Yeah, we didn't even know what to rate this movie. Sorry, folks.
One of the age ratings of the
Motion Picture Association of America. This rating is for films that have not been given a proper rating. This is why it is termed "
NR". This is usually reserved for films released
Direct-to-Video and uncut versions of a reviewed film.
Films that have been given this "rating":note For the sake of brevity, this list only contains films that a) were released in theaters without a rating, b) were given a general release (i.e. not restricted to arthouse theaters or were shown for one or two nights) and c) were released after the demise of The Hays Code in 1968.
- One Hundred Meters
- Addicted to Fresno
- The Aristocrats
- The Babadook
- Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
- Blue Iguana (2018)
- The Boy (2015)
- The Brown Bunny
- The Butcher (2009)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Children of the Sea
- Compulsion (2016)
- Dan Da Dan: The First Encounter
- Dawn of the Dead (1978) note All classification was refused by George Romero when he was told the only choices he had due to the violence was to either cut the film to get an R rating or self-apply the X rating, which would have been the kiss of death for any chances of getting played in theaters. To get out of the dilemma, he had a notice put on all advertising for the movie that in effect said that there wasn't any sexual content in it, but due to the extreme violence, nobody under 17 would be admitted. It worked.
- Dead Air (2009)
- Dear God No!
- The End of Evangelion
- Father's Day (2011)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Happiness note Was almost released with an NC-17 rating, but the distributor who picked it up when it premiered at Sundance, October Films, had recently been acquired by Universal. Both the head of Universal Pictures at the time, Ronald Meyer, and the head of Seagram (Universal's then owner), Edgar Bronfman Jr., objected to its heavily implied portrayal of pedophilia and dropped the film. When one of the film's financiers, Good Machine, opened a distribution arm and released it themselves, they surrendered the NC-17 rating, but as with Dawn of the Dead, above, posters for the film advertised that no one under 17 would be admitted because of the mature content. Ironically, Universal purchased Good Machine in 2001, and then merged it with October Films to create Focus Features, which owns it to this day and has released several NC-17-rated films of its own.
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- The Houses October Built
- Ice Cream Man (2026)
- Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie
- Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!
- Kidsnote was almost released with an NC-17 rating, but its distributor, Miramax Films, was owned by Disney at the time, and they didn't want to have any films with that rating under the Disney banner, so it was released unrated by a one-off label.
- Kokuho
- A Letter to Momo
- Liz and the Blue Bird
- Look Back
- Lu Over the Wall
- Mary and Max
- Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-
- Napping Princess
- The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
- Okko's Inn
- Patema Inverted
- Perfect Blue (uncut version)
- Pillion
- Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
- Pontypool
- Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin
- Requiem for a Dream
- Ride Your Wave
- The Return (1980)
- The Secret of Kells
- A Silent Voice
- Spin Me Round
- Struck by Lightning
- Superstition
- Terrifier (including its sequels)
- This Film is Not Yet Rated (ironically) note First Cut of the film DID get an NC-17, but the process of how the MPAA got the film rated in the first place was added into the film after they rated it, so its now unrated per MPAA policy
- Where Children Play
- White Snake
- Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
- Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
- Witch Watch: Watch Party
- A Year and Change
