CONFESS!!!!!! First R-Rated movie you ever saw and the age you were....

[LynneSin]

...when you saw it.

Mine was "The Jerk" with Steve Martin and I was about 14 years old when I saw it. Made my mother take me because I had such a crush on Steve Martin.

[ewagner]

1. I know I'm dating myself, but

when I was in high school, some of my buddies and I literally crawled under a fence at a drive-in movie to see Bridgette Bardow's racy film (think it was called "Heavans Gate")

the big scene was so dark we kept asking each other what we were looking at........

[Hoosier Democrat]

2. On TV vs at the Theater

As a kid, we had HBO in the house, so I bet my first R-rated movie was "Blue Lagoon" when I was about 12.

The first R-rated flick in the theater was "Purple Rain" when I was about 15.

[Loonman]

3. First Blood

I was 12 and it was excellent.

[Richardo]

4. Saw Clockwork Orange when it was a very hard "R" at 15 or 16.

Clockwork Orange was actually an "X" when it was released. Probably be a PG-13 today.

[Jersey Devil]

62. I think Clockwork was originally an X

When the ratings first came out I believe they were: G, M, R and X. My first X movie was Midnight Cowboy, which would probably be GP today.

[Caution]

5. Jaws II

I was 5. I'm still screwed up.

[Snivi Yllom]

6. LOL

i saw the Jerk too....and Jaws II.

[XNASA]

7. The Exorcist

I was 15, if I recall correctly.

[BigDaddyLove]

23. Me too..........

but I was only 5 or so.

If you can believe it, my Mother actually thought that a 5 year-old could handle something like that.....she actually took me.

[peekaloo]

37. Me three

myself and a friend asked a lady in line for change for a $10 and the ticket seller thought she was our mom giving us our ticket money. }(

14 at the time.

[Bertha Venation]

41. have a friend who saw that on his Confirmation day. n/t

[gator_in_Ontario]

59. Exorcist

I was 12

[One Taste]

8. Braveheart when I was 10 or so

[Selwynn]

55. Geez thanks for making me feel really old! :P

I saw that movie in college.

[tridim]

9. First one was Jaws

When I was 6. Actually I assume it was 'R', but I guess it might have been PG. The first naughty movie I remember seeing was "Hardcore" with George C Scott. I managed to tune in HBO when we weren't supposed to get it. :)

[ZenLefty]

10. Everything you wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask

I was 5 or 6 years old. The scene with the giant boob was the only part I thought was funny. (The people who took me to that particular drive in movie were stoned out of their gourds, so they thought everything was funny.)

[bigwillq]

11. Vision Quest

When I was 8. Love the Madonna song...Crazy for You.

[xcentrik]

12. The Last Picture Show

in 1971. I was 14.

[One Taste]

13. the Jerk is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen

:party: :toast: :bounce:

[Cannikin]

14. The First Nudie Musical

....very young...not sure...

[arwalden]

15. A Star Is Born (Streisand) I was 16

[supernova]

16. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Clint Eastwood.

I was about 7 or 8. It had a naked lady in it for two seconds. I think it was because my brother and dad wanted to go. Otherwise it wasn't anything I hadn't seen before.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

17. I think it was "Porky's", or was it "Heavy Metal"? n/t

[bigwillq]

21. Porky's might've been my second R flick

[Jack_Dawson]

18. Midnight Express

10 years old? My parents took me to it thinking it was a movie about trains. Oops.

[LynneSin]

53. My mother took me to "Best Little Whorehouse" because she didn't know...

...what a Whorehouse was and she loved Dolly Parton.

That was the last movie my mother ever saw.

[argyl]

19. Either "Candy" or Easy Rider".I was seventeen.

xx

[bobthedrummer]

32. "Candy"

and I was about the same age, I hung out with a college crowd in Milwaukee though. I'm 54.

[Wickerman]

71. Candy

Ewa Aulin couldn't act to save her life, and I am still in love.

[LiviaOlivia]

20. Easy Rider-1969

Ratings were established in 1968. I was 14 and went with my friend and her father.
I didn't really understand the movie when I first saw it, but I remember
that "just getting in" was the prize.

24. same here

my parent's took me to see it. They also took me to see Alice's Restaurant, which I think was rated R, also in 1969 & then Woodstock as soon as it came out.

[Momof1]

22. History of the World Part?? Mel Brooks 7 or 8 yrs old n/t

[FrankBooth]

25. Taxi Driver

I was 10 or 11 - my parents had just gotten HBO - I snuck home while they attended a BBQ at a neighbors house- they did not catch me!

[ronnykmarshall]

26. Lady Sings The Blues

I was 11.

[bif]

27. Bonnie & Clyde-12 or 13 years old.

At a movie theatre. I looked older than that. My friend got nabbed at the door and I had to watch it alone.

[Exultant Democracy]

28. For some reason my parents never stopped me from

watching R rated movies. I was exposed to all that stuff as far back as I can remember. I guess that explains a lot.

[SPQR]

29. Officially, it was Deliverance

My Dad took me to see it when it came out, so I guess I was about 13. To this day I haven't the faintest idea what he was thinking...(Unless he suspected that I was gay and he hoping the movie would scare me straight. I was and it didn't.)

Unofficially, it was Berserk!, a somewhat gruesome thriller with Joan Crawford running a murder-plagued circus. My mom dropped us off at the theatre thinking that A Man Called Flintstone was playing. And now come to think of it, I've still never seen A Man Called Flintstone. What a gyp!

[PDittie]

30. High Plains Drifter

Clint Eastwood flick, for those of you who would be too young to know.

My mom took me, and I was about 14. There was a scene where Clint just dragged off and raped a woman in a stable who was mouthing off at him.

I pitched a tent.

(I hope no one would flame a 14-year-old for that; I am happily married to a wonderful woman who would testify that she gets treated with love and respect. And FWIW, rape scenes not only are politically incorrect cinema but they also don't give me wood. Any more. For a long time.)

The second one I saw was The Exorcist, at 15. That movie screwed me up for years. It was at least a decade before I could look at it and laugh.

[GregW]

31. STONE - Age 15 (1974)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072209/

This film was later kinda-sorta remade in 1991 with "Look out there's Bo Jackson" Brian Bosworth as Stone Cold

[DrWeird]

33. Black Rain with Michael Douglas. Probably eleven or twelve.

Scared the crap out of me.

[underpants]

34. Animal House or Blazing Saddles about 12 (I don't remember which)

To this day my stepfather refers to "That Animal House mentality"

[Thor_MN]

80. Mine was Animal House and I rememeber

being embarrased when I found out that my Dad saw it. I was certain that he was going to mention John Belushi and the ladder...

[Aristus]

35. The Frank Langella 'Dracula' in the theaters in 1979.

I was 11. I guess my parents thought it wouldn't hurt. And it didn't. It was a pretty tame flick considering the subject matter.

[NightTrain]

36. "Apocalypse Now." Saw it with my parents in '79. I was 13.

n/t

[Butterflies]

38. The Omen

and I was about 12 years old. I went with friends my age (we asked older teenagers who were in line if they'd play our older sisters if needed for us to get in, and they didn't mind.)

I was terrified to be alone anywhere at night for a long time after seeing that movie, and I wished I hadn't gone to see it. :o

[maveric]

39. Clockwork Orange, I was 15. Then Boxcar Bertha. A lot of skin from

a young Barbara Hershey.
I had friends that worked at the local theater and they let us youngins pass without being of age.

[Bertha Venation]

40. first 20 minutes or so of "Marathon Man," age 12

Stepfather took me. I walked out & left him sitting there, and I didn't care if I'd get beaten as a result.

[BigMcLargehuge]

42. Heavy Metal

my mom took me, my two little brothers, and a couple of neighborhood kids. I was 9 or 10 at the time, and the oldest of the bunch.

[DinahMoeHum]

43. I saw "The Godfather" (I) when I was 16. . .

and I recall there was a bad thunderstorm that night, and when the doors open there was practically a stampede to get to the seats.

My friend was giggling and saying "page 27, page 27" when the scene showed Sonny doing the 69 with the maid of honor.

A couple of years later, at 18, in college, I saw "Fritz the Cat" and "Clockwork Orange"


:evilgrin:

[Kat45]

63. I saw The Godfather when I was in high school too!

Everyone had been passing the book around at school, and it was turned to that particular page. Thanks, I couldn't remember the page number. lol

[11 Bravo]

44. Can't remember my first "R", but Midnight Cowboy was my first "X".

I think I was 16 or 17 at the time. (It's also not rated "X" any more.)

[chiburb]

56. Me too. In fact...

It was the ONLY X-rated movie to win an Oscar!

[Anaxamander]

45. Conan the Barbarian...

...and I think I was like 6 years old. It was the first movie I ever saw at the cinema.

[bubblesby2002]

46. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf

Liz & Dick. My aunts in Hamilton took me. I was about 14.

[brainwashed_youth]

47. Terminator 2

When I was 8 years old

[proud patriot]

48. Risky Business

13 years old . My cousin who was also 13 and I were dropped off
at the theatre and were supposed to see something else .

I walked up bought 2 tickets to Risky Business and
we enjoyed the movie .

[populistmom]

49. Little Darlings

On cable when I was about 9. It was Tatum O'Neill and Kristy McNicol at Summer camp betting on who would first lose their virginity. Then shortly after, I think it was Caddyshack.

[proud patriot]

69. I had the biggest crush on Matt Dillon in that movie

:hi:

[populistmom]

76. I had a crush on Arand Assante after that movie

And so began my preference for older men...sigh...

[greatauntoftriplets]

50. Pre ratings (and I am showing my age).

The original "Psycho" at age 11. Hated it. Totally scared by it to the point where my father had to take me outside because I thought I was going to :puke:

[Pale Blue Dot]

51. As a horny teenager, my friend and I snuck into "Private School For Girls"

...starring Phoebe Cates and Matthew Modine. We told our parents we were seeing "Krull".

I learned a very valuable lesson that day: sometimes, even female nudity can be boring.

[Forkboy]

52. Serpico would be my guess

I was 5 or so.

[Selwynn]

54. Rambo II at about 8 years old or so - at a friends house....

My parents wouldn' have let me watch it at that age, and I say good for them. They found out later in fact, and I got in trouble. :)

Or Maybe Rambo 1 .. I have no idea... I was some kind of Rambo thing.

[LanternWaste]

57. Conan the Barbarian...I think

I *think* it was Conan the Barbarian. I was a sophomore(?) in high school so this must've been about 81 or 82 and my pal talked me into going. We get there and the ticket booth wouldn't sell us tickets. Called my dad to pick us up and he was hopping mad. Told me to put the ticket seller on the phone with him and before I knew, Jimbo and I had seats to see the Governator in action.

Found out a few years later it was my parent's anniversary that evening and dear old Dad would've moved heaven and hell to keep me out of the house for the evening.... :)

[nini]

58. Summer of '42

so scandalous!! haah

I think I was about 17. don't remember for sure

[djeseru]

60. Up In Smoke...

...and Airplane on a double-bill. I was 12 and I thought I was so cool since they sold me a ticket.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

61. robocop, i think

at age ten

[Kat45]

64. The first somewhat 'racy' movie I saw was rated 'M' for mature audiences

This was before the current rating system was devised. I was in junior high, and it was the Frank Sinatra movie "The Detective." It was probably violent, I forget, but the one thing in that movie that had an impact on me (and I still remember) is a scene in which two gay men were making out! I didn't know what to make of it at the time--I think we were all saying, "eeewwwww."

[watercolors]

65. a burlesque movie

I don't even know the title, I was 19, my husband and I went to the movie not knowing what it was! He was in the navy, we were stationed in Norfolk, Va. All I remember is I was totally embarrassed and crouched down in my seat, so red faced. Poor hubby apologized half the night, believe me, it wasn't a turn on! I date myself when I tell you it was 1955! Since then, it was very mild compared to what one see on TV or the movies today!

[SmileyBoy]

66. When I was 10, I saw "The Distinguished Gentleman".

Starring Eddie Murphy, and some other blokes.

My mother let me see it with her, because it had redeeming social value.

[CanuckAmok]

67. Ha! Me too!

It was "The Jerk", with my mom. It wasn't because of a crush on Steve Martin, it was because "10" was sold-out.

Two questions arise:

1) what the hell caused "10" to sell out?

2) what kind of mom would take her young male child to see "10"?

[lazarus]

68. Jaws

I was 11.

After that was Alien, I was 14.

[name not needed]

70. air force one

8 years old

[geniph]

72. They didn't have the R rating when I was a little kid

I think it was invented around 1970, when I was 10-11. Before that, they briefly had the M rating (for Mature). That was changed to PG, and eventually PG-13. Prior to about 1966, films weren't rated.

I know I was taken to some inappropriate drive-in movies as a kid, because my mother was too cheap to spring for a babysitter and I was really too young to stay alone. The idea was that I'd sleep during the movie, which sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. I know I saw parts of Valley of the Dolls and Village of the Damned, and they confused the hell out of me.

My stepfather, for reasons known only to himself, took my brother and I to see Fortune and Men's Eyes when I was 11 years old. This was a fairly graphic movie about men in prison, and included at least one extremely graphic rape scene. I still cringe at the thought of it. I can't imagine what the ticket seller thought about him bringing us to that movie - especially since I looked about 8. ICK!!!

[dawn]

73. Scarface

I think I was about ten years old. Not sure. My parents rented it, and tried to send my younger brother and I out of the room. We refused.

I remember watching Cheech and Chong movies with them, too. That's before they turned Republican. My parents were so cool in the seventies/early eighties.

[aQuArius]

74. My Dad took me to see RAINMAN at age 8

He said it had a good message, but he didn't let me see the sex (dang it) Can you believe at the time my dad was a practicing Mormon? OMG!

[thingfish]

75. Stripes.

It was a good one.

[flamingyouth]

79. Me too

My mom had to stay with us - the theater wouldn't let us go in without her. She really hated it, but we loved it. I think we were 13 at the time.

[AlFrankenFan]

77. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

when I was in 3rd grade.

[SeanQuinn]

78. Bowling for Columbine Current age of 11

Good movie too.

[ironflange]

81. Bowling for Columbine is rated R?

That seems odd. BTW, my first was Serpico, great flick, I was about 15.

PS Welcome to DU, kiddo! :toast: <-- root beer, of course

[Logansquare]

82. Looking for Mr. Goodbar

My parents took me (I was a teen) and they were nearly catatonic after they realized what kind of movie they had brought me to.