Banned! Movie Posters that did not Make the Cut [SLIDESHOW]

The Artist star Jean Dujardin has seen his Oscar bid threatened by criticism of the posters for his new film.

"One-sheets" for Les Infideles (The Players) show Dujardin posed between a pair of female legs in what French Advertising Standards described as a "degrading image of women".

It was not the first time a film's poster caused upset and seen censors pull the plug. International Business Times UK lists some other films that have had the same treatment.

The poster for Les Infideles was considered disrespectful to women.

This poster for the adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's acerbic portrait of promiscuous youth was considered offensive and obscene

The satirical posters for violent youth film Sket failed to charm the censors with their twist on David Cameron's 'Hug a hoodie' claims.

The poster for the fifth in the popular horror series was banned as it was upsetting children.

Posters for Captivity, a film that centred on the kidnap and degradation of 24's Elisha Cuthbert, were pulled after complaints over the images of torture

A poster for a film about a girl with teeth in an 'unexpected' area was always going to be hard to produce. This effort did not please the censors.

The Advertising Standards Authority altered a poster for the The Last Exorcism, dulling the colours, as complaints were made that it appeared to show a girl who had been sexually assaulted.

Certain posters for the Angelina Jolie action film were pulled up for glamorising guns and violence

After censors blocked the first poster (left) film maker Kevin Smith used the controversy to his advantage for the follow-up