simple parental guidance may not be
enough guys welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 movies you won’t believe are
rated PG I wonder where a guy in
everyday Joe like myself can find a
little action
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
ranking PG rated films with questionable
content in other words with material
that could be deemed not quite
appropriate for all audiences what do
you say essence of man is a man number
10
airplane I’ve got to go to the airport
you can let yourself out the back door
the 1980 film airplane is widely
regarded as one of the funniest and most
successful satires ever of the
continually popular disaster movie genre
the bits are largely irreverent and
played for madcap laughs’ at every turn
No thank you I take it back
my man still the fact that airplane was
released at the onset of the 1980s meant
that there was still a very relaxed
reaction to casual nudity profanity and
drug use all of which make their mark
somewhere during the film’s narrative is
it going to offend anyone probably not
but those concerned about what kids
could see might want to just catch the
one edited for TV instead number 9
ghostbusters is this true yes it’s true
this man has no dick if there’s one
thing that has changed big time
in the post millennium world of
filmmaking it’s that we rarely see
protagonists smoking these days
cigarette use is relegated largely to
villainous characters unless devices
otherwise an integral part of their
personality it was a bit different back
here in the 1984 classic Ghostbusters as
both dan Aykroyd ray Stantz and Ernie
Hudson’s winston zeddemore can often be
seen popping on butts while on the job
this combined with the film’s liberal
use of profanity and iconic creepy
scares make it a film that could have
only been made and rated PG during the
1980s
show this prehistoric bitch how we do
things downtown number eight legend my
heart my love
the 1985 fantasy djembe legend maybe an
underrated entry from director Ridley
Scott’s and be oval filmography but it’s
highly unlikely that anyone has
forgotten Tim Curry’s epic performance
in the film The Rocky Horror actor is
decked out in some of the most
impressive makeup ever to create his
character known as darkness complete
with red skin and humongous devil horns
I like you my gifts does the gong not
please you
generations of 80s kids were practically
scared out of their skin by Scott Curry
and their special effects team while
legend on the whole possesses a rich and
creepy atmosphere unlike any other
fantasy film from the same era just
standing case number 7 invasion of the
Body Snatchers
[Music]
the body-snatchers permis has been
adapted cinematically from the 1955
novel a number of times over the years
but none quite as successfully as this
1978 flick director Philip Kaufman
created a film rife with a sort of
paranoia and mistrust indicative of the
post-watergate 1970s no one can be
trusted and everyone’s a suspect as
scenes of horrific human cloning make
use of some of the decades best special
effects it’s hard to believe that this
classic thriller was rated PG as the
mood of the film would certainly lend
itself to an R rating today or at the
very least a hard pg-13 number-6
watership down
see it’s not interested if you think
that a film about cute fluffy bunnies
can be taken at face value then perhaps
you haven’t been paying attention thus
far on this list watership down scared
countless unsuspecting kids win this
adaptation of the classic 1972 novel hit
screens only six years later
[Music]
the film is rife with socio-political
allegory and classic themes of the
poetic hero but it’s also chock-full of
intense frightening imagery and shocking
violence watership down is an amazing
film but it’s not for the very young or
faint of heart
instead it’s one that remains studied
and remembered even 40 years after its
debut
[Music]
number five Beetlejuice but Barbara
honey it’s too late we have to go
through with this no I don’t I mean
can’t we Ravel or something
audiences were just getting to know the
unique cinematic vision of Tim Burton
when he unleashed this late 80s classic
on the masses Beetlejuice possesses all
of Burton’s quirky visual trademarks and
Gothic style and it also comes with some
scenes that might be considered
inappropriate today although pg-13 films
are usually allowed one f-bomb to their
credit the word was usually verboten in
the PG world of Beetlejuice especially
this late in the decade there’s also a
wealth of morbid imagery associated with
death and suicide as well as Michael
Keaton’s charmingly crass performance as
the titular bio-exorcist this one won’t
scar the kids for life but it probably
wouldn’t be rated PG today
[Music]
[Music]
number four the bad news bears he’s got
balls profanity is the name of the game
when it comes to our next film it’s a
slippery slope when a film depicts
children indulging in bad behavior but
the bad news bears is so hilariously
successful in its execution that the
scenes just feel totally natural if
you’ve ever wanted to see a group of
foul-mouthed little leaguers let it all
out in the baseball diamond then this is
the movie for you I guess I handled it
badly huh you handle it like shit if
you’ve ever wanted to see kids smoke
drink and otherwise behave like their
coach Walter Matthau does on screen then
this is the movie for you if that
doesn’t appeal to you then stay as far
away from the Bad News Bears
as possible number three poltergeist
tobe Hooper’s poltergeist is often
mentioned as being a good entry point
film for getting young kids into the
world of horror still this doesn’t mean
that this PG Fright Fest wasn’t without
material that would have probably netted
it in the same pg-13 rating as its 2015
remake the level of inappropriateness
ranges from the slightly cringy how men
working on a house leer at teenage dana
Freeling as she returns home from school
in a Catholic schoolgirl uniform to the
totally spooky as terror trees killer
clowns and real-life skeletons terrorize
the characters or how about the face
peeling scene poltergeist may be a
questionable PG but it’s also a
stone-cold classic
[Music]
number two Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom the next movie on our list is
one of two films whose content directly
led to the implementation of the pg-13
rating in 1984 the reason Oh nothing
major just the guys still beating heart
being ripped out of his chest indeed it
was the negative reaction of parents to
the action and violence showcased within
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
that pushed the MPAA
into establishing a harder rating system
for films with similar content trivia
buffs might also be curious to know that
Steven Spielberg had a hand in making
both of the films in question as
director of the Indiana Jones sequel an
executive producer of Joe Dante’s
gremlins before we name our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
we won’t tell your parents you watched
[Music]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
number one jaws it’s the film that made
millions afraid to get into the water
and kick-started an International
obsession with killer shark movies it’s
Steven Spielberg’s jaws and it’s yet
another instance of the family focused
filmmaker kicking it to the front lines
of inappropriate PG content
Spielberg and crew had tons of problems
with the malfunctioning shark and thus
were forced to use ingenuity and
restraint with their special effects
this didn’t tone down the other bloody
and visceral moments in the film however
which includes scenes that have made
jaws one seriously inappropriate PG
movie and for that we’re thankful
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
enough guys welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 movies you won’t believe are
rated PG I wonder where a guy in
everyday Joe like myself can find a
little action
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
ranking PG rated films with questionable
content in other words with material
that could be deemed not quite
appropriate for all audiences what do
you say essence of man is a man number
10
airplane I’ve got to go to the airport
you can let yourself out the back door
the 1980 film airplane is widely
regarded as one of the funniest and most
successful satires ever of the
continually popular disaster movie genre
the bits are largely irreverent and
played for madcap laughs’ at every turn
No thank you I take it back
my man still the fact that airplane was
released at the onset of the 1980s meant
that there was still a very relaxed
reaction to casual nudity profanity and
drug use all of which make their mark
somewhere during the film’s narrative is
it going to offend anyone probably not
but those concerned about what kids
could see might want to just catch the
one edited for TV instead number 9
ghostbusters is this true yes it’s true
this man has no dick if there’s one
thing that has changed big time
in the post millennium world of
filmmaking it’s that we rarely see
protagonists smoking these days
cigarette use is relegated largely to
villainous characters unless devices
otherwise an integral part of their
personality it was a bit different back
here in the 1984 classic Ghostbusters as
both dan Aykroyd ray Stantz and Ernie
Hudson’s winston zeddemore can often be
seen popping on butts while on the job
this combined with the film’s liberal
use of profanity and iconic creepy
scares make it a film that could have
only been made and rated PG during the
1980s
show this prehistoric bitch how we do
things downtown number eight legend my
heart my love
the 1985 fantasy djembe legend maybe an
underrated entry from director Ridley
Scott’s and be oval filmography but it’s
highly unlikely that anyone has
forgotten Tim Curry’s epic performance
in the film The Rocky Horror actor is
decked out in some of the most
impressive makeup ever to create his
character known as darkness complete
with red skin and humongous devil horns
I like you my gifts does the gong not
please you
generations of 80s kids were practically
scared out of their skin by Scott Curry
and their special effects team while
legend on the whole possesses a rich and
creepy atmosphere unlike any other
fantasy film from the same era just
standing case number 7 invasion of the
Body Snatchers
[Music]
the body-snatchers permis has been
adapted cinematically from the 1955
novel a number of times over the years
but none quite as successfully as this
1978 flick director Philip Kaufman
created a film rife with a sort of
paranoia and mistrust indicative of the
post-watergate 1970s no one can be
trusted and everyone’s a suspect as
scenes of horrific human cloning make
use of some of the decades best special
effects it’s hard to believe that this
classic thriller was rated PG as the
mood of the film would certainly lend
itself to an R rating today or at the
very least a hard pg-13 number-6
watership down
see it’s not interested if you think
that a film about cute fluffy bunnies
can be taken at face value then perhaps
you haven’t been paying attention thus
far on this list watership down scared
countless unsuspecting kids win this
adaptation of the classic 1972 novel hit
screens only six years later
[Music]
the film is rife with socio-political
allegory and classic themes of the
poetic hero but it’s also chock-full of
intense frightening imagery and shocking
violence watership down is an amazing
film but it’s not for the very young or
faint of heart
instead it’s one that remains studied
and remembered even 40 years after its
debut
[Music]
number five Beetlejuice but Barbara
honey it’s too late we have to go
through with this no I don’t I mean
can’t we Ravel or something
audiences were just getting to know the
unique cinematic vision of Tim Burton
when he unleashed this late 80s classic
on the masses Beetlejuice possesses all
of Burton’s quirky visual trademarks and
Gothic style and it also comes with some
scenes that might be considered
inappropriate today although pg-13 films
are usually allowed one f-bomb to their
credit the word was usually verboten in
the PG world of Beetlejuice especially
this late in the decade there’s also a
wealth of morbid imagery associated with
death and suicide as well as Michael
Keaton’s charmingly crass performance as
the titular bio-exorcist this one won’t
scar the kids for life but it probably
wouldn’t be rated PG today
[Music]
[Music]
number four the bad news bears he’s got
balls profanity is the name of the game
when it comes to our next film it’s a
slippery slope when a film depicts
children indulging in bad behavior but
the bad news bears is so hilariously
successful in its execution that the
scenes just feel totally natural if
you’ve ever wanted to see a group of
foul-mouthed little leaguers let it all
out in the baseball diamond then this is
the movie for you I guess I handled it
badly huh you handle it like shit if
you’ve ever wanted to see kids smoke
drink and otherwise behave like their
coach Walter Matthau does on screen then
this is the movie for you if that
doesn’t appeal to you then stay as far
away from the Bad News Bears
as possible number three poltergeist
tobe Hooper’s poltergeist is often
mentioned as being a good entry point
film for getting young kids into the
world of horror still this doesn’t mean
that this PG Fright Fest wasn’t without
material that would have probably netted
it in the same pg-13 rating as its 2015
remake the level of inappropriateness
ranges from the slightly cringy how men
working on a house leer at teenage dana
Freeling as she returns home from school
in a Catholic schoolgirl uniform to the
totally spooky as terror trees killer
clowns and real-life skeletons terrorize
the characters or how about the face
peeling scene poltergeist may be a
questionable PG but it’s also a
stone-cold classic
[Music]
number two Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom the next movie on our list is
one of two films whose content directly
led to the implementation of the pg-13
rating in 1984 the reason Oh nothing
major just the guys still beating heart
being ripped out of his chest indeed it
was the negative reaction of parents to
the action and violence showcased within
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
that pushed the MPAA
into establishing a harder rating system
for films with similar content trivia
buffs might also be curious to know that
Steven Spielberg had a hand in making
both of the films in question as
director of the Indiana Jones sequel an
executive producer of Joe Dante’s
gremlins before we name our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
we won’t tell your parents you watched
[Music]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
number one jaws it’s the film that made
millions afraid to get into the water
and kick-started an International
obsession with killer shark movies it’s
Steven Spielberg’s jaws and it’s yet
another instance of the family focused
filmmaker kicking it to the front lines
of inappropriate PG content
Spielberg and crew had tons of problems
with the malfunctioning shark and thus
were forced to use ingenuity and
restraint with their special effects
this didn’t tone down the other bloody
and visceral moments in the film however
which includes scenes that have made
jaws one seriously inappropriate PG
movie and for that we’re thankful
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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