What is X rating?
In the original [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system]], '''X rating''' represented that no one under 18 should be allowed to enter. Unlike the others, this rating was not [[copyright]]<nowiki/>ed, and the rating became tied to pornography. Many theaters chose not to take an X rated movie, and many newspapers would not run ads for them. Certain movie companies had to release their films without rating, in particular [[independent movie]]s. In Autumn 1990 the X was replaced with NC-17, but over the years, NC-17 absorbed the same [[Social stigma|stigma]] that the earlier X rating had. {{movie-stub}} [[category:Controversies]] [[category:Movie ratings]]