re: Movies that are difficult to come by that shouldn't be

As a kid in the 80s/90s I lived in Dubai. There was CNN and basically nothing else in English on TV at the time. Each summer we’d buy and bring vhs tapes from the US into the country. At the airport your luggage was screened upon entry and certain contraband was taken. This included all vhs tapes. The tapes were watched by a screener and then returned to you after a few weeks with appropriate edits of nudity or other sensitive content.

True Lies was never returned. 3 different times. It’s negative depictions of Muslims were not permitted. So perhaps 3rd world autocratic censorship is alive and well today.