Top 10 Movies that Should Not Be Rated G or PG

Back then, there was no PG-13 rating system until 1984, with the release of Red Dawn.

However, these films surprisingly didn't receive re-ratings.

Here are ten movies that should not be rated G or PG. Also, you can remix this list and add to it if you want.

The Top Ten

  1. Jaws

    This should be rated R, not PG-13. This movie has gore in it. It is not for 13-year-olds.

    It should be PG-13 with all the cursing and gore.

  2. Watership Down

    Definitely very controversial as a kids' film. Oh, I know...

  3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    I forgot about the "heart scene." It upset me as an adult! PG does mean "parental guidance" or PG-13, hmmm. You'd need a child psychologist for that one. There are so many great movies I would have let my kids watch if not for about five seconds of "grossness, language, or sex." In VHS days, I would just scratch the tape for those five seconds so they could enjoy the movie.

    To Kevinsidis: teasing you here, no criticism, but you pretty much proved it should be PG-13 when you say it "quite scared and concerned me a little bit..."

    The heart scene and the villain being eaten by an alligator should have made Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom rated PG-13.

  4. Poltergeist

    Honestly, most of these wouldn't be an issue if the PG rating actually meant something. The problem now is that movies that should be rated G are being rated PG, and all PG movies end up rated PG-13. "Poltergeist" and other PG-rated movies wouldn't be such a big issue if they weren't classified the same as modern animated kids' movies, because that classification makes the "parental guidance" rating meaningless. If only the MPAA were better at their jobs lately, but oh well.

    Honestly, no movie should be rated G or PG unless it is focused on five-year-olds. Honestly, taking away the movie rating system is what we should do, or have a modified system that says N for nudity, G- for gore, D for depressing, V for excessive violence, S for uncomfortable sex scene, and F for extremely foul language.

    A rating system that was honest.

  5. Coraline

    This movie still terrifies me.

  6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  7. 2001: A Space Odyssey

  8. Beetlejuice

    F-bomb, strip club scene, and creepy moments in a PG movie need to be PG-13.

  9. Airport

  10. The Andromeda Strain

    11. The Newcomers
  11. ?

    Marley & Me

  12. ?

    Space Jam: A New Legacy

    13. The Contenders

  13. Gremlins

  14. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    (Oops, was rated PG)

    This may be my favorite movie of all time - or rather, it has my favorite ten scenes in a movie ever (half of it is idiotic and stupid, but those best scenes are genius). This can't be G. I looked it up:

    "Monty Python and the Holy Grail was rated PG before the advent of PG-13. The entire vestal virgin sequence is filled with sexual innuendo and proposition..." (commonsensemedia.org)

    Yes, the vestal virgin scene is definitely questionable. I also found the cartoon angels blowing horns from their butts more than stupid - it was off-color. That's British humor for you: irreverent. Sometimes it's hilarious, sometimes just mean-spirited.

  15. Ghostbusters

  16. The Corpse Bride

  17. The Green Berets

  18. Gone with the Wind

    G?

    Apparently, I can't paste a listing I found of various scenes that are not G-rated. Let's start with the scene that made me wonder (though Scarlett kind of deserved it and then liked it while Rhett leaves in disgust): the famous scene where Rhett drags Scarlett upstairs to bed. Supposedly, there are ten instances of sex and nudity (boobage was seen). Violence and gore are counted 14 times. How about Scarlett marrying a young soldier she doesn't love because she's in love with an engaged/married man? And she isn't so sad when he dies in battle. Then there's the cringe-worthy scene where the little girl dies falling from a horse. Plus, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" (I thought cuss words got a rating back then). Anyway, I don't think this should be rated G.

  19. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

  20. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  21. Spaceballs

  22. Cars

  23. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

  24. The Nightmare Before Christmas

  25. Kangaroo Jack

  26. Rango

  27. Ringing Bell

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