NC-17 is a rating by the Motion Picture Association that is given to a movie that it deems not suitable for audiences under 18 years old. An NC-17 rating could be due to sex, violence, excessive bad ...

Challengers, director Luca Guadagnino's bisexual tennis movie starring Zendaya, may not be particularly explicit in its sex scenes, but it follows in the footsteps of other recent films like Saltburn, ...

The MPAA film rating system, especially the NC-17 rating, can significantly impact the commercial success of a film's theatrical release, often favoring studio productions over international or ...

The title Bad Lieutenant doesn’t do justice to the level of scumbag behavior that the unnamed policeman (Keitel) gets up to in this movie. By the time the movie starts, he has already descended to ...

Ana de Armas is confused over the NC-17 rating given to her upcoming Netflix movie, "Blonde," about the life of Marylin Monroe. The Motion Picture Association of America typically gives a film an ...

Filmmaker Ira Sachs has spoken out against the Motion Picture Association’s NC-17 rating of his Sundance film “Passages,” slamming the ratings board as “anti-progress” and saying that he will not ...

Warning: This editorial is rated NC-17 due to awesomeness and some brief mention of the word _____ (Editor’s Note: Apologies, but this word has been removed to withhold the sanctity of this sinking ...

NC-17 films warrant their illustrious rating for a number of reasons, from gratuitous violence to sexual scenes to on-screen drug use. Filmmakers usually seek to avoid rating, which can reduce box ...

Is NC-17 really the kiss of death? Will the merest flash of naked flesh or the softest moan from hot, sweaty bods doom a film to celluloid purgatory? Granted, only one movie with the adults-only ...

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 ...

Mrs. Doubtfire may have been a naughty nanny. Fans of the 1993 film starring Robin Williams are demanding to see the racy NC-17 version of the film after a viral tweet suggested it exists. Twitter ...