Mars Attacks! wasn't exactly beloved by audiences or critics when it debuted in 1996, and it almost resulted in Tim Burton walking away from directing forever.
Alfred Hitchcock mistreated, traumatized, and forced himself upon his female co-stars, and that created quite a controversy with Tippi Hedren in The Birds.
Let's talk about the ending of Akira Kurosawa's eternal classic "Seven Samurai" while giving historical and cultural context for the characters' motivations.
Double Indemnity is one of the most revered film noirs of all time, but director Billy Wilder admitted one mistake that he didn't have the time or money to fix.