NC-17 movies don't make the kind of box office as other movies. However, that doesn't mean they don't turn a profit. Here are the highest grossing NC-17 movies of all time.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

When you hear that a movie is rated NC-17, classic cinema is likely not the first thing that comes to mind first. The rating has been around for about 20 years, but it's mostly been associated with ...

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Lions Gate was slapped with an NC-17 rating recently for the French horror film “High Tension,” which it will release in August. Traditionally, that would mean going back to the editing room and ...

Oct. 18, 2010 — -- Blue Valentine, an already critically-acclaimed film generating Oscar buzz, won't be released until the end of the year, and if the MPAA gets its way, it likely won't be ...

The NC-17 rating has historically been a film certification that’s bad for business due to its adults-only label and pornographic stigma.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The marital drama "Blue Valentine," starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, is facing the possibility of an NC-17 rating, which would put the Weinstein Co. film ...