How old do you have to be to watch Unrated movies?

Answer 1

To my knowledge, there is no law prohibiting the sale or rental of R, NC-17, or Unrated films to people under 17 (in the United States, at least). Rather, each video store sets their own policy. They may choose to rent/sell R, NC-17, or Unrated films to minors, or they may choose not to.

So, by law, I don't believe you are required to be any specific age to rent or buy an Unrated movie. But some stores have their own policies against renting/selling R, NC-17, or Unrated movies to minors.

Answer 2

Unrated movies are typically not released in mainstream movie theatres. The term Unrated usually applies only to porn movies or indie movies (which are not shown in mainstream movie theatres), or to the alternate version of a film that is released only on DVD.

Movie studios often demand that directors censor their movies down from an NC-17 to an R rating, or from an R rating to a PG-13 rating. The purpose of this is to sell more movie tickets. While a person under 17 can see an R rated movie in theatres, as long as a parent or guardian buys the ticket and sees the movie with them, no one under 17 is permitted to see an NC-17 movie (not even with a parent or guardian). So, releasing a movie with an NC-17 rating means that you will lose all ticket sales for the under 17 crowd.

And, even though people under 17 can see an R rated movie with a parent/guardian, many parents still won't allow their children to see R rated movies. So, censoring a movie down from an R rating to a PG-13 will again mean more ticket sales, as parents who wouldn't have let their child see the movie if it were rated R are perfectly happy to allow them to see the PG-13 version.

So, the Unrated/Director's Cut is like the consolation prize for the director and the fans. The studios may force them to censor so they can sell more tickets, but, the director can release the original, uncensored version on DVD. This original, uncensored version is the "Unrated" version or "Director's Cut."

To my knowledge, there is no law prohibiting the sale or rental of R, NC-17, or Unrated films to people under 17 (in the United States, at least). Rather, each video store sets their own policy. They may choose to rent/sell R, NC-17, or Unrated films to minors, or they may choose not to.

Nobody ever asked to see my ID at the video rental store. I grew up in New York City, and I started renting R or NC-17 movies when I was about 10 years old, and nobody at the video stores ever tried to interfere. In fact, I distinctly remember renting Candyman -- which is an R rated movie -- at age 10.

But I also started going to R rated movies at the theatres when I was around 13, and nobody ever tried to interfere or deny me entry there, either. So maybe New York is just a city where people don't care if children see naked breasts and decapitated heads on screen. New York is a city where people don't seem to mind public urination too much, so, who knows.

So, in short: by law, I don't believe you are required to be any specific age to rent or buy an Unrated movie. But some stores have their own policies against renting/selling R, NC-17, or Unrated movies to minors. I'm not sure if there is an age requirement for viewing Unrated movies in theatres, but Unrated movies are hardly ever released in theatres, anyway.

Answer 3

In most places you must be eighteen or older.

Answer 4

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