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22 Best NC-17 Movies Ever Released, Ranked

Content Warning: The following article contains discussions of sexual abuse, rape, pedophilia, drug use, and gun violence.Most film directors try to avoid the dreaded NC-17 rating like the plague. It ...
Arizona Daily Star

'Not Yet Rated,' alas with NC-17, is one of year's best films

Movie ratings don't fall out of the sky — it just seems that way. Since 1968, anonymous members of the Motion Picture Association of America ratings board have all but dictated what the American ...
Variety

Ana de Armas Confused by ‘Blonde’ NC-17 Rating: Other Films Are ‘More Explicit’ and ‘Have More Sexual Content’

Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” is about to make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which means moviegoers will finally get to find out why the Marilyn Monroe drama is rated NC-17. The rating ...
Reuters

'Shame' Shocks AFI Audience, Theater Leader Calls for More NC-17 Films

The darkest, toughest and most explicit awards contender of the year came to the AFI Fest on Wednesday night. And after getting a look at "Shame" on the huge screen at Grauman's Chinese Theater, ...