 SI [178]

Graphical representation

This graph shows the number of uses of the word fuck for movies containing the word over 250 times.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003" (15-Jul-2004).
  2. ^ "Is this an f-word too far?". The Guardian (November 19, 2006).
  3. ^ María Jesús Fernández Fernández (2006-06-21). "The Translation of Swearing in the Dubbing of the Film South Park into Spanish". In So Many Words: Language Transfer on the Screen. University of Surrey. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  4. ^ Dídac Pujol. "The Translation and Dubbing of 'Fuck' into Catalan: The Case of From Dusk till Dawn". The Journal of Specialised Translation, http://www.jostrans.org/issue06/art_pujol.php. Retrieved on 3 February 2008. 
  5. ^ An earlier cut of the movie, shown at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, incorrectly stated the movie contained 629 uses of the word fuck.
  6. ^ The DVD release includes an optional "curse counter" function that keeps a visual record of the number of appearances of the word both verbally and visually in the film. Source: "DVD Verdict Review - Fuck". DVD Verdict (12 March 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  7. ^ "The filth and the fury". Guardian Unlimited (2004-09-11). Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  8. ^ Arnold Furious (2008-01-31). "Furious on Film 01.31.08: Issue 124". 411mania. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  9. ^ A counter is situated in the bottom-right corner throughout the episode, incrementing each time "shit" is said.
  10. ^ Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Dickesode - TV.com
  11. ^ YouTube clip

Resources

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