# Poll: What was your first 'R' Rated Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203 "2001-05-22T17:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/1 "2001-05-22T17:38:06Z")
I was about 13 when my parents took me to see **The Blues Brothers**. Of course, the MPAA now considers it to be PG-13. What was the first R movie you saw with parental permission? Or even without, for that matter? ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/2 "2001-05-22T19:07:43Z")
Animal House, I think. I would have been 12 or 13 at the time… ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/3 "2001-05-22T19:11:35Z")
“Cabaret”, which I believe would still be rated R, but maybe not. It was made in 1972, when I would have been 12, but I think I must have seen it a year or two later. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/4 "2001-05-22T20:41:02Z")
A double-feature of _Caddyshack_ and _Up the Academy_ at the Highway 62 Drive-In in Springdale, Arkansas, in early February, 1981. Four teenagers, two movies, one bottle of Evan Williams, and a Chevy Blazer. Light drizzle and temperature hovering around freezing. It’s a wonder someone didn’t get killed. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/5 "2001-05-22T20:42:46Z")
_An Officer and a Gentleman_ in 1982. I was probably 12. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/6 "2001-05-22T21:32:20Z")
_Terminator 2_, which I saw on tape when I was about 12 or so. The first R-rated movie I saw in theaters was _Timecop_. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/7 "2001-05-22T21:50:22Z")
Animal House on it’s first rounds through the big screen theaters. I was suprised when the boobs were shown. R movies didn’t go that far then, they just hinted at what was occurring. ---
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/8 "2001-05-22T22:05:33Z")
Total Recall was my first ‘R’ rated movie, many (13) long years ago (I was about five at the time). ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/9 "2001-05-22T22:34:20Z")
My sister took me to see “Saturday Night Fever” in 1977 when I was 12. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/10 "2001-05-22T23:12:29Z")
Refresh my memory. When did the MPAA rating system start and what was the first ‘R’ rated flick. [brag]Speaking of movies that have had their rating changed, I saw “Clockwork Orange” and “Midnight Cowboy” when they were ‘X.’ And guess in which theatre I saw Midnight Cowboy.[/brag] ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/11 "2001-05-22T23:18:04Z")
The first one I saw was First Blood. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/12 "2001-05-22T23:40:20Z")
Ford Theatre. Mine was The Shining, but I saw it on TV in 1999. 😉 Close enough, right? I was, ah…just 14. Yeah I’m a late one, but I never really was into movies before. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/13 "2001-05-22T23:54:47Z")
I think I may have been in the seat next to **porcupine**. _Saturday Night Fever_ was my first R-rated viewing too, also at age 12. I thought it was so cool to hear Barbarino say “fuck”. ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/14 "2001-05-23T00:12:35Z")
My First was ‘Princess Bride’ I saw it when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I just found out a couple months ago that it was rated “R” and I was really surpised. I would be willing to bet that my parents didn’t know that it was rated “R” either. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/15 "2001-05-23T00:17:55Z")
My first R-rated movie – [_Bustin’ Loose_](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082121) with Richard Pryor in 1981. (I was 11. Home video makes it so much easier for kids these days.) AcidKid: You can find a brief history of the MPAA’s ratings system [here](http://www.mpaa.org/movieratings/about/index.htm). ---
**Author:** ![heembo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@heembo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heembo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/16 "2001-05-23T00:35:40Z")
I saw **Apocolypse Now** with my dad when it came out. I was 8. I think he was expecting something a little more John Wayney in nature. o b m e e h ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/17 "2001-05-23T00:49:45Z")
_The Baby Maker_, 1970. I was about 14, and when my Dad picked me and my friends up at the theater afterwards, he said “You shouldn’t be watching that kind of crap…you’re too young. How the hell did you get in??” Daaaa-a-a-a-d, you’re embarrasing me! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/18 "2001-05-23T00:58:27Z")
hmmmm…not sure what my first one EVER was, although I can remember going to a friend’s house at around age ten…they had a VCR (still pretty novel at the time) and we went to a local rental shop to get some movies. The folks tried to keep us away from the R-rated stuff, but somehow we snuck **Conan the Barbarian** and **Up the Creek** past 'em. First one I saw in a theater was **Rambo: First Blood Part II** , at age 12. First one I got into by myself was **Commando** , also at age 12. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/19 "2001-05-23T01:07:28Z")
Well, that’s embarra **ss** ing. :o _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203/20 "2001-05-23T01:10:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*I thought it was so cool to hear Barbarino say “fuck”. \*\* By Barbarino, you mean John Travolta’s character on “Welcome Back, Kotter” right? Oh **Shera** , I didn’t know that “The Princess Bride” was R! That changes things. Now, I’d say…I was maybe 12 when I saw my first R. Damn. All this and I’m not even seventeen yet. That’s rather odd, _I_ wouldn’t have rated it in such a way at all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-was-your-first-r-rated-movie/66203.md?page=2)