Favorite film for each rating

[bankholdup]

NC-17 or X: A Clockwork Orange (1971)
NR: 12 Angry Men (1957)
R: Magnolia (1999)
PG-13: Forrest Gump (1994)
PG: Dick Tracy (1990)
G: The Lion King (1994)



What are yours?

[boo]

U: Beauty and the Beast
PG: Edward Scissorhands
12: Chicago
15: The Virgin Suicides
18: Magnolia

[QUENTIN]

X: Last Tango in Paris
NC-17: Bad Lieutenant
R: Taxi Driver/Pulp Fiction
PG-13: Malcolm X
PG: The Third Man
G: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Unrated: La Dolce Vita

[Annie Hall]

R: American Beauty/Pulp Fiction
PG-13: Moulin Rouge!/ Say Anything...
PG: Annie Hall
G: Beauty and the Beast

[Sugar Magnolia]

X: A Clockwork Orange
NC-17: Requiem for a Dream
NR: On the Waterfront
R: Schindler's List
PG-13: Forrest Gump
PG: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
G: Planet of the Apes(1968)

[movies35]

NC-17- Requiem for a Dream
R- Tuffy... Evil Dead (yes Dignan I went right to the videostore and bought Magnolia and Evil Dead because you recommended them)
PG-13- Chicago
PG- Clash of the Titans
G- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmeron
Unrated- Pillow Book 4/10

[VicVega]

NC-17 or X: Bad Lietenant
NR: Dead Alive
R: Pulp Fiction
PG-13: Forrest Gump
PG: Shrek
G: Aladdin

[Strider]

X: "A Clockwork Orange"

NC-17: "The Evil Dead"

R: "Glory"

PG-13: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

PG: "Annie Hall"

G: "2001: A Space Odyssey"

NR: "Requiem for a Dream"

[QUENTIN]

For those who chose it, the uncut version of Requiem For A Dream is actually unrated, not NC-17, and the other version is R, it's not an NC-17 film. Aronofsky chose to not use the MPAA rating and Artisan was ballsy enough to stand by him.

[Nate6]

NC-17/X - A Clockwork Orange
R - The Godfather
PG-13 - Moulin Rouge!
PG - Annie Hall
G - 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Strider]

Originally posted by QUENTIN
For those who chose it, the uncut version of Requiem For A Dream is actually unrated, not NC-17, and the other version is R, it's not an NC-17 film. Aronofsky chose to not use the MPAA rating and Artisan was ballsy enough to stand by him.

Personally, I think "Requiem for a Dream" counts as an NC-17 film, in a way. The MPAA rating Afronosky and Artisan refused to use for the film was an NC-17. It definitely wasn't anything else....

Strider

[A.J. Hakari]

G: Toy Story
PG: A Christmas Story
PG-13: Moulin Rouge (2001)
R: Fargo
NC-17: none (ORGAZMO is the only NC-17 movie I've seen, and to tell you the truth, it wasn't my favorite flick...)
NR: Stop Making Sense

[QUENTIN]

Originally posted by Strider
Personally, I think "Requiem for a Dream" counts as an NC-17 film, in a way. The MPAA rating Afronosky and Artisan refused to use for the film was an NC-17. It definitely wasn't anything else....

Strider

Well, yes the MPAA screened it and decided it would be NC-17, but since Artisan never used their rating, it never really was an NC-17 film. Other examples of this phenomenon would be KIDS, Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer, and Happiness, often when a controversial film is going to be given an NC-17 the filmmaker or studio decides to simply not rate it at all rather than have the NC-17 stigma, so the movie never has a rating. If lucky, sometimes they can get an appeal and have an NC-17 changed to an R, such as Clerks and Your Friends & Neighbors, or make some cuts and have it changed, like American Psycho or South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.

The MPAA does not impose itself on films and it is not neccesary for a film to be rated, each film company or director has to decide whether to accept and use the rating given or not, of course the overwhelming majority do, but if they choose not to the movie is never given a rating at all, so thus couldn't really be classified under anything but "unrated".

[Klaus Weasley]

A Clockwork Orange was re-classified to an R though it was rated X when it was first released.

[urbanlegend23]

. . . and all that Jazz . . .

[urbanlegend23]

R18 Requiem for a Dream
R16 American Beauty
R15 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
R13 The Blair Witch Project
R The Shawshank Redemption
M Psycho
PG Harry Potter 1 and 2
G Chicken Run

[Hannibal21]

NC-17/X: A Clockwork Orange
R: The Silence of the Lambs
PG-13: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
PG: I don't know......possibly Annie Hall
G: Gone with the Wind
NR: Citizen Kane

[Strider]

Originally posted by QUENTIN
Well, yes the MPAA screened it and decided it would be NC-17, but since Artisan never used their rating, it never really was an NC-17 film. Other examples of this phenomenon would be KIDS, Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer, and Happiness, often when a controversial film is going to be given an NC-17 the filmmaker or studio decides to simply not rate it at all rather than have the NC-17 stigma, so the movie never has a rating. If lucky, sometimes they can get an appeal and have an NC-17 changed to an R, such as Clerks and Your Friends & Neighbors, or make some cuts and have it changed, like American Psycho or South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.

Well, I know exactly why directors and studios refuse to use the NC-17 rating. Basically, the rating is the "kiss of death". Which means their films will most likely get nowhere with any kind of audience, except maybe the artsy crowds.

Originally posted by QUENTIN
The MPAA does not impose itself on films and it is not neccesary for a film to be rated, each film company or director has to decide whether to accept and use the rating given or not, of course the overwhelming majority do, but if they choose not to the movie is never given a rating at all, so thus couldn't really be classified under anything but "unrated".

Understood, Quentin, understood.

Strider

[Hucksta G]

R18: Fight Club
R16: Donnie Darko
R15: Saving Private Ryan
R13: The Road to Perdition
R: The Shawshank Redemption
M: Almost Famous
PG: The Godfather Part 2
G: Jesus Christ Superstar

[FilmBuff84]

I don't have one favourite film for each rating, but here are some that I would consider to be up there in my faves, but not my definitive favourites.

G - Ice Age
PG - Spaceballs
M 15+ - Chicago
MA 15+ - Scream
R 18+ - Fight Club

[Ghostface 2000]

U- I don't really have a favorite but if i had to choose one then it would probably be on of the disney films as they are the only Us certificated films that i have seen.

PG- Harry Potter movies.

12- Signs or Spiderman

15- Cruel Intentions

18- Scream

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X- A Clockwork Orange (but yes, was lowered to an R)
R- L.A. Confidential
PG-13- I'll get back to yeah on that one.....
PG- Annie Hall
G- 2001: A Space Odyssey

[QUENTIN]

Originally posted by Hucksta G
R18: Fight Club
R16: Donnie Darko
R15: Saving Private Ryan
PG: The Godfather Part 2


What in fuck's sake does Donnie Darko have in it that is worse than what's in Saving Private Ryan, some language, a masturbation comment? Jesus, that's just messed up. Even Fight Club has far less brutality than SPR. And I'm suprised at a PG for The Godfather II, it's pretty violent.

[Strider]

Originally posted by QUENTIN
What in fuck's sake does Donnie Darko have in it that is worse than what's in Saving Private Ryan, some language, a masturbation comment? Jesus, that's just messed up. Even Fight Club has far less brutality than SPR. And I'm suprised at a PG for The Godfather II, it's pretty violent.

Well Quentin, "Donnie Darko" does feature one twisted rabbit that can seriously disturbed certain individuals. I think that's why it has a higher rating than "Saving Private Ryan".

:D :D :D

Seriously though, that's screwed up.

Strider

[dh1989]

R: T2: Judgement Day
PG-13: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
PG: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
G: Peter Pan (Disney)
X: Last Tango In Paris

[Jango Fett II]

R: Apocalypse Now

PG-13: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

P.G.: Star Wars: A New Hope

G: The Straight Story

[PapaJupe2k]

G/ Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
PG/ Hoosiers
PG-13/ Forrest Gump
R- The Godfather
NR- Cool Hand Luke

[Hucksta G]

Originally posted by QUENTIN
What in fuck's sake does Donnie Darko have in it that is worse than what's in Saving Private Ryan, some language, a masturbation comment? Jesus, that's just messed up. Even Fight Club has far less brutality than SPR. And I'm suprised at a PG for The Godfather II, it's pretty violent.

The reason Saving Private Ryan has a lower rating is because it could be seen as educational I don't agree with the PG rating for The Godfather part 2 either or the R16 for Donnie Darko.

New Zealand does have a lot of messed up ratings that i don't understand.

[urbanlegend23]

The Godfather Part 2 is R16 isn't it?

We seem to have a pattern over here in NZ. The censors seem to give war movies R15 (Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates), fucked up movies R16 (Memento, Donnie Darko), and graphic movies or social commentaries R18 (Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream).

I wish we had the Australian ratings. Theres is way better.

G
PG
M15+
MA15+
R18+

[Hucksta G]

Originally posted by urbanlegend23
The Godfather Part 2 is R16 isn't it?

We seem to have a pattern over here in NZ. The censors seem to give war movies R15 (Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates), fucked up movies R16 (Memento, Donnie Darko), and graphic movies or social commentaries R18 (Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream).

I wish we had the Australian ratings. Theres is way better.

G
PG
M15+
MA15+
R18+

Nah every Video i have seen of the Godfather part 2 its always been PG and over in Aussie its M.