- Show Girls (1995) $20,358,624
This film, about a burgeoning Las Vegas showgirl, earned its NC-17 rating for nudity and erotic sexuality throughout.
A rape scene in the movie was cut by 17 seconds for U.K. releases.
- Henry & June (1990) $11,567,449
A historic addition, Henry & June was the first film to receive the MPAA's rating of NC-17, which was devised as a replacement for the X-rating.
The American biographical drama is about the bohemian lifestyles of artists and writers in Paris in the 1930s.
- The Dreamers (2003) $24,152,155
Another film set in Paris—this time in the spring of 1968, The Dreamers is about an American university student who gets caught up in an erotic love triangle.