The 10 most infamous movie scenes of the 1980s

The article argues that the 1980s’ enduring popularity and broad appeal also left behind scenes that now seem awkward, controversial or strange. It begins a list of ten infamous moments, showing how they can prompt reassessment of well-loved films and expose changing attitudes in cinema.

Among the examples in the supplied text, *The Last Temptation of Christ* drew protests over a dream in which Jesus imagines a family life before rejecting it as Satan’s temptation. *Return of the Jedi* later revealed Luke and Leia were siblings, making their earlier kiss in *The Empire Strikes Back* uncomfortable in retrospect. In *Do the Right Thing*, Rosie Perez later said she was upset by the framing of Tina’s nude scene and felt mistreated during filming.