History Main / UnratedEdition

* 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]]. Creator/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.

When it's time for the DVD release, there will then be two editions: the theatrical cut with the same rating, and the Unrated Edition with additional footage. Unlike [[DeletedScene Deleted Scenes]] on many DVD releases, the Unrated Edition has the cut footage inserted back into the movie in its original location. And the [[SexSells marketing]] will imply, but not outright state, that this new footage is chock full of [[{{Fanservice}} bare-breasted women]] and that the Unrated Edition is just shy of actual hardcore pornography. Alternately, Unrated Editions of {{Horror}} and ActionGenre films will include {{Gorn}} that was removed from the theatrical release.

%%* ''Film/{{The Girl Next Door|2004}}''.
** The video release came wrapped in a cardboard band[[note]]labeled "Unrated Version"[[/note]] that covered [[{{Creator/ElishaCuthbert}} Elisha Cuthbert's]] picture from her (bare) shoulders to her (bare) thighs, suggesting she was naked underneath. In true faux-CensorBox form, the picture under the band differed only slightly from the VanillaEdition cover.[[note]]In fact, the only additional "skin" on the Unrated version's cover is her bare shoulders - already visible before the band is removed.[[/note]]

* ''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 ''This Film is Not Yet Rated'' is itself unrated in America.

* Inverted with ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', which was originally rated X for graphic violence. Creator/BrianDePalma was forced to trim several violent scenes for an R rating, but that version was never released; instead, De Palma got sneaky and released the uncut version to theatres with the R rating tacked on.
** Played straight with De Palma's ''[[Film/DressedtoKill Dressed to Kill]]''. The theatrical version had a bit of gore, full-frontal nudity, and graphic sexual dialogue trimmed out to avoid an X rating. The unrated version on home video (which is also included in Creator/TheCriterionCollection release) restores all of this.

* After its initial airing, The LiveActionTV/ComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson released an unrated version on DVD which was even raunchier than the original. This is one of the rare occasions where the uncensored version did get aired on syndication, as it was played on "The Secret Stash", Comedy Central's 1 am block where they'd show uncut and uncensored movies and TV specials. In fact it was one of the most frequent things played in that time slot.

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* ''Anime/{{Kite}}'' was initially released censored with a 16+ age recommendation by Creator/MediaBlasters; later "director's cut" and "special edition" releases restored the graphic sex scenes. In countries such as Australia where one of the scenes would be likely to be refused classification (due to it featuring the underage protagonist), only the standard edition has been released.

* At least the German TV version of {{Film/Blade}} was censored: It was hinted, that the vampires were exploding (with blood flying everywhere), when Blade shot them with these darts with the special serum... In the DVD version, it was '''shown'''.
* The ''Film/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.

* ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'': The cinema release of the film is rated 12A, and [=DVD=] version rated 12 (Likely because of one of the bonus features). The Blu-ray edition however is rated 15, and according to the box it "contains added filth". But actually all that changed was a dozen or so instances of "feck" being changed to "fuck", and a few lines being added to one scene which contain some more swearing. The difference in run time between the DVD and Blu-Ray is a mere 19.3 seconds.

When it's time for the DVD release, there will then be two editions: the theatrical cut with the same rating, and the Unrated Edition with additional footage. Unlike [[DeletedScene Deleted Scenes]] on many DVD releases, the Unrated Edition has the cut footage inserted back into the movie in its original location. And the [[SexSells marketing]] will imply, but not outright state, that this new footage is chock full of [[{{Fanservice}} bare-breasted women]] and that the Unrated Edition is just shy of actual hardcore pornography. Alternately, Unrated Editions of {{Horror}} films will include {{Gorn}} that was removed from the theatrical release.

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryMagnaCumLaude'' was originally rated AO by the ESRB, which stores like Target and Walmart would have refused to sell, so it was edited down to a mature rating in the US and Canada. The European edition wasn't edited and featured a disclaimer on the packaging highlighting that it was "uncut". This version was eventually released in North America as the ''Uncut and Uncensored'' version. Unsurprisingly, the main differences were full-frontal nudity and sex scenes.

** The Australian theatrical, DVD and Blu-Ray versions of ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' had a moment in which Wick drives a knife into a mook's eye edited so the gory detail is left out of frame. Like the above, this was done so the film could receive an MA 15+ rating, and the 4K UHD version of the film is uncensored and rated R 18+.

When it's time for the DVD release, there will then be two editions: the theatrical cut with the same rating, and the Unrated Edition with additional footage. Unlike [[DeletedScene Deleted Scenes]] on many DVD releases, the Unrated Edition has the cut footage inserted back into the movie in its original location. And the [[SexSells marketing]] will imply, but not outright state, that this new footage is chock full of [[{{Fanservice}} bare-breasted women]] and that the Unrated Edition is just shy of actual hardcore pornography.

* ''Anime/MezzoForte'' was released in a standard version and an unrated director's cut. The latter version has a protracted sex scene that is not included on any other release (the rest of the film is fairly tame otherwise).

** Which in turn got a second unrated version in form of ''Bad Santa: The Director's Cut''. This version is the shortest of the releases since Terry Zwigoff disowned the first two cuts and is said to be much darker. The Blu-Ray has the second and third cuts of the film.

* 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. The home media release itself, however, featured an separate unrated version along with the original and ''Super Sized'' versions.

* ''Film/BasicInstinct'' was the movie that put unrated editions into the mainstream. Not only was there more violence and nudity, it was also the director's preferred version of the film.

* The unrated version of ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Epic Movie]]'' features full frontal nudity for some scenes. For example, when the wardrobe is first opened, a girl runs out and tells Lucy not to go in there. In the theater cut, she's wearing a bikini. In the unrated DVD version, she's entirely nude. The gross vomiting scene is also extended in the unrated version.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' received an 18+ "Grotesque Edition" in Japan that included more gore than the vanilla Japanese version, though even that version was censored compared to the international version.

** The UK theatrical version of ''Film/JohnWickChapterTwo'' had a scene of a character's suicide heavily cut down to remove almost all the detail. This was done so the film could obtain a 15 rating like the previous film; the home release version is uncensored and rated 18.
** The Australian theatrical, DVD and Blu-Ray versions of ''Film/JohnWickChapterThreeParabellum'' had a moment in which Wick drives a knife into a mook's eye edited so the gory detail is left out of frame. Like the above, this was done so the film could receive an MA 15+ rating, and the 4K UHD version of the film is uncensored and rated R 18+.

* ''Film/TruthOrDare'' was released on home video with an unrated cut...that's a whopping ''thirty seconds'' longer.

** The video release came wrapped in a cardboard band[[note]]labeled "Unrated Version"[[/note]] that covered [[{{Creator/ElishaCuthbert}} Elisha Cuthbert's]] picture from her (bare) shoulders to her (bare) thighs, suggesting she was naked underneath. In true faux-CensorBar form, the picture under the band differed only slightly from the VanillaEdition cover.[[note]]In fact, the only additional "skin" on the Unrated version's cover is her bare shoulders - already visible before the band is removed.[[/note]]

When it's time for the DVD release, there will then be two editions: the theatrical cut with the same rating, and the Unrated Edition with additional footage. Unlike [[DeletedScene Deleted Scenes]] on many DVD releases, the Unrated Edition has the cut footage inserted back into the movie in its original location. [[SexSells And the marketing will imply, but not outright state, that this new footage is chock full of bare-breasted women and that the Unrated Edition is just shy of actual hardcore pornography]].

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://www.mpa-canada.org/home-entertainment/ Canadian Home Video Ratings System]] rating, since that system does not allow for unrated releases.

* The video game example, ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' (''Indigo Prophecy'' in America) had a 'Director's Cut' in America, containing two (plot-irrelevant) sex scenes from the European edition.

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

* ''Film/WeddingCrashers''
* ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''
* ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''
* ''Film/{{The Girl Next Door|2004}}''.

* ''Film/{{Waiting}}''
* ''Film/DisasterTheMovie''
* The ''Film/ScaryMovie'' series

* The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' [[TheAnimeOfTheGame animated movie]] was originally released in the US in two versions: a PG-13 version that toned down most of the violence and an unrated version that kept it. Oddly enough, both versions edited Chun-Li's topless shower scene from the original Japanese cut, which was not included in any of the English releases until years later.

* The "unrated & fully uncurled" edition of ''WebAnimation/DeepSpace69'' is available on Google Play. The major difference between it and the version on YouTube seems to be that several scenes where girls were wearing lingerie... well, they aren't anymore.

* ''Caligula'' has been released in a number of formats and ratings, but any version considered "unrated" will almost certainly be so for good reason and contain many explicit scenes of hardcore sex, compared to the relatively tame togas-and-boobs costume drama of the general releases.

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* The DVD releases of the series ''Las Vegas'' include footage deemed too sexy for broadcast.
* The U.S. season one boxset of ''{{Series/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.

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry: Magna Cum Laude'' was originally rated AO by the ESRB, which stores like Target and Walmart would have refused to sell, so it was edited down to a mature rating in the US and Canada. The European edition wasn't edited and featured a disclaimer on the packaging highlighting that it was "uncut". This version was eventually released in North America as the ''Uncut and Uncensored'' version. Unsurprisingly, the main differences were full-frontal nudity and sex scenes.

** Played straight with De Palma's ''[[Film/DressedtoKill Dressed to Kill]]''.

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* The "unrated & fully uncurled" edition of ''WebAnimation/DeepSpace69'' is available on Google Play. The major difference between it and the version on YouTube seems to be that several scenes where girls were wearing lingerie...well, they aren't anymore.
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* ''{{Underbelly}}'': the 'Uncut' edition is apparently the only version of the second series available. Given the show, it's actually kind of surprising that there was anything cut to put back in.

* ''Mezzo Forte'' was released in a standard version and an unrated director's cut. The latter version has a protracted sex scene that is not included on any other release (the rest of the film is fairly tame otherwise).

* ''Film/AbsolutelyAnything'': The cinema release of the film is rated 12A, and [=DVD=] version rated 12 (Likely because of one of the bonus features). The Blu-Ray edition however is rated 15, and according to the box it "contains added filth". But actually all that changed was a dozen or so instances of "feck" being changed to "fuck", and a few lines being added to one scene which contain some more swearing. The difference in run time between the DVD and Blu-Ray is a mere 19.3 seconds.
* The unrated cut of ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'' removes the "six months later" epilogue, possibly because the film's status as a critical and commercial failure rendered the SequelHook moot. However, it adds the {{memetic|mutation}} scene where the protagonist Creator/NicolasCage is [[BeeBeeGun tortured with bees]].

* ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'' was shot as an R-rated film, like the first three ''Franchise/DieHard''s, with the director initially unaware it was slated to be PG-13. Reshoots and cuts were made to fit PG-13 for theatres, but the original R-rated version was the one released on DVD and BluRay in most markets.

* ''Film/TheGirlNextDoor''.