The 10 most important NC-17 movies of all time, ranked

Killer Joe, Bad Lieutenant, and The Evil Dead are all among the best and most important movies to ever receive the MPA's ...
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15 best NC-17 rated movies of all time, ranked

As far as the ratings system goes, the dreaded NC-17 is treated like the proverbial red-headed stepchild by Hollywood. Ordinarily doled out for explicit sexual content (violence, funnily enough, is ...
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Full Frontal Nudity, Oral Sex and More: Why ‘Passages,’ ‘Blonde’ and 19 More Films Earned the NC-17 Rating

Another year brings another NC-17 controversy at the movies. This time it’s for “Passages,” the acclaimed romance drama from Ira Sachs that earned strong reviews out of the Sundance Film Festival ...

9 LGBTQ+ movies that were rated NC-17 and where to watch them

The MPAA is known for slapping LGBTQ+ films with the dreaded NC-17 rating more than their heterosexual counterparts, pointing out the organization’s double standards when it comes to penalizing queer ...
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How Obsession's Director Feels About Cut Scenes To Avoid NC-17 Rating [Exclusive]

Ever since the death of the Hays Production Code and the birth of the Motion Picture Association of America (now just the MPA, after dropping the "America"), filmmakers have been struggling with the ...