List of NC-17 rated films

This is a list of films rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Rating Administration (CARA). It includes X-rated films reassigned an NC-17 rating, and titles originally rated NC-17, but edited for a lower rating. Titles with surrendered ratings are usually released unrated to avoid the stigma of NC-17.

Related Topics:
Motion Picture Association of America - Classification and Rating Administration - X-rated - Films - NC-17 - Stigma

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Changes in ratings are due to resubmission or appeal by a film's producers. Films receiving an NC-17 are often cut and resubmitted in hopes of earning an R rating, which allows distribution to more outlets than an NC-17 rating.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Occasionally an R-rated film will have footage added to earn an NC-17 rating and its accompanying notoriety. In at least one case, an R-rated film was re-rated NC-17 even though no edits were made: The 1969 Sam Peckinpah film The Wild Bunch, originally rated R, was resubmitted by Warner Bros. in 1993 before an expected rerelease; to their surprise, it was rated NC-17, delaying the rerelease while the decision was appealed.

Related Topics:
Sam Peckinpah - The Wild Bunch - Warner Bros.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Some titles include the reasons the rating was given. In 1990, CARA began including a brief statement of the reason for a specific film's R rating; several years later it began giving reasons for all film ratings.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

__NOTOC__

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~