Movie ratings are strange, and every country has a different rating system and different things that the people behind that system take into account when it comes to deciding a movie’s rating. There ...

The success of movies like The Dramaand Materialists in recent years revived a category of mainstream entertainment that was thought to have been lost. Movies featuring stars and aimed at adult ...

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 ...

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 ...

Often, movies are given an NC-17 rating due to their sexual content. And while there's certainly plenty of sex in "Bad Lieutenant," this one was actually given such a harsh rating because of its ...