Media Notes / Restricted Rating

Why couldn't the 11-year-old get into the pirate movie? It was rated Arrrrrr! ...no, really. It was rated R.

One of the age ratings of the Motion Picture Association. This rating is aimed at people who are at least seventeen years old. Children under seventeen are not allowed to be admitted into R rated films unless they are accompanied by a parent or guardian, hence the name "Restricted".

It's the highest rating a film can go while still being shown at normal multiplex theaters, as most theater chains and theaters refuse to screen NC-17 movies. It is the film equivalent of the Entertainment Software Rating Board's Mature Rating.

Fun Fact: On the fiftieth anniversary of the MPAA, they revealed that more than half of all movies that were submitted to them were Rated R.

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Film Series and franchises that having been given this rating

• Restricted Rating — Film Series

Individual films that have been given this rating:

Other rating systems' counterparts to this rating:

• BBFC 15 and 18 ratings
• Australian Classification Board M, MA-15+ and R18+ ratings
• TV Parental Guidelines TV-MA rating

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• π: language and some disturbing images
• 10 (1979)
• 10 Items or Less
• 10 to Midnight
• 12 Monkeys
• 12 Years a Slave: violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality
• 15 Minutes
• 1917: violence, some disturbing images, and language
• 2 Days in the Valley
• 2 Guns
• 20th Century Women: sexual material, language, some nudity and brief drug use
• 200 Cigarettes
• 21 Grams: language, sexuality, some violence, and drug use
• 25th Hour
• 3-Iron: some sexual content
• 3:10 to Yuma (2007): violence and some language
• 30 Days of Night
• 3000 Miles to Graceland
• The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
• 4:44 Last Day on Earth
• 40 Days and 40 Nights
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin
• 48 Hrs.
• Fifty Fifty:
  • Fifty Fifty (1992)
  • 50/50 (2011)
• 54
• 6 Days
• 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
• 8 Mile
• 8 Million Ways to Die
• 8mm
• 9½ Weeks
• 976-EVIL
• Aaron Loves Angela
• Abigail (2024): strong bloody violence and gore throughout, pervasive language and brief drug use
• About Last Night...
• About Schmidt
• About Time
• Above the Law (1988)
• Absolute Power (1997)
• The Accountant (2016)
• The Accused
• Action Jackson
• Act of Vengeance
• Adaptation.: language, sexuality, some drug use and violent images
• Adventureland
• The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: sex-related situations and language
• Affliction
• After Dark, My Sweet
• After Hours
• Afternoon Delight
• Air (2023): language throughout
• Air Force One
• The Air I Breathe
• AKIRA: graphic violence and brief nudity
• Alexander
• Alfie (2004)
• Alice's Restaurant
• Alice, Sweet Alice
• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem: violence, gore and language
• Ali G Indahouse
• Alive
• All About My Mother: sexuality including strong sexual dialogue, language and some drug content
• All Hallows' Eve
• Alligator
• All of Us Strangers: sexual content, language and some drug use
• All That Jazz
• All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
• All the Real Girls
• All the Right Moves
• Almost Famous
• Alone in the Dark (1982)
• Alone in the Dark (2005)
• Along Came a Spider
• Alpha Dog
• Altered States
• Amadeus: brief nudity^note Director's Cut
• Amarcord
• The Ambulance
• Ambulance: intense violence, bloody images and language throughout
• Amélie: sexual content
• American Beauty: strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content
• American Gigolo
• American History X
• American Hustle: pervasive language, some sexual content and brief violence
• American Made
• American Mary: strong aberrant violent content including disturbing images, torture, a rape, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and brief drug use.
• American Me: strong violence and sensuality, and for language and drug content.
• American Ninja
• American Pastoral
• American Psycho
• American Sniper
• American Splendor
• Amistad
• Amores Perros: violence/gore, language and sexuality
• Amsterdam (2022): brief violence and bloody images
• Amy (2015): language and drug material
• Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: (super-sized R-rated version)
• ...And Justice for All
• And Now the Screaming Starts!
• Andy Warhol's Bad: originally rated X.
• Angel (1984)
• Angel, Angel, Down We Go
• Angel Heart
• Animal House
• Annihilation (2018)
• Anomalisa: strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language
• Antebellum
• Antisocial
• Antlers
• Any Given Sunday
• Apocalypse Now: disturbing violent images, language, sexual content and some drug use
• Apocalypse of the Dead
• Apocalypto: sequences of graphic violence and disturbing images
• April Fools' Day
• April Showers
• Argo: language and some violent images
• Arlington Road
• Army of Darkness: violence and horror
• Army of the Dead: strong bloody violence, gore and language throughout, some sexual content and brief nudity/graphic nudity
• Art School Confidential
• As I Lay Dying
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• The Assignment (1997)
• The Assignment (2016)
• The Astronaut's Wife
• Atlantic City
• Atomic Blonde: sequences of strong violence, language throughout, and some sexuality/nudity
• Atonement: disturbing war images, language and some sexuality
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord
• Attack Force
• Attack the Gas Station!: pervasive language and violent behavior
• Audition: violence/torture and sexuality
• August: Osage County
• Autómata
• Awake (2007)
• The Awakening
• Babel: violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use
• Baby Boy
• Baby Driver: violence and language throughout
• Babylon (2022): strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity, bloody violence, drug use and pervasive language
• The Babysitter (2017)
• Bachelor Party
• Backbeat
• Backdraft: language and a scene of sensuality
• Backstage: Frontal female nudity, sexuality
• Backstreet Dreams
• Bad Boys (1983)
• Bad Girls
• Bad Influence
• The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
• Bad Teacher
• Bad Times at the El Royale
• Bad Timing
• Bad Trip
• Baghead (2008)
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: some strong violence
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue
• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever: strong violence
• Bamboozled
• The Bank Job
• The Banshees of Inisherin: language throughout, some violent content and brief graphic nudity
• Barbarian: some strong violence and gore, disturbing material, language throughout and nudity
• The Barbarian Invasions: language, sexual dialogue and drug content
• Barb Wire
• Barfly
• Barton Fink
• Baseketball: strong language and crude sex-related humor
• Basic
• The Basketball Diaries
• Bat*21
• Baywatch (2017): language throughout, crude sexual content and graphic nudity
• The Beach
• The Beanie Bubble: language
• Beast (2017): disturbing violent content, language and some sexuality
• Beast (2022): violent content, bloody images and some language
• The Beast of War
• Beau Is Afraid: strong violent content, sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language
• Beautiful Boy
• Beautiful Girls
• Bedeviled
• The Bedroom Window
• The Beekeeper: strong violence throughout, pervasive language, some sexual references and drug use
• Before I Go to Sleep
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• Begin Again
• The Beguiled (both the 1971 and 2017 versions)
• Being John Malkovich: language and sexuality
• The Believers
• Belle de Jour
• Belly of the Beast
• Bereavement
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• The Best of Youth: language and brief nudity
• Best Seller
• Better Luck Tomorrow
• Beyond the Black Rainbow
• Beyond the Door
• The Big Boss
• The Big Chill
• The Big Doll House
• The Big Lebowski: pervasive strong language, drug content, sexuality and brief violence
• Big Night
• Big Nothing
• The Big Red One: war violence and some language^note 2004 Reconstruction Version
• The Big Short: pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity
• The Big Sick
• The Big Sleep (1978)
• The Big Tease
• Big Trouble
• The Bikeriders: language throughout, violence, some drug use and brief sexuality
• Billy Bathgate
• Billy Elliot
• Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
• Bird Box
• The Birdcage
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): language throughout, some sexual content and brief violence
• Birdy
• Bitter Moon
• Black and White (1999)
• Black Caesar
• Black Christmas (1974)
• Black Christmas (2006): strong horror violence and gore, sexuality, nudity and language
• The Black Dahlia
• The Blackening: pervasive language, violence and drug use
• The Black Godfather
• Black Hawk Down
• BlacKkKlansman: language throughout, including racial epithets, and for disturbing/violent material and some sexual references
• Black Mama, White Mama
• The Black Phone: violence, bloody images, language and some drug use
• Black Sunday
• Black Swan: strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use
• Black Widow (1987)
• Blame It on Rio
• Blazing Saddles
• The Bleeding
• Blind Fury
• Blind Horizon
• The Bling Ring: teen drug and alcohol use, and for language including some brief sexual references
• Blitz
• The Blob (1988)
• Blockers
• Blood and Wine
• Blood for Dracula
• Blood In Blood Out
• Bloodline
• Blood Simple
• The Blood Spattered Bride
• Bloodsport
• Blood Work
• Bloody Mama
• Blow
• Blown Away
• Blow Out
• Bluebeard (1972)
• Blue Collar
• The Blue Iguana
• The Blue Lagoon (1980)
• Blue Monkey
• The Blues Brothers
• Blue Steel
• Blue Sunshine
• Blue Thunder
• Blue Valentine: strong graphic sexual content, language, and a beating ^note  was originally rated NC-17, then rated R on appeal.
• Blue Velvet
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
• Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
• Bobby
• Bob Roberts
• Bodies Bodies Bodies: violence, bloody images, drug use, sexual references and pervasive language
• Body Double
• Body Heat
• Body Snatchers
• Boiler Room
• The Bone Collector
• The Bonfire of the Vanities
• Bonnie and Clyde: violence (originally rated PG)
• The Boogeyman (1980)
• Boogie Nights: strong sex scenes with explicit dialogue, nudity, drug use, language and violence
• The Book of Eli: some brutal violence and language
• Booksmart: strong sexual content and language throughout, drug use and drinking - all involving teens
• Boomerang
• The Boondock Saints
• Das Boot: some war violence and brief language
• Born in East L.A.
• Born on the Fourth of July
• The Borrower
• The Boston Strangler
• Bottle Rocket
• Bound (1996)
• Bowling for Columbine: some violent images and language
• Boxcar Bertha
• Boxing Helena
• A Boy and His Dog
• Boy Erased
• Boyhood: language including sexual references, and for teen drug and alcohol use
• The Boy Next Door
• Boys Don't Cry: violence including an intense brutal rape scene, sexuality, language and drug use
• The Boys from Brazil
• The Boys in Company C
• The Boys in the Band
• Boys on the Side
• Boyz n the Hood: language, violence and sensuality
• The Brain (1988)
• Brain Damage
• Brainscan
• Bram Stoker's Dracula: sexuality and horror violence
• Brassed Off
• Braveheart: brutal medieval warfare
• Brazil: some strong violence
• Breakdown
• The Breakfast Club
• Breakfast of Champions
• Breaking News in Yuba County
• Breaking the Waves: strong graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some violence
• Brewster McCloud
• Brick
• Bridesmaids: some strong sexuality, and language throughout
• The Bridge at Remagen: originally rated PG.
• Brightburn: horror violence/bloody images, and language
• Bright Lights, Big City
• Bright Young Things
• Brimstone
• Bringing Out the Dead
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
• Broadcast News
• Brokeback Mountain: sexuality, nudity, language and some violence
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Broken Flowers
• A Bronx Tale
• The Brood
• Bros: strong sexual content, language throughout and some drug use
• The Brother from Another Planet
• Brotherhood of the Wolf
• Brothers (2009)
• Brubaker
• Brüno (2009)
• Bubba Ho Tep
• The Bubble (2022): language throughout, sexual content, drug use and some violence
• Buffalo '66: language, strong violent images and scenes involving nudity
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Bug (2006): some strong violence, sexuality, nudity, language and drug use
• Bugsy
• Bull Durham
• Bullet
• Bullet to the Head
• Bullet Train: strong and bloody violence, pervasive language, and brief sexuality
• Bully
• Bulworth
• Burke & Hare
• Burn After Reading
• The Burning
• Busting
• The Butcher Boy: language and violence
• The Butterfly Effect
• The Cabin in the Woods: strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity
• Caché: brief strong violence
• Caddyshack
• Cadillac Man
• La Cage aux folles
• Caged Heat
• Cake (2014)
• California Split
• The Call
• The Caller
• Call Me by Your Name: sexual content, nudity and some language
• Campfire Tales (1997)
• Cannibal Holocaust
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• Cape Fear (1991)
• Capernaum: language and some drug material
• Capone
• Capote
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin
• Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
• Captivity
• Carlito's Way
• Carnal Knowledge
• Carol: a scene of sexuality/nudity and brief language
• Casino: strong brutal violence, pervasive strong language, drug use and some sexuality
• The Cassandra Crossing
• Casualties of War
• Cat Chaser
• Catch-22
• Cat People (1982)
• Cecil B. Demented: strong crude sexual content, violence, language and drug use
• Cedar Rapids
• The Celebration: strong sexual content and language, including references to sexual abuse
• Celebrity
• The Cell: bizarre violence and sexual images, nudity and language
• Cha Cha Real Smooth: language and some sexual content
• Challengers (2024): language throughout, some sexual content and graphic nudity
• The Chamber
• Changeling
• The Changeling
• The Change-Up
• Changing Lanes
• Chappie
• Charlie Wilson's War
• Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
• Cheerleader Camp
• Cherry Falls
• The Children
• Children of a Lesser God
• Children of Men: strong violence, language, some drug use and brief nudity
• Children of the Night
• Chloe in the Afternoon
• The Chocolate War
• Chopper
• Chopping Mall
• Christine
• Christmas Evil
• C.H.U.D.
• Cinema Paradiso: The New Version: some sexuality
• Circle of Iron
• Citizenfour: language
• Citizen Ruth
• City of God: strong brutal violence, sexuality, drug content and language
• City of Industry
• Class (1983)
• Class of 1984
• Class of Nuke 'Em High
• Class Reunion Massacre
• Clean
• Climax: disturbing content involving a combination of drug use, violent behavior and strong sexuality, and for language and some graphic nudity
• Clockers
• A Clockwork Orange
• Clonus
• Closer
• Closet Land
• Cloud Atlas
• Cobb
• Cobra
• Cocaine Bear: bloody violence and gore, drug content, and language throughout
• Coffee and Cigarettes
• Cold in July
• Cold Mountain
• Colette
• Collateral: violence and language
• The Color of Money
• Color of Night
• Colors
• Coming Home
• Commando (1985)
• The Commitments
• Communion
• The Company of Wolves
• Compliance
• Compulsion (2013)
• Con Air
• Conan the Barbarian (1982)
• Conan the Barbarian (2011)
• Confidence
• The Conformist
• The Constant Gardener: language, some violent images and sexual content/nudity
• The Contender
• Control
• Conviction (2010)
• Coogans Bluff: originally rated PG
• Cop
• Cop Car
• Cop Land
• Cop Out
• Copycat
• The Corruptor
• The Cotton Club
• Courage Under Fire
• Cradle 2 the Grave
• The Craft: some terror and violence, and for brief language. ^note  An unusual case in that its content would better suit PG-13 and it probably would get that rating if it were released today; it got slapped with an R-rating in 1996 because it revolves around teen girls practicing witchcraft.
• Crank
• Crash: language, sexual content and some violence
• Crazy Heart
• Crazy People
• Cries and Whispers
• Criminal (2016)
• Crimson Peak
• Cronos
• Cross of Iron
• The Crow (1994)
• Cruising
• The Crush
• The Crying Game: sexuality, strong violence and language
• Cujo
• The Curse of Frankenstein: violence
• The Curse of La Llorona: violence and terror
• Curtains
• Cut and Run
• Cyberjack
• Cyrus
• Dallas Buyers Club
• The Damned (1969)
• The Damned United
• Dancer in the Dark: some violence
• Dangerous Beauty
• Dangerous Liaisons
• The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
• Dangerous Men
• A Dangerous Method
• Dangerous Minds
• Daredevil (director's cut)
• The Darjeeling Limited
• The Dark (1979)
• The Dark (2005)
• Dark City
• The Dark Half
• The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
• The Dark Wind
• The Darwin Awards
• The Day of the Locust
• Day Shift
• Dazed and Confused
• D.C. Cab
• The Dead
• Dead Again
• Dead & Buried
• Dead Calm
• The Dead Don't Die
• Deadfall
• The Dead Girl
• Dead Heat
• Deadly Blessing
• Deadly Friend
• Deadly Hero
• Dead Man: moments of strong violence, a graphic sex scene and some language
• Dead Man Walking
• Dead Presidents
• Dead Ringers
• The Dead Zone
• Death at a Funeral
• Death Hunt
• Death Machine
• Death Race
• Death Race 2000
• Death Screams
• Death Ship
• Deathstalker
• Death to Smoochy: Language and sexual references
• Death Watch (1980)
• Deathwatch (2002)
• The Decline of the American Empire
• Deconstructing Harry: strong language and some sexuality
• Decoys
• The Deep (1977) (extended version)
• Deep Blue Sea
• The Deep Blue Sea
• Deep Cover
• Deep End
• Deep Red
• Deep Water: sexual content, nudity, language and some violence
• The Deer Hunter
• Def-Con 4
• Delicatessen: violence
• Delirium (2018)
• Deliverance
• Demolition Man
• Demonic Toys
• Demon Knight
• Demon Seed
• The Dentist
• The Departed: strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material
• Deranged
• The Descendants: language including some sexual references
• Desert Hearts
• Desperate Living
• Desperate Measures
• Destroyer (1988)
• Destroyer (2018)
• Detroit Rock City
• The Devils
• The Devil's Advocate
• The Devil's Own
• Diabolique (1996)
• The Dictator: strong crude and sexual content, brief male nudity, language and some violent images
• Diggstown
• Dillinger (1973)
• Diner
• Dirty Love
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
• The Disaster Artist: language throughout and some sexuality/nudity
• Disclosure
• The Distinguished Gentleman
• District 9: bloody violence and pervasive language
• Disturbing Behavior
• Diva
• Django Unchained: strong graphic violence throughout, a vicious fight, language and some nudity
• Doctor Detroit
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Dogfight
• The Dogs of War
• Dog Soldiers
• Dolemite
• Dolemite Is My Name: pervasive language, crude sexual content, and graphic nudity
• Dollman
• Dolores Claiborne
• Domino (2005)
• Don Jon: strong graphic sexual material and dialogue throughout, nudity, language and some drug use
• Donnie Brasco
• Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
• Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
• Don't Look Now
• Don't Look Up: language throughout, some sexual content, graphic nudity and drug content
• Don't Open Till Christmas
• Don't Say a Word
• Don't Think Twice
• Don't Worry Darling: sexuality, violent content and language
• The Doom Generation
• Doomsday
• The Doors (1991)
• Do the Right Thing
• Double Jeopardy
• The Double Life of Veronique: scenes of sexuality
• Double Obsession: nudity, sexuality
• Double Team
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills
• Down by Law
• Downfall: strong violence, disturbing images and some nudity
• Downsizing: language including sexual references, some graphic nudity and drug use
• Dracula (1979)
• The Draughtsman's Contract
• Dread
• Dressed to Kill
• Drinking Buddies
• Drive (2011): strong brutal bloody violence, language and some nudity
• Drive Angry
• Drive, He Said
• Drive-In Massacre
• Driven
• The Driver
• Drop Zone
• Drugstore Cowboy
• The Dry
• D-Tox
• Due Date
• Dummy
• The Dunwich Horror (originally rated M)
• Dying Young
• Eastern Promises
• East Meets Watts
• Easy Money
• Easy Rider
• Eaten Alive! (1976)
• Eating Raoul
• Eden Lake
• Edge of Darkness (2010)
• The Edge of Seventeen
• Ed Wood
• The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
• The Eiger Sanction
• Eighth Grade: language and some sexual material
• Election
• Elephant (2003): disturbing violent content, language, brief sexuality and drug use - all involving teens
• Elizabeth
• Elle
• The Emerald Forest
• Empire (2002)
• TheEnd
• Endless Love
• End of Days
• The End of the Affair (1999)
• End of Watch
• Enemy: some strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language
• Enemy at the Gates
• Enemy of the State
• The English Patient: sexuality, some violence and language
• Enigma (2001)
• Enter the Dragon: martial arts violence and brief nudity
• The Entity
• Equus
• Eraser
• Erin Brockovich
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Europa Europa: mature treatment of Holocaust issues
• EuroTrip: sexuality, nudity, language and drug/alcohol content
• Event Horizon
• Eve of Destruction
• Everybody Wants Some!!
• Everything Everywhere All at Once: some violenece, sexual material and language
• Eve's Bayou
• The Evil That Men Do
• Excalibur
• Executive Decision
• EXistenZ
• Exit to Eden
• Exit Wounds
• Ex Machina: graphic nudity, language, sexual references and some violence
• The Experiment
• The Expert
• The Extra Man
• Extreme Measures
• Extreme Prejudice
• Eye for an Eye
• Eye Of The Beholder
• Eye of the Needle
• Eyes of a Stranger
• Eyes of Laura Mars
• Eyes Wide Shut: strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug-related material
• The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Face/Off
• Faces
• Face to Face
• Factory Girl
• The Faculty
• Fahrenheit 9/11: some violent and disturbing images, and for language
• Fair Game
• Fair Game (1995)
• The Falcon and the Snowman
• The Fall (2006)
• Falling Down
• The Fallout: language throughout, and teen drug and alcohol use
• Fame
• Family Business
• The Fan
• The Fanatic
• Fanny and Alexander
• Farewell My Concubine: language and strong depiction of thematic material
• Farewell, My Lovely
• Fargo: strong violence, language and sexuality
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Fatal Attraction
• Fatal Beauty
• Fatman
• The Favourite: strong sexual content, nudity and language
• Fear (1996)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Fear City
• FeardotCom
• Fearless (1993)
• Felon
• Femme Fatale (2002)
• A Few Good Men
• Fido
• Fight Club: disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language
• Final Exam
• Final Girl
• The Final Terror
• Find Me Dead
• Find Me Guilty
• Fire Down Below
• Firehead
• Fire Island: strong sexual content, language throughout, drug use and some nudity
• The Firm
• The First Deadly Sin
• The First Nudie Musical
• The First Power
• First Reformed: some disturbing violent images
• A Fish Called Wanda
• The Fisher King
• Fist of Fury
• Fist of the North Star
• Five Deadly Venoms
• Five Easy Pieces
• The Five-Year Engagement
• Fixed
• Flashdance
• Fled
• Flesh+Blood (1985)
• Flesh for Frankenstein
• Flirting with Disaster
• The Florida Project: language throughout, disturbing behavior, sexual references and some drug material
• Focus
• The Fog
• Forbidden World
• Forbidden Zone
• Force Majeure
• For Colored Girls
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• Fort Apache, The Bronx
• Four Lions: language throughout, including some sexual references
• Four Weddings and a Funeral: language, and for some sexuality
• Foxfire (1996)
• Fracture (2007)
• Frailty
• Frances
• Frances Ha: sexual references and language
• Frank and Jesse
• Frankenhooker
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
• Frankie & Johnny
• Frantic
• The Freakmaker
• Freddy Got Fingered: crude sexual and bizarre humor, and for strong language
• Freebie and the Bean
• Freejack
• The French Connection
• The French Dispatch: graphic nudity, some sexual references and language
• The French Lieutenant's Woman
• French Twist: sexuality and language
• Frenzy
• Fresh (2022): strong and disturbing violent content, some bloody images, language throughout, some sexual content and brief graphic nudity
• Frida
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle
• Friends with Benefits
• Friends with Money
• The Frighteners
• Frightmare (1974)
• Frightmare (1983)
• Fright Night (1985)
• Fright Night (2011)
• From Beyond
• From Dusk Till Dawn
• From Hell
• From the Life of the Marionettes
• Frost/Nixon
• Frozen (2010)
• Fruitvale Station
• Full Circle
• Full Eclipse
• Full Metal Jacket
• The Funhouse
• The Funhouse Massacre
• Funny Games (2007)
• Funny People
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
• Fury (2014)
• The Fury
• Galaxina
• Galaxy of Terror
• The Gallows
• The Gambler
• The Game
• Game Night
• Game of Death
• Gamer
• Gangs of New York: intense strong violence, sexuality/nudity and language
• Ganja & Hess
• The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
• Garden State
• Gas Food Lodging
• The Gathering
• Gator Bait
• The Gauntlet
• The General's Daughter
• Get Carter (1971): violence, language, some sexuality and drug content
• Get Hard
• Get Him to the Greek
• Get on the Bus
• Get Out (2017): violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references
• Get Shorty
• Getting Straight
• The Ghost and the Darkness
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
• Ghost in the Machine
• Ghost Ship
• Ghosts of Mars
• Ghost Story
• A Ghost Story: brief language and a disturbing image
• Ghost World
• The Gift (2000)
• The Gift (2015)
• Gigli
• Gimme Shelter (1970) (director's cut)
• The Gingerbread Man
• Girl, Interrupted
• The Girl Next Door (2004)
• The Girl on the Train
• Gladiator: intense, graphic combat
• Glengarry Glen Ross: language
• Gloria (1999)
• Glory
• Go
• Gods and Monsters
• Golden Balls: sex and nudity, violence, profanity, alcohol, drugs
• Gone Baby Gone
• Gone Girl: a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual content/nudity, and language
• Good Boys: strong crude sexual content, drug and alcohol material, and language throughout - all involving tweens
• Goodbye, Columbus
• Good Bye, Lenin!: brief language and sexuality
• Goodfellas
• The Good German
• The Good Girl
• Good Luck Chuck: sequences of strong sexual content including crude dialogue, nudity, language and some drug use
• Good Morning, Vietnam
• The Good Shepherd
• The Good Son
• The Good, The Bad, The Weird: nonstop violence and some drug use
• The Good Thief
• Good Time: language throughout, violence, drug use and sexual content
• Good Will Hunting
• Gorky Park
• Gosford Park
• Gossip
• Goth (2003)
• Gothic
• Gothika
• Grace of My Heart
• Graduation Day
• The Grand Budapest Hotel: language, some sexual content and violence
• Grand Canyon
• Grandma's Boy (2006)
• Gran Torino
• The Gray Man (2007)
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever: language and some war violence
• Green Room: strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language and some drug content
• The Grey Zone
• The Grifters
• Grimsby
• Grindhouse
• Grosse Pointe Blank
• The Grudge (2020)
• The Guardian (1990)
• Gummo
• The Gypsy Moths: originally rated M
• Hack-O-Lantern
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Half Baked
• Hall Pass
• Hamburger Hill
• Hamlet 2
• The Hand
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
• The Happening: violent and disturbing images
• Happy Birthday to Me
• The Happytime Murders: strong crude and sexual content and language throughout, and some drug material
• Hardcore
• Hard Eight
• The Harder They Come
• Hard Rain
• Hard Target
• Hard to Kill
• The Hard Way
• Hardwired
• Harlem Nights
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
• Harry and Tonto
• Hatchet
• The Hateful Eight: strong bloody violence, a scene of violent sexual content, language and some graphic nudity
• The Haunted World of El Superbeasto: strong crude and sexual content throughout, nude graphics, language, violence and gore
• Havoc (2005): strong sexual content, nudity, pervasive language, violence, drug and alcohol use - all involving teens
• Heartbreak Ridge
• Hearts and Minds
• Heat: violence and language
• The Heat
• Heathers
• Heaven & Earth
• Heaven Help Us
• Heavenly Creatures: a chilling murder and some sexuality
• Heaven's Gate
• Heavy Metal
• Heavy Traffic
• The Hebrew Hammer
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• He Got Game
• Heist (2001)
• Heist (2015)
• He Knows You're Alone
• Hellboy (2019): strong bloody violence and gore throughout, and language
• Hell Night
• Hell or High Water: some strong violence, language throughout and brief sexuality
• her (2013): language, sexual content and brief graphic nudity
• Hereditary: horror violence, disturbing images, language, drug use and brief graphic nudity
• Hesher: disturbing violent behavior, sexual content including graphic dialogue, pervasive language, and drug content - some in the presence of a child.
• The Hidden
• Hide and Seek
• Hideaway
• High Art
• Higher Learning
• High Fidelity
• High Heels and Low Lifes
• High Life: disturbing sexual and violent content including sexual assault, graphic nudity, and for language
• High Plains Drifter
• High Tension
• The Hired Hand: western violence and some sexual content
• History of the World Part I
• A History of Violence
• The Hitcher
• The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard: strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language, and some sexual content
• The Hoax
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (extended edition)
• Hoffa
• The Hole
• The Hole in the Ground: some disturbing images
• Hollow Man
• The Hollow Point
• The Hollywood Knights
• The Holy Mountain
• Holy Smoke!
• Hopscotch
• Horizon: An American Saga: violence, some nudity and sexuality
• Horrible Bosses
• Horror of Dracula: graphic violence and gore
• The Horror Show
• The Host (2006): creature violence and language
• Hotel Mumbai
• The Hotel New Hampshire
• Hot Fuzz: violent content including some graphic images, and language
• House
• House of 9
• House of Games
• House of Gucci: language, some sexual content
• House of Sand and Fog
• The House of the Devil
• The House of Yes
• House on Haunted Hill (1999)
• The House on Sorority Row
• The House That Jack Built: Strong disturbing violence/sadistic behavior, grisly images, language, and nudity. ^note  edited version
• How High
• The Howling (1981): strong violence, supernatural horror, sexual content and nudity (including brief sexual violence)
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
• Hudson Hawk
• The Human Centipede
• The Hunt (2012): sexual content including a graphic image, violence and language
• The Hunted (1995)
• The Hunted (2003): strong bloody violence and some language
• Hurlyburly
• The Hurricane
• The Hurt Locker: war violence and language and brief nudity and violence
• Husbands and Wives
• Hush
• Hustlers
• Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story: some drug use

I–R

• The Ice Harvest
• The Iceman
• The Ice Storm: sexuality and drug use, including scenes involving children, and for language
• I, Daniel Blake: language
• Identity
• Idiocracy
• The Idiots: strong sexuality and nudity, and for language
• Idle Hands
• I Drink Your Blood
• I Eat Your Skin
• if.... (1968)
• If Beale Street Could Talk: language and some sexual content
• Igby Goes Down
• I ♡ Huckabees
• I Know Who Killed Me
• I Love You, Man
• I Love You Phillip Morris
• I Love You to Death
• Images
• Immortal
• Immortals
• The Immortals
• I'm Not There
• The Impostors
• I'm Your Man (2021): for some sexual content and language
• In Bruges: strong bloody violence, pervasive language and some drug use
• The Incredible Melting Man
• The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
• Indecent Proposal
• In Dubious Battle
• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
• Inferno (1980)
• Infinity Pool: graphic violence, disturbing material, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and some language
• Inglorious Basterds: strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality
• Ingrid Goes West
• Inherent Vice: drug use throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violence
• The Initiation
• Inland Empire: language, some violence and sexuality/nudity
• Innocent Blood
• Inside
• Inside Llewyn Davis: language including some sexual references
• Inside Man
• The Insider
• Insomnia
• Interstate 60
• In the Bedroom
• In the Company of Men
• In the Cut
• In the Line of Fire
• In the Mouth of Madness
• In the Name of the Father
• Into the Night
• Into the Wild: language and some nudity
• Intruder
• Intruders
• Invasion of the Bee Girls
• Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
• The Invisible Man (2020)
• The Irishman: pervasive language and strong violence
• The Iron Claw
• Irrational Man
• Irresistible
• I Saw the Light
• I Shot Andy Warhol
• The Island (1980)
• Isolation
• I Spit on Your Grave
• It Comes at Night: violence, disturbing images, and language
• It Follows: disturbing violent and sexual content including graphic nudity, and language
• I, Tonya: pervasive language, violence, and some sexual content/nudity
• The Jacket
• Jack Frost (1997)
• Jackie: brief strong violence and some language
• Jackie Brown: strong language, some violence, drug use and sexuality
• Jacob's Ladder
• Jade
• Jagged Edge
• Jarhead
• Jason's Lyric
• Jawbreaker
• J. Edgar
• Jeffrey (1995)
• Jeff, Who Lives at Home
• Jennifer's Body: sexuality, bloody violence, language and brief drug use
• The Jerk
• Jerry Maguire
• Jersey Boys
• Jexi
• JFK: language
• Joe (2013)
• John Carpenter's Vampires
• John Dies at the End
• Johnny Be Good
• Johnny Handsome
• Johnny Mnemonic
• The Joy Luck Club
• Joy Ride (2023): strong and crude sexual content, language throughout, drug content and brief graphic nudity
• Judas and the Black Messiah: violence and pervasive language
• The Judge
• Judge Dredd
• Judgment Night
• Julien Donkey-Boy
• Jumpin' Jack Flash
• Junebug
• Jungle Fever
• Just Cause
• Kalifornia: strong violence, and for sexuality and language
• Kansas City
• Kate: strong bloody violence and language throughout
• The Kentucky Fried Movie
• Kidnap: violence and peril
• The Kids Are All Right
• Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
• The Killer (1989): pervasive strong violence and some language
• Killer Elite
• The Killer Inside Me: disturbing brutal violence, aberrant sexual content and some graphic nudity
• Killer Joe: strong and disturbing violence, sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use and language ^note  was rated NC-17 for it's theatrical release, the rating was surrendered later in the year for it's uncut home video release, with this release being the edited version.
• Killers of the Flower Moon: violence, some grisly images and language
• The Killing Fields
• The Killing Kind
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer: disturbing violent and sexual content, some graphic nudity and language
• The Killing of Sister George ^note Originally rated X; in fact, it was the first X-rated film to hit #1 in the US box office.
• The Killing Room
• Killing Them Softly
• Killshot
• Kill Your Darlings
• Kimi: violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Kingpin: some crude sex-related humor (Extended Version)
• The King of Marvin Gardens
• King of New York
• The King of Staten Island
• King of the Gypsies
• Kings 2017
• The Kings of Summer
• The King's Speech: some language ^note  This American classification has raised questions about the MPAA, as the rating was given based only on a non-derogatory Cluster F-Bomb. A PG-13 version was issued in 2012 but never released on home video.
• Kissing Jessica Stein: sexual content and language
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Kiss the Girls
• The Kitchen
• The Klansman
• Klute
• Knight Moves
• Knightriders
• Knockaround Guys
• Knock at the Cabin: violence and language
• Kung Fu Hustle
• L.A. Confidential (1997): strong violence and language, and for sexuality
• Lady Bird: language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity and teen partying
• Lady Macbeth: some disturbing violence, strong sexuality/nudity, and language
• Laggies
• The Lair of the White Worm
• Lake Placid
• Lantana: language and sexuality
• The Last Boy Scout
• The Last Days of Disco
• The Last Detail
• The Last Duel
• Last Exit to Brooklyn
• The Last Hard Men
• The Last House on the Left
• The Last King of Scotland: some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language
• The Last Kiss
• Last Man Standing (1996)
• The Last Movie
• Last Night
• Last Night in Soho
• The Last Samurai: strong violence and battle sequences
• The Last Seduction: strong sexuality and language, and for violence
• The Last Stand
• Last Summer (1969)
• The Last Supper (1996)
• The Last Temptation of Christ
• The Last Voyage of the Demeter: bloody violence
• Latter Days
• The Laundromat
• Law Abiding Citizen
• Lawless
• The Lawnmower Man
• Lean on Pete
• Leaving Las Vegas
• The Ledge
• The Legacy
• Lenny
• Leo the Last
• Less Than Zero
• Let the Right One In: some bloody violence including disturbing images, brief nudity and language
• Let's Get Harry
• Leviathan (2014): language and some sexuality/graphic nudity
• Liberty Heights
• Licorice Pizza
• Life (1999)
• Life (2017)
• Life After Beth: pervasive language, some horror violence, sexual content, nudity and brief drug use
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Life as a House
• Lifeforce (1985)
• Life Itself
• A Life Less Ordinary
• The Life of David Gale
• The Lighthouse: sexual content, nudity, violence, disturbing images, and some language
• The Limey
• Little Children
• Little Darlings
• The Little Hours
• Little Miss Sunshine: language, some sex and drug content
• Little Odessa
• The Little Things: violent/disturbing images, language and full nudity
• Live! (2007)
• Live by Night
• The Lives of Others: some sexuality/nudity
• Living Out Loud
• Lizzie
• The Lobster: sexual content including dialogue, and some violence
• Locke: language throughout
• Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels: strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content
• Lock Up
• The Lonely Guy
• The Lonely Lady
• Lone Star (1996): brief language, sex and violence
• The Longest Yard (1974)
• Longlegs: bloody violence, disturbing images, and some language
• The Long Goodbye
• The Long Good Friday
• The Long Kiss Goodnight
• Longtime Companion
• The Lookout
• Looper: strong violence, language, some sexuality/nudity and drug content
• Loose Cannons
• Lord of Illusions
• Lord of the Flies (1990)
• Lords of Chaos
• The Lords of Discipline
• The Lords of Salem
• Losing Isaiah
• Losin' It
• The Lost Boys
• The Lost Daughter
• Lost Highway: bizarre violent and sexual content, and for strong language
• Lost in America
• Lost in La Mancha
• Lost in Translation: some sexual content
• Lost River: disturbing violent images, language and some sexual content
• Love Actually
• Love & Other Drugs
• Lovelace
• Loverboy (2005)
• Lucky Number Slevin
• Lust, Caution: strong sexual content and a scene of brutal violence. ^note edited version, unedited version is rated NC-17.
• Ma: violent/disturbing material, language throughout, sexual content, and for teen drug and alcohol use
• Macbeth (1971)
• MacGruber
• The Machine (2023): strong violence, pervasive language, drug use and some sexual references
• The Machinist
• Mad Dog Morgan
• Made
• Madhouse (2004)
• Madman
• Maestro
• Magic
• Magnolia: strong language, drug use, sexuality and some violence
• Major League
• Malavita
• The Malibu Bikini Shop: nudity, sexual content, language
• Malice
• Malignant: strong horror violence and gruesome images, and for language
• A Man Called Horse: originally rated PG.
• Manchester by the Sea: language throughout and some sexual content
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• The Mangler
• Manhattan: sexual content involving ephebophila
• Manhunter
• Maniac! (1980)
• Mank: some language
• Man on the Moon
• Man's Best Friend
• The Man Who Fell to Earth
• The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• The Man with Two Brains
• The Many Saints of Newark: strong violence, pervasive language, sexual content and some nudity
• Marathon Man
• Margin Call
• Marked for Death
• Marriage Story: language throughout and sexual references
• Married to the Mob
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Martin
• Mary, Queen of Scots (2018): some violence and sexuality
• Mary Reilly
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• M*A*S*H: sexual content
• The Master: sexual content, graphic nudity and language
• Match Point
• Maximum Overdrive
• Maximum Risk
• May
• M. Butterfly
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller
• Mean Machine
• Mean Streets
• The Mechanic (2011)
• Medium Cool: originally rated X.
• Melancholia: some graphic nudity, sexual content and language
• Melvin and Howard
• Memento: violence, language and some drug content
• Me, Myself & Irene
• Menace II Society
• The Menu: strong/disturbing violent content, language throughout, and some sexual references
• The Men Who Stare at Goats
• Men with Brooms
• The Mephisto Waltz
• The Messenger (2009)
• Messiah of Evil
• Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar: for pervasive language, violence and drug use
• Miami Vice
• Michael Clayton
• mid90s: pervasive language, sexual content, drug and alcohol use, some violent behavior/disturbing images - all involving minors
• A Midnight Clear
• Midnight Cowboy ^note Initially released with a self-applied X rating by United Artists before the MPAA's original R rating was accepted a couple of years later
• Midnight Express
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
• The Midnight Meat Train
• Midnight Movie
• Midnight Run
• Midsommar: disturbing ritualistic violence and grisly images, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language
• Mighty Aphrodite
• A Mighty Heart
• Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
• Mikey and Nicky
• The Milagro Beanfield War
• Miller's Crossing
• A Million Ways to Die in the West: strong crude and sexual content, language throughout, some violence and drug material
• Mimic
• Mindhunters
• Miracle Mile
• Mischief
• Misery
• The Missing (2003)
• Missing in Action
• Mississippi Burning
• Mississippi Mermaid: originally rated PG.
• Miss Nobody
• Miss Sloane
• The Mist
• Mister Frost
• Mitchell
• Mi Vida Loca
• Mo' Better Blues
• Money Talks
• Money Train
• Monkey Man: strong bloody violence throughout, rape, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use
• Monkey Shines
• Monster
• Monster's Ball
• Moonlight (2016): some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout
• Mortal Kombat (2021): strong bloody violence and language throughout, and some crude references
• Mortuary
• Mortuary (1983)
• Moscow on the Hudson
• A Most Violent Year: language and some violence
• Most Wanted
• mother!: strong disturbing violent content, some sexuality, nudity and language
• Mother Night
• Mother of Tears
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• Movie 43
• Mr. Brooks
• Mr. Nobody
• Mr. Right
• Ms. 45
• The Mule
• Mulholland Dr.: violence, language and some strong sexuality
• Mulholland Falls
• Mumford
• Munich
• Murder at 1600
• Murder by Numbers (2002)
• A Murder of Crows
• Muriel's Wedding
• Mutafukaz: bloody violence, language and some sexual content
• My Beautiful Laundrette
• My First Mister
• My Left Foot
• My Own Private Idaho
• The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
• Mystery Train
• Mystic Pizza
• Mystic River
• My Summer of Love
• Naked Fear
• Naked Lunch
• The Name of the Rose
• Narc (2002)
• Nashville
• Natural Born Killers
• Near Dark
• Nebraska!: some language
• Needful Things
• The Negotiator
• Neighbors (1981)
• Nemesis
• The Neon Demon: disturbing violent content, bloody images, graphic nudity, a scene of aberrant sexuality, and language
• Network
• Never Let Me Go
• New Best Friend
• The New Centurions
• New Year's Evil
• Next of Kin (1989)
• Next Stop, Greenwich Village
• Nice Dreams
• Nick of Time
• The Night Before
• Nightbreed
• Nightcrawler: violence including graphic images, and for language
• The Night Flier
• Nighthawks
• Night Hunter (2019)
• Nightmare Alley (2021)
• Nightmare at Noon
• Nightmares
• 'night, Mother
• Night Moves
• Night Moves (2013): some language and nudity
• The Night of a Thousand Cats
• Night of the Creeps
• Night on Earth
• Night School (1981)
• Night Shift
• Nightwatch: strong, morbid violence, language, sexuality, and some drug content
• Nikita
• Nine Dead
• Nineteen Eighty-Four
• The Ninth Configuration
• The Ninth Gate
• Nixon
• Nobody's Fool
• Nobody's Fool (2018): sexual content and language throughout, and for drug material
• No Country for Old Men: strong graphic violence and some language
• Nocturnal Animals: violence, menace, graphic nudity, and language
• No Escape (1994)
• No Good Deed (2002)
• No Hard Feelings: sexual content, language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use
• Nomadland
• Nope: language throughout and some violence/bloody images
• El Norte
• North Country
• No Strings Attached 1997
• No Strings Attached (2011): sexual content, language and some drug material
• Notes on a Scandal
• Not Okay: language throughout, drug use and some sexual content
• 1900
• Novocaine
• No Way Out (1987)
• Nowhere
• Nowhere to Run
• The Number 23
• The Object of My Affection
• Observe and Report
• Obsessed
• Obvious Child: language and sexual content
• Office Christmas Party: crude sexual content and language throughout, drug use and graphic nudity
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• Office Space: language and brief sexuality
• Official Secrets
• Off the Black
• Of Unknown Origin
• Old Dads
• The Old Guard
• Old School: some strong sexual content, nudity and language
• Olympus Has Fallen
• Once
• Once Upon a Time in America: strong violence, sexual content, language and some drug use (Extended Cut)
  • (extended Directors Cut): strong violence including a scene of rape, sexual content, language and some drug use.
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: language throughout, some strong graphic violence, drug use, and sexual references
• Once Were Warriors: pervasive language and strong depiction of domestic abuse, including sexual violence and substance abuse
• On Deadly Ground
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• One from the Heart
• One Hour Photo
• One Night Stand (1997)
• One-Trick Pony
• One True Thing
• Only God Forgives: strong bloody violence including grisly images, sexual content and language
• On the Rocks
• Open Season (1974)
• Open Water
• Open Your Eyes: some strong sexuality, language and some violence
• Opera (1987)
• Oppenheimer: some sexuality, nudity and language
• The Opposite of Sex
• Ordinary People
• Original Sin (2001)
• Orphans
• The Osterman Weekend
• Other People's Money
• Our Idiot Brother
• Outbreak
• Out for Justice
• Outland
• Outlaw King: sequences of brutal war violence, some sexuality, language and brief nudity
• The Out-Laws (2023): language throughout, violence, sexual material and brief drug use
• Out of Reach
• Out of Sight
• Pacific Heights
• The Pact
• Paid in Full
• Pain & Gain
• Pale Rider
• Panic Room
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Paper
• Paper Man
• Paradise
• Paradise Road
• The Parallax View
• Parasite (1982)
• Parasite (2019): language, some violence and sexual content
• Parents
• Pariah
• Paris, Texas
• Parker
• Party Girl (1995)
• Party Monster
• Passenger 57
• The Passion of the Christ
• Paterson: some language
• Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
• Patriot Games
• The Peacemaker: strong violence and some language
• Pearl Harbor Director's Cut: strong war violence and some language
• Pecker: sexuality, graphic nudity, language and brief drug use
• Pennies from Heaven
• The People Under the Stairs
• The People vs. Larry Flynt
• The Perez Family
• The Perfect Host
• A Perfect Murder
• Perfect Stranger
• Performance
• Phantasm
• Phantom Thread: language
• Phenomena
• Phone Booth: pervasive language and some violence
• The Piano: moments of extreme graphic sexuality
• Picture Day
• Pineapple Express: pervasive language, drug use, sexual references and violence
• The Place Beyond the Pines: language throughout, some violence, teen drug and alcohol use, and a sexual reference
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Platoon
• The Player
• The Players Club
• Playing by Heart
• Playing It Cool
• Play Misty for Me
• please don't destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain: pervasive language, sexual material, some graphic material, brief graphic nudity and violence
• Poetic Justice
• Police Academy
• Polyester
• Poor Things: strong and pervasive sexual content, graphic nudity, disturbing material, gore, and language
• The Pope's Exorcist: violent content, language, sexual references and some nudity
• Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping: some graphic nudity, language throughout, sexual content and drug use
• Porky's
• Portnoy's Complaint
• Possession
• Postcards from the Edge
• The Postman
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
• The Power of the Dog
• Precious
• The Presidio
• Presumed Innocent
• Prêt-à-Porter
• Pretty Baby
• Pretty Maids All in a Row
• The Pretty One
• The Prey
• Prick Up Your Ears
• Primary Colors
• Prime Cut
• Prince of Darkness
• Prince of the City
• The Prince of Tides
• The Princess: strong/bloody violence and some language
• The Principal
• Prisoners: disturbing violent content including torture, and language throughout
• Private Benjamin
• Private Parts
• Private School
• Prizzi's Honor
• The Professional
• Project Power
• Project X (2012): crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, drugs, drinking, pervasive language, reckless behavior and mayhem - all involving teens
• Promising Young Woman: strong violence including sexual assault, language throughout, some sexual material and drug use
• The Prowler
• Psycho-Pass Providence: violence
• Pulp Fiction: strong graphic violence and drug use, pervasive strong language and some sexuality
• Pump Up the Volume
• Punch-Drunk Love: strong language including a scene of sexual dialogue
• Puppet Master
• Purple Rain
• Pushing Tin
• Putney Swope
• Q & A
• Q: The Winged Serpent
• Quarantine (2008)
• Queen & Slim
• Queens Logic
• Querelle
• Quest for Fire
• The Quick and the Dead
• Quick Change
• Quills
• Quintet
• Rabbit, Run
• Rabid
• Rachel Getting Married
• Radioactive Dreams
• Raging Bull
• Rain Man
• The Rain People
• Raising Cain
• Rampage (1987)
• Rampage (2009)
• Ran
• Random Hearts
• Ransom
• Rapid Fire
• The Rapture
• Rapture-Palooza
• Ravenous (1999)
• Rawhead Rex
• The Reader
• Redbelt
• Red Heat
• Red Rock West
• Red Scorpion
• Red Sparrow: strong violence, torture, sexual content, language and some graphic nudity
• The Ref
• Reform School Girls
• Reindeer Games
• Renfield (2023): bloody violence, some gore, language throughout, and some drug use
• The Rental
• The Replacement Killers
• Repo Man
• Repo Men
• The Reaping
• Requiem for a Dream (edited version): intense depiction of drug addiction, graphic sexuality, strong language and some violence
• Reservoir Dogs: strong violence and language
• Resistance: people shown being shot, beaten to death and burned.
• Return of the Secaucus Seven
• Return to Horror High
• The Revenant: strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language and brief nudity
• Reversal of Fortune
• Revolver (2005)
• Richard Jewell
• The Rich Man's Wife
• Ricochet
• Righteous Kill
• Rising Sun
• Risky Business
• The Ritz
• River's Edge
• The Road
• Road House (2024): violence throughout, pervasive language and some nudity
• Roadracers
• Road to Perdition
• The Rock
• Rocketman (2019): language throughout, some drug use and sexual content
• Rock Star
• Rock the Kasbah
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Roger & Me
• Roger Dodger
• Rollerball
• Rolling Thunder
• Roma: graphic nudity, some disturbing images, and language
• Romance & Cigarettes
• Romeo is Bleeding
• Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
• Ronin (1998)
• The Rookie (1990)
• Room: language
• The Rose
• Rosemary's Baby: originally rated PG.
• Rosewood: graphic violence (including racist violence) and moderate sexuality/brief nudity
• Rounders
• The Rover: language and some bloody violence
• The Royal Tenenbaums: some language, sexuality/nudity and drug content
• Ruby
• Ruby Sparks
• The Rules of Attraction
• Rules of Engagement
• Rumble Fish
• Rumble in the Bronx
• The Rum Diary
• Run All Night: strong violence, language including sexual references, and some drug use
• Runaway Train
• The Runaways
• The Running Man
• Running Scared (1986)
• Running Scared (2006)
• Rush (2013)
• Rushmore
• Ruthless People
• Ryan's Daughter

S–Z

• Safe (1995)
• Safe (2012)
• The Salton Sea
• Salvador
• The Salvation
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula
• Saturday Night Fever
• Saturn 3
• Sausage Party: strong crude sexual content, pervasive language and drug use
• Savage Messiah (1972)
• Save the Date (2012)
• Saving Grace
• Saving Private Ryan: intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language
• Say It Isn't So
• A Scanner Darkly
• Scarecrow (1973)
• Scarface (1983)
• Scent of a Woman
• Schindler's List: language, some sexuality and actuality violence
• School Daze 1988
• The Score
• Scream and Scream Again
• Scream Bloody Murder
• Scream for Help
• The Scribbler
• Sea of Love
• Secretary
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
• Semi-Pro
• Sensation
• The Sentinel (1977)
• Serial Mom: satirical presentation of strong violence, vulgar language, and sexual episodes
• A Serious Man
• The Serpent and the Rainbow
• Serpico
• Set It Off
• Se7en
• Seven Beauties
• Seven Psychopaths: strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use
• The Seventh Sign
• Sex and the City
• sex, lies, and videotape
• Shade (2003)
• The Shadow Men
• Shadow of the Vampire
• Shakes the Clown
• Shallow Grave
• Shampoo
• The Shape of Things
• The Shape of Water: sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language
• Sharky's Machine
• Shattered (1991)
• Shaun of the Dead: zombie violence/gore and language
• She Hate Me
• She's Gotta Have It
• She's Out of My League
• Shining Through
• The Shipping News
• Shirley
• Shivers (1975)
• Shoot to Kill
• Shopgirl
• Shoplifters: some sexual content and nudity
• Short Cuts
• A Shot at Glory
• Shotgun Wedding (2023): language and some violence / bloody images
• The Shout
• Showgirls: strong sexuality, nudity, language, a rape scene and drug use. ^note Edited version made specifically for places like Blockbuster, uncut version is rated NC-17
• Shutter Island: disturbing violent content, language and some nudity
• Shuttle
• Shy People
• Sid & Nancy
• Sideways
• Silence: some disturbing violent content
• Silent Night (2021)
• Silent Night (2023): strong bloody violence, drug use and some language
• The Silent Partner
• Silent Rage
• Silkwood
• Silver Bullet
• Silver Linings Playbook
• A Simple Favor
• A Simple Plan
• Single White Female
• Sinners and Saints
• Sin Nombre
• Sirens (1994): strong sexuality, language and some violence
• Sister My Sister
• Sisters (1973)
• Sisters (2015): crude sexual content and language throughout, and for drug use
• The Sisters Brothers
• Sisu: strong bloody violence, gore and language
• Six Degrees of Separation
• The Skeleton Twins
• Skin Deep
• Skin Traffik
• Slacker
• Slap Shot
• The Slaughter
• Slaughter High
• Slaughterhouse-Five
• SLC Punk!
• Sleepers
• Sleeping With Other People
• Sleeping with the Enemy
• Sleepwalkers
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• Sling Blade
• Slither
• Sliver
• Slugs
• Slumdog Millionaire: some violence, disturbing images and language
• Slums of Beverly Hills
• Smile (2022): strong violent content and grisly images, and language
• Smoke
• Snake Eyes
• Snakes on a Plane
• The Snapper
• Snatch.
• Snatched (2017)
• Sniper
• The Snowman (2017)
• Snowpiercer
• S.O.B.
• Solace
• Soldier
• Soldier Blue
• Something Wicked
• Something Wild
• Son of Saul: disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity
• Sophie's Choice
• Sorority Boys
• Sorority House Massacre
• Sorority Row
• Sorry to Bother You: pervasive language, some strong sexual content, graphic nudity and drug use
• Soul Food
• Sound of Metal
• Sour Grapes
• South Central
• Southern Comfort
• Southland Tales
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut: pervasive vulgar language and crude sexual humor, and for some violent images (originally rated NC-17)
• Spartan
• The Specialist
• The Spectacular Now
• Speed: violence and language
• Spider (2002)
• Spontaneous Combustion
• Spotlight: some language including sexual references
• Spring Breakers: strong sexual content, language, nudity, drug use and violence throughout
• Spy
• The Spy Who Dumped Me
• The Square
• The Squid and the Whale
• Stakeout
• Stand by Me
• Star 80
• The Star Chamber
• A Star Is Born (1976)
• State and Main
• The Station Agent
• Steel Dawn
• St. Elmo's Fire
• Step Brothers: crude and sexual content, and pervasive language
• The Stepfather
• Steve Jobs
• Stigmata
• Stiletto
• Still Smokin
• Stir Crazy
• Stir of Echoes
• Stoker
• Stoned
• The Stone Killer
• Straight Outta Compton: language throughout, strong sexuality/nudity, violence, and drug use
• Straight Time
• Straight to Hell
• Strange Behavior
• Strange Days
• Strays (2023): perversive language, crude and sexual content, and drug use
• Streamers
• The Street Fighter: edited 75-minute version.
• Street Kings
• Striking Distance
• Stripes
• Stuber: violence and language throughout, some sexual references and brief graphic nudity
• Student Bodies
• The Stunt Man
• The Substitute
• Suburbia
• Sudden Death
• Suicide Kings
• Summer of '42
• Summer of Sam: strong graphic violence and sexuality, pervasive strong language and drug use
• Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Sunset
• Sunset Grill
• Sunshine
• Sunshine (1999)
• Sunshine Cleaning
• Super: strong bloody violence, pervasive language, sexual content and drug use ^note  released unrated for its theatrical release when the producers feared an NC-17 rating, was later rated R when it hit home video with no edits
• The Super
• Superbad: pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens
• Super Fly
• Super Troopers
• Survive!
• Surviving the Game
• The Survivors
• Suspect
• The Sweeney
• The Sweetest Thing
• The Sweet Hereafter
• Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: originally rated X; re-rated R in 1974
• Swept Away
• Swimming to Cambodia
• Swimming with Sharks
• Swingers
• Swiss Army Man: language and sexual material
• Switch (1991)
• Swoon
• Swordfish
• Synecdoche, New York
• Syriana
• Tag
• The Tailor of Panama
• Taking Care of Business
• Taking Lives
• The Taking of Beverly Hills
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
• Taking Woodstock
• The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Tale of Tales
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
• Tales of Halloween
• Talk Radio
• The Tall Guy
• Tammy
• Tango & Cash
• Tár: some language and brief nudity
• Tart
• Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
• Taxi Driver
• Teachers (1984)
• Tekkonkinkreet: some violent and disturbing images and brief sexuality
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
• The Tenant
• Tequila Sunrise
• Terror Train
• TerrorVision
• Tetris (2023): language
• Thanksgiving (2023): strong bloody horror violence and gore, pervasive language and some sexual material
• That Championship Season
• That Cold Day in the Park
• That's My Boy: crude sexual content throughout, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use (originally rated NC-17)
• That Was Then... This Is Now
• Theatre of Blood
• Thelma & Louise: strong language, and for some violence and sensuality
• There's Always Vanilla
• There's Something About Mary: strong comic sexual content and language
• There Was a Little Girl
• There Will Be Blood: some violence
• They Cloned Tyrone: pervasive language, violence, some sexual material and drug use
• Thief
• Thief of Hearts
• Thieves Like Us
• Things Are Tough All Over
• Thinner
• The Thin Red Line
• Thirst (1979)
• Thirst (2009)
• Thirst 2010
• Thirteen (2003)
• Thir13en Ghosts
• This is Spın̈al Tap
• This Is the End: crude and sexual content throughout, brief graphic nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violence
• Those Who Wish Me Dead: strong violence, and language throughout
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: violence, language throughout and some sexual references
• Three Colors Trilogy
• Three Days of the Condor
• Three Kings
• Three Thousand Years of Longing: some sexual content, graphic nudity and brief violence
• Thumbsucker
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
• Thunderheart
• Thursday
• THX 1138
• Ticker
• Tigerland
• Tightrope
• Till Death: strong violence, grisly images and language
• Timequest
• Time Runner
• A Time to Kill
• Tin Cup
• Tin Men
• To Die For
• The To Do List
• To Live and Die in L.A.
• Tombstone
• The Toolbox Murders
• Torch Song Trilogy
• To Rome with Love
• Total Recall (1990)
• The Town
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown
• The Toxic Avenger
• Trading Places
• Traffic (2000)
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Train
• Trained to Kill, USA
• Training Day
• Trainwreck
• Transamerica
• Trees Lounge
• The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Triangle of Sadness
• Trick or Treat
• Trick 'r Treat
• Tropic Thunder
• Trouble Man
• True Believer
• True Confessions
• True Crime
• True Lies
• True Romance
• Trust
• Truth (2015)
• Truth or Consequences, N.M.
• Tully
• TunnelVision
• Turkey Shoot
• Tusk (2014): some disturbing violence/gore, language and sexual content
• Twilight's Last Gleaming
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
• Twixt
• Two-Lane Blacktop
• Two-Minute Warning
• Two Moon Junction
• The Ugly Truth
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• Uncle Sam
• Unconscious
• Uncut Gems: pervasive strong language, violence, some sexual content and brief drug use
• Under Fire
• Under the Silver Lake: strong sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, language throughout and some drug use
• Under the Skin: graphic nudity, sexual content, some violence and language
• Unforgettable (2017)
• Unforgiven: language, and violence, and for a scene of sexuality
• Unlawful Entry
• An Unmarried Woman
• Unthinkable
• Until the End of the World
• The Untouchables
• Up in Smoke
• Up the Creek
• Us: violence/terror, and language
• Used Cars
• The Usual Suspects
• U Turn
• Vacancy
• Vacation Friends: drug content, crude sexual references, and language throughout
• The Valachi Papers
• Valley Girl
• Valmont
• Vampire in Brooklyn
• The Vampire Lovers
• Vampire's Kiss
• Vanilla Sky
• The Vanishing (1993)
• The Vanishing (2018)
• Vanishing Point: originally rated PG.
• Van Wilder: strong sexual content, gross humor, language and some drug content
• Varsity Blues
• Vengeance (2022): language and brief violence
• The Venture Bros: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart: language, some sexual references, bloody images and brief full nudity
• The Verdict
• Very Bad Things
• Vice (2018): language and some violent images
• Vice Academy
• Videodrome
• Village of the Damned (1995)
• Violent Night: strong bloody violence, language throughout and some sexual references
• Viral
• The Virgin Suicides
• Virtuosity
• Virus
• Vision Quest
• The Voices
• Volunteers
• Wag the Dog
• Waiting for Guffman
• Walk Hard
• Walker
• Walking Tall (1973)
• The Wall (2017)
• Wall Street
• The Wanderers
• Wanted
• War (2007)
• War Goddess
• Warlock (1989)
• Warning Sign
• The War of the Roses
• Watchmen: strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language
• Watermelon Man
• Waves: language throughout, drug and alcohol use, some sexual content and brief violence
• Way of the Dragon
• The Way of the Gun
• Wedding Crashers: sexual content/nudity and language
• Wedlock
• Welcome to the Dollhouse
• Welcome to the Rileys: strong sexual content, brief drug use and pervasive language involving a teenager
• Wendigo
• We Need to Talk About Kevin: disturbing violence and behavior, some sexuality and language
• We're the Millers
• Werewolves Within: some bloody violence, sexual references and language throughout
• Wet Hot American Summer
• We Were Soldiers
• The Whale
• What Have You Done to Solange?
• What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
• What's Your Number?
• What We Do in the Shadows
• When a Stranger Calls
• When Harry Met Sally...
• Where the Buffalo Roam
• Whiplash: strong language including some sexual references
• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
• White Boy Rick
• White Men Can't Jump
• Whiteout
• White Sands
• Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?^note Originally rated GP
• The Whole Nine Yards
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - the first ever movie to receive the rating.
• Who's That Knocking at My Door
• Who's the Man?
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• Widows: violence, language throughout, and some sexual content/nudity
• Wiener-Dog
• The Wife
• Wild
• The Wild Bunch
• Wildcats
• Wild Things
• Windy City
• Winter Kills^note Originally rated PG
• Winter's Bone
• The VVitch: disturbing violent content and graphic nudity
• The Witches of Eastwick
• The Witch Who Came from the Sea
• Withnail and I
• Without Warning (1980)
• Witness
• Wolf (Mike Nichols)
• Wolfen
• The Wolfman (2010)
• The Wolf of Wall Street: sequences of strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language throughout, and for some violence
• The Woman in the Window
• A Woman Under the Influence
• Women in Love
• Wonder Boys
• Wonderland
• Woodshock: drug use, language and a scene of violence
• The Woodsman
• Working Girl
• The World According to Garp
• The World's End: pervasive language including sexual references
• Wrath of Man
• The Wrestler: violence, sexuality/nudity, language and some drug use
• Wrong is Right
• The Yakuza
• Young Doctors in Love
• Young Guns
• You People
• Your Friends & Neighbors: strong language, sexual references, brief nudity ^note Was originally threatened with an NC-17 rating, but successfully argued down to R without cuts.
• Your Highness
• Your Sister's Sister
• Youth in Revolt
• You Were Never Really Here: strong violence, disturbing and grisly images, language, and brief nudity
• Y tu mamá también: strong sexual content involving teens, drug use and language ^note Initially released unrated in the US in an attempt at avoiding an NC-17 rating. The MPAA's presumed treatment of this film's sexual content prompted a remark from Roger Ebert: "It is a perfect illustration of the need for a workable adult rating: too mature, thoughtful and frank for the R, but not in any sense pornographic. Why do serious film people not rise up in rage and tear down the rating system that infantilizes their work?"
• Zack and Miri Make a Porno
• Zapped! (1982)
• Zardoz
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Zodiac
• Zola
• Zoot Suit

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