X-RATED, UNRATED, OR NC-17 HORROR, THRILLER, CULT AND GRINDHOUSE MOVIES
BIZARRE, unique, eccentric, forgotten, lost as well as transgressive, and equally unconventional cinema from all over the world! A handful of these are definitely not for the squeamish, faint of heart, or those that are easily-offended or overly-sensitive. Nobody under the age of 17 should be permitted (at least for a good chunk of these films). It may sound strange but some of them are somewhat kid or teen friendly in a way and not just for adults so the ratings in general do vary somewhat (depending upon your region or country's rating system I mean). This in particular usually goes for the ones on here that are NR or Unrated.
However for any entry with an R-rating, it is because there is either both an Unrated/R rated edit... more or less, the original X rating was changed after sometime. Which is why I'm also including a handful of films (from all different genres) that were initially rated X or NC-17 when they first came out. Good luck finding some of these though as more than a couple dozen are actually considered to be lost unfortunately! As a side note, a good portion of the movies on here are also banned in multiple countries, if not heavily censored at the very least. Also there are numerous films on here that are simply Not Rated (for whatever reason) and are of all different genres. Not to mention I must stress that these NR movies also significantly vary in what they contain and thus could considered to be for general audiences, or your average cinema goer compared to the latter while some films could easily be banned in quite a few other countries just for what is shown in them (even nowadays).
Also as an FYI, I honestly haven't seen everything I've included on here just yet so the end result of it will definitely vary from person to person... especially if it is NR/Unrated but please keep an open mind because a handful of some of the best movies that have ever been made are all on this list. Although it should go without saying that most of these films aren't for everyone, but if you do have a strong stomach and a taste for the macabre, provocative, or outlandish then you have come to the right place! Whatever you do, just don't trust the IMDB rating average since it can get pretty misleading and rather inaccurate half the time.
However for any entry with an R-rating, it is because there is either both an Unrated/R rated edit... more or less, the original X rating was changed after sometime. Which is why I'm also including a handful of films (from all different genres) that were initially rated X or NC-17 when they first came out. Good luck finding some of these though as more than a couple dozen are actually considered to be lost unfortunately! As a side note, a good portion of the movies on here are also banned in multiple countries, if not heavily censored at the very least. Also there are numerous films on here that are simply Not Rated (for whatever reason) and are of all different genres. Not to mention I must stress that these NR movies also significantly vary in what they contain and thus could considered to be for general audiences, or your average cinema goer compared to the latter while some films could easily be banned in quite a few other countries just for what is shown in them (even nowadays).
Also as an FYI, I honestly haven't seen everything I've included on here just yet so the end result of it will definitely vary from person to person... especially if it is NR/Unrated but please keep an open mind because a handful of some of the best movies that have ever been made are all on this list. Although it should go without saying that most of these films aren't for everyone, but if you do have a strong stomach and a taste for the macabre, provocative, or outlandish then you have come to the right place! Whatever you do, just don't trust the IMDB rating average since it can get pretty misleading and rather inaccurate half the time.
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- DirectorLucile HadzihalilovicStarsMax BrebantRoxane DuranJulie-Marie ParmentierThe only residents of young Nicholas' sea-side town are women and boys. When he sees a corpse in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existence and surroundings. Why must he, and all the other boys, be hospitalised?
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- DirectorHideo NakataStarsYûrei YanagiYasuyo ShirashimaKei IshibashiA filmmaker and crew slowly go insane after being continually haunted by the ghost of a dead actress.
- DirectorChisui TakigawaStarsKatsunori TakahashiAyane MiuraMai TachiharaIn different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. At the inn, he comes across a strange video that ends with a message saying that anyone who watches it will die exactly seven days later. Now the clock is ticking for Asakawa. Can he break the curse in time?
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsJun KunimuraKen MitsuishiMasato HagiwaraA handyman becomes involved in the plot to kidnap a businessman's wife, which goes haywire after her mysterious death.
- DirectorKelvin TongStarsAlessandra De RossiHuifang HongBenny Soh"Every year, for thirty days during the lunar seventh month, the Chinese believe that the gates of hell are thrown open. Vengeful spirits or hungry ghosts wander among the living, seeking revenge and justice before the gates of hell are closed again for another year." The eighteen years old Rosa Dimaano arrives in Singapore from Philippines to give support to her family working as a maid in the house of the artists of a Chinese opera troupe Mr. and Mrs. Teo on the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. She is welcomed by the family and introduced to their friends and their retarded son Ah-Soon. Later, Mrs. Teo advises her about their beliefs and how the dead should be respected and honored along the seventh month. However, Rosa sweeps their offer on the sidewalk breaking a basic rule and offending the spirits, and she is haunted by ghosts everywhere. When Ah-Soon calls her Esther Santos and she finds some belongings of the unknown Esther in the house, she discloses a dark and scary secret about the past of her masters.
- DirectorJung HuhStarsSon Hyeon-juMoon Jeong-HeeJeon Mi-seonA missing brother. Hide and seeks codes. A shocking truth for two different families and the struggle to save their families from someone who is already living inside their house.
