This was Ang Lee’s lengthy Chinese-language thriller set in World War II-era Shanghai. It received the rating for explicit sexual content. Written and directed by Pedro Almodovar, already known for films such as “Matador,” “Law of Desire,” “Talk to Her” and “All About My Mother,” this Spanish film received wide critical praise. This movie was released by non-MPAA signatory company Excalibur, which Miramax - an MPAA member - created in order to have the movie go out unrated.

A film, directed by Larry Clark, about a skateboarder who tries to infect people with HIV. Another one of the first to get the NC-17 tag, this was director Peter Greenaway’s most famous film. “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover” (1990). PHOTOS: Behind the scenes of movies and TV “Henry and June,” an art-house effort that dramatized the romance between Henry Miller and Anais Nin, was one of the first films to receive the NC-17 rating. No one is expecting ‘Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould,’ but even in the pulp trash genre certain minimal standards must be observed.” Both in print and in the TV teaser trailers, this picture manages to appear more involving and provocative than it actually is. Here’s a choice paragraph from the Los Angeles Times: “Everything you feared it might be and less, ‘Showgirls’ is a movie made to be exploited, not seen. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, this was the first NC-17 film to get a wide release, and critics tore it to pieces. Note: These figures are not adjusted for inflation. Here’s a look at the top-grossing movies that were released as either NC-17 or unrated, with data compiled by Rentrak. The top-grossing such film is still the infamous “Showgirls,” the cult classic from 1995 that starred Elizabeth Berkley. It’s safe to say an NC-17 rating is rarely a financial boost at the box office.

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