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[XS+]

That are rated PG. No comedies or candyass kids crap.

 

[JackFrost2012]

The Truman Show!

 

[swoon]

rabbitproof fence.
badlands


also like every drama before the rating system.

 

[SolidSnakex]

All About Lily Chou-Chou

 

[bjork]

Amadeus.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Second Hand Lions

 

[Team Rancid]

Hoosiers
To Sir Wil Love
Casablanca

 

[KingGondo]

Well since movies before the '70s weren't rated (IIRC), I would say pretty much any great movie from before 1970. I personally suggest:

Sunset Blvd.
Double Indemnity
Citizen Kane
(as suggested above) Casablanca

 

[Doth Togo]

MULHOLLAND DRIVE

 

[Duck of Death]

I have no idea what a "mature" movie is, but here is a list of some darker, more adult material that is either PG or unrated:

Vertigo (was rated PG in 1996)
The Searchers
On The Waterfront
The Battleship Potemkin (silent film)
Notorious
Citizen Kane
Double Indemnity
The Rules of the Game
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
2001: A Space Odyssey (actually rated G )

As one poster said above, almost any great movie before the voluntary rating system was introduced would be a good choice.

 

[AirBrian]

Shawshank Redemption -- but it's rated R.
Pleasantville -- PG-13
Finding Forrester -- PG-13

EDIT: Sorry, not much help.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

The Empire Strikes Back

 

[Prospero]

Lawrence of Arabia (which is rated G, I think).

 

[fart]

the big lebowski

 

[Matt]

Strangers on a Train.

Or any Hitchcock really.

And bravo to whoever said Double Indemnity.

 

[Sai]

Shawshank Redemption -- but it's rated R.

* Sai thinks back.

... Why was that rated R again?

 

[darscot]

I think because Stephen King wrote it. Plus there is some unseen male rape and they shoot the one guy in the pretend escape.

Is a serious mature drama rated PG not a contradiction?

 

[KingGondo]

Strangers on a Train.

Or any Hitchcock really.

<----------------

Bow to the master.

 

[AirBrian]

* Sai thinks back.

... Why was that rated R again?

There are many violent scenes in the movie.

Spoiler

The beating of the fat guy in the beginning is a prime example.

That and language and some very brief nudity of male backsides.

 

[jenov4]

In America, great movie.

 

[All Hail C-Webb]

Two Brothers. Opened today. Instant Classic. Run now, go see.

 

[CrisKre]

Good for everybody: Gorillas in the Myst. A second choice is the amazing thriller Misery by stephen king with Kathy Bates.

 

[Lucky Forward]

If you can handle 90 minutes of intellectual dinner conversation, see "My Dinner With Andre".

 

[Willco]

POLTERGEIST. I win.

 

[levious]

Good for everybody: Gorillas in the Myst. A second choice is the amazing thriller Misery by stephen king with Kathy Bates.

those aren't PG movies though.

 

[CrisKre]

Gorrilas in the myst isn't? Why the hell not? its basically a documentary...

 

[levious]

pg 13, had some violent scenes with poachers didn't it?

 

[CrisKre]

Well, she dies, thats all I can think of.(woops, I hope y'all have seen it )

 

[Willco]

Misery should as hell isn't PG.

I won, though. I said POLTERGESIT. Can't we just accept my victory and move on?

 

[levious]

haha, based on a true story isn't it? It'd be like spoiling the movie Alive.

 

[Willco]

haha, based on a true story isn't it? It'd be like spoiling the movie Alive.

... IT'S MADE OF PEOPLE!

 

[CrisKre]

Good, you just spoiled Alive for me

 

[Loops]

Seul contre tous (I stand alone)
mature is one word to describe it...

 

[Gregory]

.

 

[mattx5]

Groundhog Day

 

[fart]

THE BIG LEBOWSKI

oh, and revenge of the nerds II: nerds in paradise

 

[Prince of Space]

Vanilla Sky

 

[Shinobi]

 

[Jim Bowie]

A River Runs Through It is poignant.

 

[etiolate]

In America

Seconded. I went through my DVDs but the best I could find was some PG-13 titles. Even Swing Kids is PG-13. Oh! But..

The NeverEnding Story

Yeah, kids movie but not so kiddy eh?

 

[Timbuktu]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Edit: Sorry, didn't realise Eternal sunshine's R. Here's another one - In The Mood For Love by WKW

 

[sc0la]

Of Mice and Men?
As Good as it Gets!

 

[JackFrost2012]

What part of PG don't you people understand!

 

[firex]

The Road Home. It's even rated G!

 

[Falch]

Magnolia.

 

[JackFrost2012]

Magnolia.

... is rated R for strong language, drug use, sexuality and some violence.

 

[Falch]

Well, I don't have a clue about those ratings since I'm not from the US.

 

[XS+]

Why is this stupid thread still going, only half the people gave serious answers.

I was just wondering if it's possible to make a serious moving drama without sex and swearing and other immature subject matter. The answer is, it's frikken easy, since practically all the classic dramas and psycho thrillers of 40+ years ago would get a G or PG rating today. Hollywood should look into bringing those days back.

 

[Teddman]

David Lynch's The Straight Story (1999) fits all your criteria and is rated G.

 

[Razoric]

JAWS

It's amazing how this is PG yet something like the Matrix is R.