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* ''VideoGame/{{Conker|sBadFurDay}}: Live and Reloaded'' was released for the Xbox and promised as a remastered, more extreme version of the N64 classic. The game that actually emerged, however, was even more censored than the original.

* The unrated [[{{Recut}} Director's Cut]] edition of ''Film/RoboCop'' features numerous shots that were altered or removed in the eleven edits the film had to go through in order to knock it down from an X rating to an R rating. Such scenes include longer versions of ED-209's obliterating of Kinney and Boddicker's gang killing Murphy, close-ups of Bobby being shot in the leg and Boddicker being stabbed in the neck, and a cut shot of Boddicker's blood splattering onto [=RoboCop=] after the aforementioned neck-stabbing. These re-inserted scenes are generally agreed to improve the film, given how one of its goals was to satirize violence in the media by exaggerating its own gore to the point where it becomes funny.

* The unrated [[{{Recut}} Director's Cut]] edition of ''Film/RoboCop'' features numerous shots that were altered or removed in the eleven edits the film had to go through in order to knock it down from an X rating to an R rating. Such scenes include longer versions of ED-209's obliterating of Kinney and Boddicker's gang killing Murphy, close-ups of Bobby being shot in the leg and Boddicker being stabbed in the neck (with the latter including a cut shot of Boddicker's blood splattering onto [=RoboCop=] in the unrated version). These re-inserted scenes are generally agreed to improve the film, given how one of its goals was to satirize violence in the media by exaggerating its own gore to the point where it becomes funny.

* The "unrated" version of ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' is a pretty bad offender--the only added full-length DeletedScene is less than two minutes long and isn't any more mature than the rest of the film. The real draw, however, is a single deleted SHOT of Chucky masturbating - hence the packaging blurb, "UNRATED AND [[IncrediblyLamePun FULLY EXTENDED]]: Featuring A [[ADateWithRosiePalms First-Hand]] Look At Chucky's Dirtiest Deed!"

* The "unrated" version of ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' is a pretty bad offender--the only added DeletedScene is less than two minutes long and isn't any more mature than the rest of the film.

Compare LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition, VanillaEdition, TooHotForTV.

* The DVD case for ''Film/IAmLegend'' promises a "controversial", "unrated" alternative ending. This was actually the original planned ending, changed not because of content, but because test audiences absolutely ''hated'' it. For the curious, [[spoiler:the ghouls turn out to actually be intelligent, and the main character is able to convince them to leave him alone]].

* Rare inversion: the unrated version of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' is actually the drastically edited version. This is because most animated direct-to-video features aren't submitted to the MPAA, since it's not required for video release and since they're [[AnimationAgeGhetto all assumed to be kid-friendly]]. WarnerBros sent out promotional copies of the movie before they decided to edit it, so certain animation sites were able to spot the differences in the retail version and report them to the public. WB eventually released the "Original Uncut Version" with a PG-13 rating to accommodate the content, which ranged from minor things such as extra punches to major things such as an alternate death scene.

* ''Film/ThisFilmIsNotYetRated'', a {{documentary}} about film censorship in America, features clips of several scenes that were removed or altered to get a lower rating. [[{{Irony}} Ironically]], that's why ''Film/ThisFilmIsNotYetRated'' is itself unrated in America.

* The ''AmericanPie'' series. In fact, the entire reason for releasing an unrated edition (one of the first on DVD) was due to the fact that the film had leaked online as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirated_movie_release_types workprint]] before its theatrical run. The creators apparently admitted that the release of that version was due to piracy.

In Australia, when they don't just dump a reregioned UK release that possibly includes things cut out by the UK censors before it even arrives for rating in Australia, then they just get it called unrated. (Not that they even need to do that for Australia, as region encoding enforcement is illegal there. [[note]]There are, however, a few rights and distribution issues preventing direct imports, not to mention there are still some region-locked players.[[/note]]) It is utterly hilarious to get unrated editions that only get an M rating (basically, PG-13 with the age recomendation being 15).

* The ''ScaryMovie'' series

* The ''AmericanPie'' series. In fact, the entire reason for releasing an unrated edition (and one of the first of the DVD genre) was due to the fact that the film had leaked online as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirated_movie_release_types workprint]] before its theatrical run. The creators apparently admitted that the release of that version was due to piracy.

Movies targeted at young male viewers often include a fair bit of raunch - as much as the [[MediaWatchdog MPAA]] will allow, generally. Usually some of the "good stuff" ends up cut in order for the movie's theatrical release to obtain an R or even PG-13 rating, since most theaters won't show NC-17 movies (leaving the rating essentially the province of [[DoingItForTheArt art films that don't give a rat's ass about making back their investors' money]]) and even an R may exclude a lot of [[{{Demographics}} teenagers with ready spending cash]].

* ''{{Waiting}}''

* ''SexDrive'' had an interesting take on this. On the unrated DVD, the writers appeared before the film, and explained that they were forced to make the DVD, even though they had no real "unrated" content. Therefore, they simply added gratuitous shots of naked men and women at random throughout the film, as well as adding some extra takes. They then explained that if you hadn't seen the original, you should watch that version first, as that was the version that they had wanted to make.

In the UK [=DVDs=] have to be rated by the same body that rates films. Therefore they're just sold as extended editions ("Unseen and Explicit", "Extended and Unsanitized" and so on) instead of being unrated. They also don't generally bother to release the cinema versions on DVD. All the extra "explicit" and "unsanitised" material never actually raises the film's rating. (A film or DVD ''can'' be refused classification by the BBFC, but this 1. only happens in very, very extreme cases and 2. makes distributing it a criminal offence.) Although having a DVD touted as "rude, naughty and uncut", but then seeing a 12 or 15 rating symbol next to it makes you wonder why they even bother--if it's still a 12 or 15, then it's not that rude or naughty.

* ''Film/TheInternship'' had two versions produced, one targeting PG-13, and one targeting an R rating. Eventually, they decided to release the PG-13 version theatrically, but the DVDs include both versions, proudly labeled as unrated.

* The video game example, ''IndigoProphecy'' (''Fahrenheit'' in Europe) had a 'Director's Cut' in America, containing two (plot-irrelevant) sex scenes from the European edition.

* Averted with ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'', as the studio theatrically released a ''Super Sized R-Rated Version'' for a week, a month ahead of the home media release.

Clearly this is never the case. First, no major studio wants the stigma of releasing a movie that's ''too'' dirty, and A- and B-list actors would likely not be interested, either. And due to the MPAA rules, any new cut of a movie technically has to be re-rated. This means that the studio could add (or even ''remove'') one second of footage [[ExactWords and the movie is now "unrated"]]. The general rule is that the font size of the word "unrated" on the DVD cover is inversely proportional to the amount of "good stuff" that was added. If you can barely see the cast behind a giant "unrated" stamp, prepare to be disappointed. Several studios use the same packaging for the U.S. and Canadian markets as well, causing certain "unrated" editions to actually feature a [[http://mpa-canada.org/?q=content/home-entertainment-classification Canadian Home Video Ratings System]] rating, since that system does not allow for unrated releases.

Movies targeted at young male viewers often include a fair bit of raunch - as much as the [[MediaWatchdog MPAA]] will allow, generally. Usually some of the "good stuff" ends up cut in order for the movie's theatrical release to obtain an R or even PG-13 rating, since most theaters won't show NC-17 movies (leaving the rating essentially the province of [[DoingItForTheArt art films that don't give a rat's ass about making back their investor's money]]) and even an R may exclude a lot of [[{{Demographics}} teenagers with ready spending cash]].

* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' mocks this in their viewing of a short called ''The Truck Farmer'' (2nd Edition).

* The U.S. season one boxset of ''{{Lexx}}'' has all its episodes uncensored (much like its original run on Showtime), but truncates a number of scenes to accommodate commercial breaks. The U.K. DVD boxsets have all the scenes in full except for the unrated content. Later seasons of the show were unrated in European DVD sets, while otherwise truncated in U.S. printings.