Originally X-Rated

List creator: Misshaped Created on: April 15, 2004 - 5:38 PM PDT Description: Times change...so do the ratings. I've included some links if you'd like to read further on the subject

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Jon Voight & Dustin Hoffman in the only X rated film to win an Academy Award..More info
	The Damned (1969)
The film was originally released in the U.S. with an X rating. ......Thanks Chyekk
	The Canterbury Tales (1971)
Done as well by Pasolini who plays Chaucer...rated X in 1979......More info
	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Kubrick's film originally received an X rating though it was nominated for four Academy Awards......More info
	Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Bernardo Bertolucci's film starring Marlon Brando ....originally rated X in 1973...More info
	La Grande Bouffe (1973)
Marcello Mastroianni is in this film about a bunch of guys who hire prostitues and decide to eat themselves to death...originally rated X in 1973......More info
	Arabian Nights (1974)
The Pier Paolo Pasolini version...originally rated X in 1979......More info
	Emmanuelle (1974)			Not Rated
And many other Emmanuelles to come...rated X in 1976......More info
	The Story of O (1975)			Not Rated
Udo Kier is in this film...B&D, S&M, originally rated X in 1975...More info
	Dawn of the Dead (1978)			Not Rated
Audience restriction for X was enforced, but the letter X didn't appear in the film's advertisements or displays. This happened Day of the Dead too..More info
	Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)			Not Rated
Originally rated X and relased on video as unrated......More info
	Angel Heart (1987)
Director Alan Parker, was given an X ­rating and was forced to recut the film in order to see it released with an R...More info
	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989)
Peter Greenaway refused to recut this film to receive an R rating, so it was released intact by independent distributors...More info
	Scandal (1989)			Not Rated
The MPAA gave this an X rating; yet the film is not explicitly about sex.
	Henry & June (1990)
Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff &The Unbearable Lightness of Being) stuck to his guns and refused to recut Henry and June. The pressure created the NC-17 rating instead ...More info
	Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
Almodovar's film originally received an X rating......More info