NC-17 movies

Terry: Thanks for the link.

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?certificates=us:nc_17 is a list generated from the database, so it is supposed to be correct, although I agree with you that it isn't currently correct.

The reason that films such as The Godfather: Part III (which was rated R, not NC-17) are showing up on this list of NC-17 rated films is that there is an entry in the database that the film had NC-17 as its original rating. (See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099674/parentalguide.) Even though the film apparently had to be edited to secure an R rating from the MPAA instead of NC-17, the film never was released with an NC-17 rating, and the MPAA's official database at http://www.filmratings.com/ lists the film as being just rated R, with no notes to indicate that it was ever rated anything else.

I would like the IMDb staff to comment on this and advise whether these "original ratings" under which the films were never released should be listed in the Certificates section (and thus clutter up lists like the one you are asking about), or whether it would be better just to mention them as Trivia, if at all.