Charlie Sheen's 1984 war movie was the test case for PG-13 movies in the U.S. and its success popularized the rating globally ...

The first movie to be given the PG-13 when the rating was instituted in July 1984 was director Garry Marshall’s dramedy “The Flamingo Kid,” starring Matt Dillon. However, the film’s release was ...

In response to complaints about the violence of Temple of Doom and Gremlins, it was Spielberg himself who came up with a solution. “I said, ‘Let’s get a rating somewhere in between PG and R.’” ...