MPAA: Films That Deserve to be Rated PG-13
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- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.Not rated by the MPAA
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material. - DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for war violence. - DirectorTerrence MalickStarsMartin SheenSissy SpacekWarren OatesAn impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for violent content and sensuality — all involving a teenager. - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for disturbing content and language. - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for creature violence, bloody images, language, nudity, and brief drug use. - DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for strong language, smoking, and brief sexual references. - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobbie RobertsonMuddy WatersNeil YoungA film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for brief language. - DirectorTerrence MalickStarsRichard GereBrooke AdamsSam ShepardA hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for some violence and smoking. - DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence and action. - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence and action. - DirectorRichard DonnerStarsSean AstinJosh BrolinJeff CohenA group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for language, some violence, frightening images, and crude humor. - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for language, suggestive content, teen smoking, and a scene of violence. - DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseTim RobbinsKelly McGillisAs students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action, language, and some suggestive content. - DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksJohn CandyRick MoranisA star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for crude and suggestive humor and for language. - DirectorTim BurtonStarsAlec BaldwinGeena DavisMichael KeatonThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for frightening images, suggestive humor, and brief strong language. - DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert LoggiaAfter wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for suggestive content and brief strong language. - DirectorRichard DonnerStarsMel GibsonJodie FosterJames GarnerBret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.Original MPAA rating: PG for mild sensuality, language and some western action.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for violence and action, language, sensuality, and smoking. - DirectorEric DarnellTim JohnsonLawrence GutermanStarsWoody AllenSharon StoneGene HackmanA rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.Original MPAA rating: PG for mild language and menacing action.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for action violence, language, and innuendo. - DirectorGeorge LucasStarsEwan McGregorLiam NeesonNatalie PortmanTwo Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.Original MPAA rating: PG
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence. - DirectorGeorge LucasStarsHayden ChristensenNatalie PortmanEwan McGregorTen years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.Original MPAA rating: PG for sustained sequences of sci-fi action/violence.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action. - DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintAs Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.Original MPAA rating: PG for scary images, some violence, language, and mild sensuality.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for violence, frightening images, and mild sensuality. - DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsMatt DamonTony HalePatton OswaltThe U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.Original MPAA rating: R for language.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for strong language. - DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham CarterThe story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.Original MPAA rating: R for some language.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for strong language. - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsLeonardo DiCaprioArmie HammerNaomi WattsJ. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.Original MPAA rating: R for brief strong language.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for strong language, some violence, disturbing images, brief sexual content, and smoking. - DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBen AffleckOlga KurylenkoJavier BardemAfter falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.Original MPAA rating: R for sexuality and nudity.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for sexuality and nudity. - DirectorPablo LarraínStarsKristen StewartTimothy SpallSally HawkinsDiana Spencer, struggling with mental-health problems during her Christmas holidays with the Royal Family at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.Original MPAA rating: R for some language.
Revised MPAA rating: PG-13 for thematic material and some strong language.