| Analysis of MPAA NC-17 Film Ratings | |||||||||
| Note: Films are organized as they appear on filmratings.org. Link destinations are copied directly from filmratings.org. | |||||||||
| total | total admissible | sex | sexual violence | violence | language | drug use | unclear | ||
| Title: | Ma Mere (2005) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for strong and aberrant sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Matador (2005) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for aberrant sexuality including violence. | ||||||||
| Title: | Dirty Shame, A (2004) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for pervasive sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Inside Deep Throat (2005) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Bad Education (2004) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for a scene of explicit sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Story Of O, The (2002) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Young Adam (2004) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Dreamers, The (2004) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Wadd: The Life & Times Of John C. Holmes (2003) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Wvag In New York City (2001) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for graphic sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Trois (2000) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Dolls, The (1991) | 1 | |||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: This may be Russ Meyer's 1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Until I know for sure, I will exclude it from the calculation.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Female Trouble (1999) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality and nudity. | ||||||||
| Title: | Barcelona Erotic Film Festival, The (1999) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | La Grande Bouffe (1998) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Glam (1998) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for a scene of explicit sexuality and some sexual dialogue. | ||||||||
| Title: | Last Tango In Paris (1997) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Orgazmo (1998) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content and dialogue. | ||||||||
| Title: | Bent (1997) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for a strong scene of graphic sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Hell's Belles (1997) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for pervasive sexuality and nudity. | ||||||||
| Title: | Pink Flamingos (1997) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for a wide range of perversions in explicit detail. | ||||||||
| Title: | Inserts (1996) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Broken English (1996) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Crash (1996) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for numerous explicit sex scenes. | ||||||||
| Title: | Showgirls: Sneak Preview (1995) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for strong sexual images. | ||||||||
| Title: | Hottest Bid, The (1995) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for strong, graphic sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Showgirls (1995) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for nudity and erotic sexuality throughout, and for some graphic language and sexual violence. | ||||||||
| Title: | Delta Of Venus (1995) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Comfortably Numb (1995) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for scenes of graphic drug use and some explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Paris, France (1994) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content. | ||||||||
| Title: | Evil Dead (1994) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for substantial graphic horror violence and gore. | ||||||||
| Title: | Tokyo Decadence (1993) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for strong, explicit, sado-masochistic sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Tower Of Terror (1992) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for extreme horror violence. | ||||||||
| Title: | Man Bites Dog (1993) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for strong graphic violence. | ||||||||
| Title: | Intent To Kill (1992) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for extreme violence. | ||||||||
| Title: | Bizarre (1991) | 1 | |||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: This may refer to Giuliana Gamba's 1987 film Profumo. There is too little information to include this film in this calculation.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Emmanuelle The Joys Of A Woman (1991) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: I make what I think is a very safe assumption that this rating is based solely on sexual content.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Loves Of Lady Chatterly, The (1992) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for scenes of explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Poison (1992) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | In The Realm Of The Senses (1991) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: This film contains explicit sex and sexual violence. I will categorize it such.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Whore (1991) | 1 | |||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: Due to lack of information, I remove this movie from the calculation.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Myriam (1991) | 1 | |||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: Due to lack of information, I remove this movie from the calculation.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Games Of Love (1991) | 1 | |||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: IMBD returns no NC-17 results for a film with this title.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Modern Love (1991) | 1 | |||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: IMBD returns no NC-17 results for a film with this title.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Flesh Gordon II (1991) | 1 | |||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: Due to lack of information, I remove this movie from the calculation.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Play Thing (1990) | 1 | |||||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| [Note: IMBD returns no NC-17 results for a film with this title.] | |||||||||
| Title: | Easyriders Video Magazine #13 (1992) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for pervasive sexuality and graphic sexual dialogue. | ||||||||
| Title: | Bad Lieutenant (1992) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for sexual violence, strong sexual situations & dialogue, graphic drug use. | ||||||||
| Title: | Marie And Jack: A Hardcore Love Story (2007) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Lust, Caution (2007) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexuality. | ||||||||
| Title: | Descent - Original Theatrical Version (2007) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rating: | NC-17 | ||||||||
| Rating Reason: | Rated NC-17 for a brutal rape. | ||||||||
| 51 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| total | total admissible | sex | sexual violence | violence | language | drug use | unclear | ||