When Red Dawn was released in 1984, it was the first film to have a PG-13 rating from the MPA (Motion Picture Association).  After years of releases being both a little too intense (Gremlins), risque (Sixteen Candles), or violent (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) for younger audiences, the PG-13 rating was used to indicate films that fell just between the family-friendly PG and the adult-oriented R.  The PG-13 rating was suggested to the MPA by Steven Spielberg, who was no stranger to content that pushed the edges of what a PG could be.  To celebrate 40 years of the rating that is often amongst Hollywood’s most lucrative, the MIC is excited to revisit the edgy films that thrilled or terrified little kids and made parents wonder just what they’d gotten themselves into.

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