#GOOD NETFLIX MOVIES PG13 FREE#

We do periodically see breakout PG-rated hits like The Greatest Showman in 2017. That doesn’t apply to Mulan (which is much less violent than the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and arguably less grim than the G-rated 1998 toon), Bill & Ted Face the Music (which features few profanities and no violence or sex) or Enola Holmes (which is much less violent, intense or macabre than the PG-13 Young Sherlock Holmes 35 years ago).ĭisney does still release live-action PG movies (like Tron: Legacy in 2010), especially amid its live-action fairy tale sub-genre. I don’t think The Force Awakens, Star Trek, Superman Returns or TMNT are any more violent than their PG-rated predecessors, but they are shot and edited in a modern fashion which can create a feeling of comparatively greater intensity for younger viewers.

Violent and bloody adult-skewing thrillers ( The Bourne Legacy, Taken, No Good Deed, etc.) get the same classification as kid-friendly fare like Ant-Man and Bumblebee. Almost everything gets a PG-13 whether it deserves it or not. The parental outcry over Batman Returns (which had violence, intensity and sexual content justifying the “parents strongly cautioned” designation) began the brief slide to the classification becoming essentially “PG, but not for your uncool younger siblings.” But now, thanks to 15 years of Hollywood pursuing tentpole franchises above all else, we have the opposite problem. The success of Tim Burton’s Batman (which earned its PG-13) legitimized the rating as a safe designation for Hollywood blockbusters. The rating, created in 1984 (as a response to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Gremlins) as a middle ground between PG-rated kids flicks and R-rated adult fare, was supposed to be a harsher, more adult-skewing experience. The likes of The Last Mimzy became nearly extinct and even the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies ended up with inexplicable PG-13 ratings.

Not only did this lead to a lack of “big” R-rated movies (outside of the awards season) for adults, it also led to a lack of “just for kids” PG-rated live-action movies as well. By 2013, movies with PG-13 ratings actually contained more gun-related violence than R-rated films.

#GOOD NETFLIX MOVIES PG13 FREE#

We soon had violent actioners ( Live Free or Die Hard), adult-skewing thrillers ( The Bourne Supremacy) and teen slashers ( Prom Night) all squeaking by with a PG-13. Anaconda in 1997 and Rush Hour in 1998 proved the commercial viability of releasing seemingly R-rated genre flicks within the PG-13 box.

It’s no secret that Hollywood’s desire to craft four-quadrant/global-friendly action fantasy blockbusters, combined with Hollywood’s skittishness about big R-rated movies after the Columbine school shootings in April of 1999, led to the PG-13 being the all-purpose rating for as many films as could be squeezed into the designation.

Good netflix movies pg13