The NC-17 rating is seen as taboo, but it lets movies explore the darker parts of human life, like in the films Perfect Blue ...

Movies rated NC‑17 often face steep hurdles — limited theaters willing to show them, reduced advertising opportunities, and public hesitation. Yet, a handful of NC‑17 films defied those obstacles and ...

As far as the ratings system goes, the dreaded NC-17 is treated like the proverbial red-headed stepchild by Hollywood. Ordinarily doled out for explicit sexual content (violence, funnily enough, is ...

Another year brings another NC-17 controversy at the movies. This time it’s for “Passages,” the acclaimed romance drama from Ira Sachs that earned strong reviews out of the Sundance Film Festival ...