Release Dates
| Italy | 29 August 2003 | (Venice Film Festival) |
| Canada | 6 September 2003 | (Toronto International Film Festival) |
| Netherlands | 13 September 2003 | (Film by the Sea Film Festival) |
| Canada | 20 September 2003 | (Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival) |
| USA | October 2003 | (Chicago International Film Festival) |
| Norway | 16 October 2003 | (Bergen International Film Festival) |
| USA | 21 October 2003 | (Hollywood Film Festival) |
| France | 29 October 2003 | |
| Israel | 30 October 2003 | |
| Spain | 31 October 2003 | |
| Norway | 31 October 2003 | |
| USA | 31 October 2003 | |
| Switzerland | 13 November 2003 | (German speaking region) |
| Denmark | 14 November 2003 | |
| Finland | 14 November 2003 | |
| Portugal | 14 November 2003 | |
| Netherlands | 4 December 2003 | |
| Germany | 18 December 2003 | |
| Greece | 19 December 2003 | |
| Italy | 19 December 2003 | |
| South Korea | 31 December 2003 | |
| Thailand | 31 December 2003 | |
| Belgium | 7 January 2004 | |
| Slovenia | 15 January 2004 | |
| UK | 23 January 2004 | |
| Ireland | 23 January 2004 | |
| Czech Republic | 24 January 2004 | (Febio Film Festival) |
| Brazil | 30 January 2004 | |
| Iceland | 30 January 2004 | |
| Sweden | 30 January 2004 | |
| Poland | 6 February 2004 | |
| Bahrain | 18 February 2004 | |
| Austria | 20 February 2004 | |
| Lithuania | 20 February 2004 | |
| Australia | 4 March 2004 | |
| Czech Republic | 11 March 2004 | |
| Hong Kong | 11 March 2004 | |
| Indonesia | 13 March 2004 | |
| Turkey | 2 April 2004 | |
| Egypt | 21 April 2004 | |
| Mexico | 14 May 2004 | (limited) |
| Bulgaria | 4 June 2004 | |
| Japan | 19 June 2004 | |
| Slovakia | 15 July 2004 | |
| Hungary | 2 November 2004 | (DVD premiere) |
| Argentina | 7 October 2009 | (DVD premiere) |
Also Known As (AKA)
| Argentina | La piel del deseo |
| Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) | Скрити белези |
| Brazil | Revelações |
| Canada (French title) | La tache |
| Germany | Der menschliche Makel |
| Denmark | The Human Stain |
| Estonia | Rüvetatud au |
| Spain | La mancha humana |
| Finland | Ihmisen tahra |
| France | La couleur du mensonge |
| Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title) | To anthropino stigma |
| Greece | Το ανθρώπινο στίγμα |
| Hungary | Szégyenfolt |
| Israel (Hebrew title) | Ha-Ketem Ha-Enoshi |
| Italy | La macchia umana |
| Lithuania | Sutersta garbe |
| Poland | Pietno |
| Portugal | Culpa Humana |
| Romania | Pata umanã |
| Russia | Запятнанная репутация |
| Slovenia | Cloveski madez |
| Turkey (Turkish title) | Insan lekesi |
