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List of NC-17 rated films

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List of NC-17 rated films
Summary

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The MPA's "NC-17" rating symbol

NC-17 (No One 17 and Under Admitted) is the strictest rating in the Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system used for films distributed in the United States. It is assigned to films the MPA believes most parents would consider "patently adult" and not suitable for their children under 18. The rating does not designate films as pornographic or obscene, but simply that the content is suitable only for adults. The rating may be issued because of violence, sex, drugs, or other elements.

The NC-17 rating replaced the X rating in 1990 as the X rating was not trademarked by the MPA and had been co-opted by the pornography industry. NC-17 originally stood for "No Children Under 17 Admitted" to combat the misconception that the rating indicated a film was pornographic. In 1996, the MPA reworded the NC-17 rating to "No One 17 and Under Admitted", effectively raising the minimum age for admission from 17 to 18.

This list includes films that received—and were released with—an NC-17 rating; films that received it but had it rescinded before release are not included. Rescissions occur most often in the form of re-ratings after edits, re-ratings on appeals, or studios surrendering the rating to leave the film unrated. The list provides the reason the rating was given for some films. The MPA began publishing the reasons for R ratings in 1990, and for all film ratings starting in 2000.

List

TitleReleaseNotes on rating100 TearsArabian Nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte)Bad EducationBad LieutenantBentBeyond the Valley of the DollsBizarreBlondeBlue Is the Warmest ColourBroken EnglishThe Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury)Comfortably NumbThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverCrashDark Obsession (Diamond Skulls)Delta of VenusDescentDice RulesA Dirty ShameThe DollsThe DreamersEasyriders Video Magazine #13El InfiernoEmmanuelle: The Joys of a WomanThe Evil DeadFemale TroubleFritz the CatGames of LoveGlamHenry & JuneHell's BellesThe Hottest BidIn the Cold of the NightIn the Realm of the Senses (Ai no Korīda)InsertsInside Deep ThroatIntent to KillLast Tango in ParisLa ley del deseo (Law of Desire)The Loves of Lady ChatterlyLucky BastardLust, CautionMarie and Jack: A Hardcore Love StoryMa MèreMarriage 2.0Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous)MatadorMaya & SamarModern LoveMyriamThe Night BuffaloOrgazmoParis, FrancePink FlamingosRodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes RightSanta SangreThe Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and JulietSecretariesA Serbian FilmThe Shadowed MindShameShowgirlsSoftly from Paris: Series I-VThe Story Of OSwearnet: The MovieThis One's For The Ladies: UncensoredTie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Tokyo Decadence (Topāzu)Tower of TerrorTroisTropic of CancerTwo Girls and a GuyWadd: The Life & Times of John C. HolmesWhoreWide Sargasso SeaWVAG in New York CityYoung Adam
2007url= http://www.filmratings.com/search.html?filmYear=2007&filmRating=NC-17&x=-907&y=-67work= filmRatings.comtitle= Search Results [2007 and NC-17]publisher= Classification and Rating Administrationaccess-date= August 29, 2013url-status= deadarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001433/http://filmratings.com/search.html?filmYear=2007&filmRating=NC-17&x=-907&y=-67archive-date= December 31, 2013 }}
1974Rated X in 1979; name of rating changed to NC-17 in 1990.
2004Rated NC-17 for a scene of explicit sexual content; kept rating after the MPAA upheld an appeal to overturn it. Edited "Special Edition" rated R for strong sexual content throughout, language and some drug use.
1992Rated NC-17 for sexual violence, strong sexual situations & dialogue, graphic drug use; edited version rated R for drug use, language, violence, and nudity (the R-rated version was created only because the film's producers wanted the film to be carried by Blockbuster Video and the cost of creating the new edit and then receiving an R from an MPAA was expected to be much less than the amount of money it would earn in video rentals).
1997Rated NC-17 for a strong scene of graphic sexuality; edited version rated R in 1998 for strong sexuality, including explicit sexual dialogue, some brutal violence, language and drug use.
1970Received NC-17 rating in 1990. Initially rated X, but re-rated after the rating symbol was adopted that year.
1991Rated NC-17.
2022Rated NC-17 for some sexual content. First NC-17-rated film to be released on Netflix.
2013url= http://www.filmratings.com/search.html?filmYear=2013&filmRating=NC-17&x=-907&y=-67work= filmRatings.comtitle= Search Results [2013 and NC-17]publisher= Classification and Rating Administrationaccess-date= August 29, 2013url-status= deadarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131220181704/http://filmratings.com/search.html?filmYear=2013&filmRating=NC-17&x=-907&y=-67archive-date= December 20, 2013 }} The film was released with the NC-17 rating, yet took in over $19 million overall.
1996Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality; edited version rated R for language, violence, and some drug content.
1972Originally rated X in 1979; name of rating changed to NC-17 in 1991.
1995title=Nc-17 rated movies: 1995url=https://www.filmratings.com/Search?filmYear=1995&filmRating=NC-17&x=20&y=16website=filmratings.compublisher=MPAAaccess-date=28 March 2018archive-date=29 March 2018archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329054331/https://filmratings.com/Search?filmYear=1995&filmRating=NC-17&x=20&y=16url-status=live}}
1989Rated X in 1989. Later the symbol changed to NC-17 in 1990. Edited version for home video rated R.
1996Rated NC-17 for numerous explicit sex scenes; edited version rated R for accident gore, some graphic language, and aberrant sexual content.
1989Rated in 1991. Rated NC-17; edited version rated R for strong sensuality and for language.
1994Rated in 1995. Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality; edited version rated R for strong erotic content.
2007url= http://www.filmratings.com/search.html?filmTitle=descent&x=-907&y=-37work= filmRatings.comtitle= Search Results [descent]publisher= Classification and Rating Administrationaccess-date= August 29, 2013archive-date= December 20, 2013archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131220181602/http://filmratings.com/search.html?filmTitle=descent&x=-907&y=-37url-status= live }}
1991Rated NC-17. First film to be given an NC-17 rating for language alone.
2004Rated NC-17 for pervasive sexual content; "The Neuter Cut" (edited) version rated R for pervasive, strong, crude sexual content, including fetishes.
1991Rated NC-17.
2003Rated in 2004. Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content; edited version rated R for strong sexual content and graphic nudity, language and some drug use. Originally released with a NC-17 rating, the film grossed $2.5 million in its United States theatrical release.
1992Rated NC-17 for pervasive sexuality and graphic sexual dialogue.
2011Rated NC-17 for some graphic violence and explicit sexual content
1975Originally rated X in 1976; rating symbol changed to NC-17 in 1991.
1981NC-17 rating acquired in 1994. Rated NC-17 for substantial graphic horror violence and gore.
1974Originally X, rated NC-17 in 1999, re-rating NC-17 for explicit sexuality and nudity
1972Rated X at time of release. First and only animated film to receive that rating. Is now unrated.
1991Rated NC-17.
1997Rated in 1998. Rated NC-17 for a scene of explicit sexuality and some dialogue.
1990First film to be rated NC-17.
1997Rated NC-17 for pervasive sexuality and nudity.
1995Rated NC-17 for strong, graphic sexuality; kept rating after the MPAA upheld an appeal to overturn it.
1990Rated NC-17 in 1990. Edited version rated R in 1990.
1976Rated X in 1976, the rating symbol was changed to NC-17 in 1991.
1975Initially rated X, but re-rated in 1996 after the rating symbol was changed in 1990. Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality.
2005Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content; edited version rated R for strong sexuality including graphic images, nudity and dialogue.
1992Rated NC-17 for extreme violence. First film to receive the NC-17 rating for violence, not sex.
1972Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexual content. Rating in 1997. Initially rated X, but re-rated after the rating symbol was adopted in 1990.
1987Rated in 2005. Originally rated X in 1987; re-rated NC-17 for a scene of explicit sexual content.
1992For scenes of explicit sexuality.
2013Rated NC-17 "for explicit sexual content." The sex and violence resulted in the NC-17 rating, yet the MPAA given the film staff suggestions on how to improve it for an R rating. The staff declined, stating: "If we re-cut it we won't have any film left."
2007Rated NC-17 "for some explicit sexuality"; edited version rated R for strong sexual content and a scene of brutal violence. Despite keeping the NC-17 rating, the film grossed $4.6 million in the United States theatrically, and Focus was very satisfied with the film's theatrical release. It has generated more than $18 million from DVD rentals in the United States.
2002Rated in 2007. Rated NC-17 "for explicit sexuality"
2004Rated in 2005. Rated NC-17 for strong and aberrant sexual content; edited version rated R for strong aberrant sexuality, some language, and violent images.
2015Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content and graphic nudity throughout
1992Rated NC-17 for strong graphic violence.
1986Rated in 2005. Rated NC-17 in 2005 for aberrant sexuality including violence.
2025Rated NC-17 for sexual content/graphic nudity.
1991Rated NC-17
1982Rated in 1991. Rated NC-17
2007url= http://www.filmratings.com/search.html?filmYear=2009&filmRating=NC-17&x=-907&y=-67work= filmRatings.comtitle= Search Results [2009 and NC-17]publisher= Classification and Rating Administrationaccess-date= August 29, 2013url-status= deadarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114128/http://filmratings.com/search.html?filmYear=2009&filmRating=NC-17&x=-907&y=-67archive-date= October 6, 2014 }}
1997Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content and dialogue; kept rating after the MPAA upheld an appeal to overturn it.
1993Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content; received rating in 1994.
19721997 re-release rated NC-17 for a wide range of perversions in explicit detail.
1988Initially rated X, but re-rated in 1991 after the rating symbol was changed in 1990. Rated NC-17.
1989Rated NC-17 for several scenes of extremely explicit violence; edited version rated R for bizarre, graphic violence and sensuality, and for drug content.
1969Rated NC-17 in 1990.
2005Rated NC-17 for pervasive graphic sexuality and nudity; received rating in 2006.
2010title=Search Results [2011 and NC-17]url=http://www.filmratings.com/search.html?filmYear=2011&filmRating=NC-17&x=-907&y=-67url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219095443/http://filmratings.com/search.html?filmYear=2011&filmRating=NC-17&x=-907&y=-67archive-date=December 19, 2013access-date=August 29, 2013work=filmRatings.compublisher=Classification and Rating Administration}}
1988Rated 1991. Rated NC-17.
2011Rated NC-17 "for some explicit sexual content"
1995url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/21/movies/first-major-film-with-an-nc-17-rating-is-embraced-by-the-studio.htmltitle=First Major Film With an NC-17 Rating Is Embraced by the Studiowork=The New York Timesaccess-date=May 21, 2008first=Bernardlast=Weinraubdate=July 21, 1995archive-date=April 4, 2009archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404034039/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/21/movies/first-major-film-with-an-nc-17-rating-is-embraced-by-the-studio.htmlurl-status=live }}
1990Rated NC-17
1975Rated NC-17 in 2002 for sexual content.
2014url=http://www.filmratings.com/downloads/cara_rating_bulletin.pdftitle=Bulletin #2392publisher=Motion Picture Association of Americaaccess-date=September 25, 2015url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012850/http://www.filmratings.com/downloads/cara_rating_bulletin.pdfarchive-date=September 24, 2015 }}
2018Uncensored version rated NC-17 for "some explicit sexual images"
1989Rated in 1990, the year the NC-17 rating was first introduced. Rated NC-17 "for scene [sic] of strong adult sensuality with nudity".
1991Rated in 1993. Rated NC-17 for strong, explicit, sado-masochistic sexuality.
1992For extreme horror violence.
2000Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexuality, Edited version rated R for strong sexuality, language, and some violence
1970Originally rated X; re-rated NC-17 in 1992 for strong language and sex-related dialogue.
1997Received rating in 1998. Rated NC-17 for a scene of explicit sexuality; kept rating after the MPAA upheld an appeal to overturn it. Edited version rated R for a strong sex scene, strong language and sexual dialogue, and for a violent image.
2003Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content; edited version rated R for strong sexual content, language, drug use, and some violent images.
1990Rated NC-17; edited version rated R for strong sexual situations and dialogue, and for some violence. Unrated version also released.
1993Rated in 1992. Rated NC-17 for strong, explicit sexuality; edited version rated R in 1993 for strong sexuality.
2001For graphic sexuality (short film).
2003Theatrical version rated NC-17 for some explicit sexual content; edited version for home video rated R for strong sexual content, some disturbing behavior, and language.

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