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

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The use of profanity in films has always been controversial, but has increased significantly in recent years.12 The use of the word fuck in film has always drawn particular criticism; in 2005, the documentary Fuck dealt entirely with this phenomenon.3 The word fuck is thought to be the taboo term used most in American film.4

This is a list of non-pornographic, English language films containing at least 150 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 fuck variants used 42 times per million words in regular language.5

Number of uses

Film Year "Fuck" count Minutes Uses/minute Source Ref.
Fuck - a documentary on the word6 2005 857 93 9.52 78
Gutterballs 2008 625 96 6.51 9
Summer of Sam 1999 435 142 3.06 PO 10
Nil by Mouth 1997 428 128 3.34 SI 11
Casino 1995 398 178 2.37 FMG 12
Alpha Dog 2007 367 118 3.11 SI 13
End of Watch 2012 326 109 3.00 KIM 14
Twin Town 1997 318 99 3.21 SI 15
Running Scared 2006 315 122 2.58 SI 16
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat 2002 311 113 2.75 SI 17
Menace II Society 1993 300 97 3.09 PO 18
Goodfellas 1990 300 145 2.06 FMG 19
Narc 2002 297 105 2.82 FMG 20
Harsh Times 2006 296 120 2.46 SI 21
Made 2001 291 94 3.09 FMG 22
Another Day in Paradise 1998 291 101 2.88 SI 23
Pride and Glory 2008 291 125 2.32 SI 24
Dirty 2005 280 97 2.88 FMG 25
I'm Still Here 2010 280 107 2.40 FMG 26
Jarhead 2005 278 123 2.26 SI 27
Bully 2001 274 113 2.42 FMG 28
State Property 2 2005 271 94 2.88 SI 29
Brooklyn's Finest 2010 270 140 1.93 SI 30
Reservoir Dogs 1992 269 99 2.71 FMG 31
Pulp Fiction 1994 265 154 1.72 FMG 32
The Big Lebowski 1998 260 117 2.22 FMG 33
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2001 248 104 2.38 FMG 34
Goon 2011 248 92 2.7 IMDB 35
Dead Presidents 1995 247 119 2.08 PO 36
The Boondock Saints 1999 239 110 2.17 FMG 37
The Departed 2006 237 151 1.56 SI 38
Empire 2002 236 90 2.62 FMG 39
True Romance 1993 234 121 1.93 FMG 40
My Name Is Joe 1998 230 105 2.19 SI 41
State of Grace 1990 230 134 1.71 FMG 42
Eddie Murphy Delirious 1983 230 69 3.33 43
Gridlock'd 1997 227 91 2.49 SI 44
Eddie Murphy Raw 1987 223 90 2.47 FMG 45
Suicide Kings 1997 222 106 2.09 FMG 46
Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008 219 101 2.16 SI 47
30 Minutes or Less 2011 218 83 2.17 KIM 48
Black and White 1999 215 98 2.19 SI 49
American History X 1998 214 119 1.79 FMG 50
The Original Kings of Comedy 2000 213 115 1.85 FMG 51
Hot Tub Time Machine 2010 212 100 2.12 SI 52
Layer Cake 2005 210 105 2.00 FMG 53
Monument Ave. 1998 210 93 2.25 PO 54
Scarface 1983 207 170 1.21 FMG 55
Spun 2002 203 101 2.00 FMG 56
DysFunktional Family 2003 200 89 2.24 SI 57
Foolish 1999 200 97 2.06 SI 58
8 Mile 2002 200 110 1.81 SI 59
A Bronx Tale 1993 200 122 1.63 FMG 60
I Got the Hook Up 1998 197 93 2.11 SI 61
Born on the Fourth of July 1989 196 145 1.35 FMG 62
Next Day Air 2009 193 84 2.23 SI 63
Overnight 2003 191 82 2.32 FMG 64
Magnolia 1999 190 188 1.01 FMG 65
Ten Benny 1996 190 108 1.75 KIM 66
Monster 2003 187 110 1.70 FMG 67
Belly 1998 186 96 1.93 SI 68
Hustle and Flow 2005 186 115 1.61 FMG 69
Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2005 185 134 1.38 FMG 70
Clockers 1995 185 128 1.44 PO 71
Formula 51 2001 180 93 1.93 FMG 72
Flawless 1999 178 112 1.58 FMG 73
Slam 1998 176 100 1.76 SI 74
Superbad 2007 176 114 1.54 SI 75
The Devil's Rejects 2005 175 109 1.61 KIM 76
Poetic Justice 1993 175 109 1.60 PO 77
Pineapple Express 2008 175 111 1.57 SI 78
Project X 2012 175 88 1.98 KIM 79
Human Traffic 1999 174 100 1.74 PO 80
Tigerland 2000 173 100 1.73 MR 81
Donnie Brasco 1997 172 127 1.35 FMG 82
Backstage 2000 170 86 1.97 SI 83
The Commitments 1991 169 118 1.43 FMG 84
Grindhouse 2007 169 191 0.88 SI 85
Four Rooms 1995 168 98 1.71 FMG 86
Death of a Dynasty 2003 167 93 1.79 KIM 87
Gang Related 1997 165 102 1.61 SI 88
Crank 2: High Voltage 2009 164 96 1.71 SI 89
Boogie Nights 1997 164 155 1.05 FMG 90
Blood in Blood Out 1993 163 190 0.85 PO 91
The Grey 2012 161 117 1.30 SI 92
Snatch 2000 159 102 1.55 FMG 9394
Platoon 1986 159 120 1.32 FMG 95
Colors 1988 157 120 1.30 FMG 96
Magic Mike 2012 156 110 1.42 KIM 97
The Town 2010 155 123 1.26 SI 98
Intermission 2003 155 106 1.46 FMG 99
The Blair Witch Project 1999 154 86 1.79 FMG 100
Notorious 2009 154 123 1.25 SI 101
Good Will Hunting 1997 154 126 1.22 FMG 102
Funny People 2009 154 153 1.01 SI 103
Boiler Room 2000 153 118 1.29 SI 104

See also

Notes and references

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