Top 10 PG Movies that Should Have Been Rated PG-13

What else needs to be said here? It was one of the two films released that made the MPAA rethink the ratings. There were children working as slaves in a mine, as well as an unholy ceremony involving Mola Ram performing a gruesome sacrifice, which made the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark look tame in comparison.

And when you consider how Belloq, Toht, and Dietrich met a nasty fate, that's saying a lot. It's pretty unsettling when you consider that this film has the same rating as more family-friendly fare like Disney/Pixar's Inside Out, as well as many others on the list.

The other film that helped introduce the PG-13 rating, Gremlins shows us what happens when we don't take the proper precautions when dealing with foreign pets. There were only three easy-to-follow rules when keeping Mogwais as pets:

1. Keep them out of bright light, especially sunlight, because that will kill them.
2. Keep them away from water.
3. Never, under any circumstance, feed them after midnight.

Needless to say, Billy Peltzer and his friends don't exactly adhere to these rules, which causes the titular Gremlins to wreak havoc on Kingston Falls during Christmas. Probably the most graphic scene in the movie was when Billy's mother Lynn dispatches four of the gremlins in rather grisly fashion, a far cry from the cute movie parents thought they were going to see.

When we think of animated movies starring rabbits, bunnies, hares, and other woodland animals, we think of nice family-friendly entertainment. However, Watership Down is the exception to that rule. When it was released in 1978, it caused quite a stir with its graphic violence of rabbits being killed in rather gruesome fashion as well as other disturbing imagery such as rabbits getting stuck in tunnels. Thankfully, the animated series which aired on YTV and CITV were a lot more family-friendly.

Ivan Reitman's paranormal comedy remains a classic that's played on numerous TV stations every Halloween. However, it does contain some material that parents wouldn't want their children to see.

For starters, this movie is about scientists who hunt ghosts, so it's going to get pretty scary. Probably the scariest scene is the appearance of the two demonic dogs who possess Dana and Louis. There's also sexual innuendo, with the biggest example being where Ray dreams about a female ghost. Additionally, there's quite a bit of smoking on the job.

We usually only see villains lighting up. I know a lot of you might not like me saying this, but watch the original and the 2016 remake that got a PG-13 rating despite it not having as much suggestive content, and you'll see how much has changed in 32 years.

Steven Spielberg's horror about a great white shark terrorizing Amity Island during July 4th festivities remains a timeless classic, but it's not okay for the entire family despite what the MPAA ratings say.

At the start of the film, we see a skinny dipper who meets an untimely fate, and the violence simply escalates from there. Then we get to the end of the film where Martin Brody says "Smile, you son of a *bleep*!" as he delivers the gruesome coup de grâce to the great white shark. Not exactly something to watch on family night.

Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking animated/live-action movies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit remains a timeless classic about a cartoon rabbit who is wrongfully framed for a nasty murder. However, it's baffling how this was given a mere PG rating, even though the PG-13 rating had already been in place.

First is Jessica Rabbit, Roger's human toon wife, who could compete with some of the sexiest anime characters in a beauty contest. There's also a lot of alcohol and drug use, particularly 'Baby' Herman, who smokes a cigar, and the movie's protagonist Ed Valiant, who always seems to have a bottle of liquor on hand.

Then there's all the bad language and suggestive jokes that shouldn't reach a toddler's ear. But easily the most disturbing scene was when Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) kills a toon shoe by submerging it in Dip. Even as an adult, I find that scene hard to watch.

While Poltergeist might not have any gruesome deaths in it, there's still plenty of nightmare fuel. When the Freelings' youngest daughter encounters some otherworldly visitors from the other side, it sets off a chain of events that escalate into total paranormal mayhem.

There are plenty of scenes in this movie that children shouldn't watch, especially if they're scared of clowns.

It's very weird that it's rated PG instead of R. But it was 1982, get over it.

This might be a funny movie, but it's not what you could call fun for the whole family, despite what the MPAA thinks. There's the inflatable pilot joke, Steve McCroskey stating that he picked the worst week to give up alcohol and drugs, and a naked Kitten Natividad running in front of the camera. This is why parents should watch movies before they let their kids see them.

Raunchy adult humor, how was this even PG back in the day?

I even saw pornographic magazines in the movie.

Ralph Bakshi's Wizards was an animated fantasy masterpiece and holds up incredibly well even today. But I doubt Bakshi would consider this a family-friendly film, despite the MPAA rating.

For starters, Blackwolf uses some ancient film reels of Nazi propaganda to give his army the fighting spirit needed to conquer Montagar, and there's naturally quite a bit of violence. Then there's the fairy Elinore, who has a nice shapely figure and a revealing outfit. If Ralph Bakshi had waited until sometime after 1984 before releasing this, it definitely wouldn't have gotten away with a PG rating.

Too scary for most kids, especially that scene with bad CGI effects. It needs to be PG-13.

Based on the novel of the same name by Christina Crawford, Mommie Dearest deals with an actress's obsession with being perfect. Joan Crawford is a major perfectionist in everything, going ballistic if she finds even the slightest thing out of place.

Because all her pregnancies have ended in miscarriages and she can't get approved for adoption, she decides to adopt children illegally, showing how unfit she is to be a parent. It all comes to a boil when Joan discovers that Christina is hanging her good clothes on wire hangers instead of the fancy crochet ones. Not something little children should see.

Stripper impersonation, gambling, alcohol, and crude humor aren't appropriate for kids.

Well, there's swearing (they drop the f-bomb in a PG movie!), scary moments, and creepy bloody scenes. How was this PG again?

There is a lot of mild profanity for a PG and kids' film.