That's another interesting point. Don't get me wrong: I'm all in favour of using sex, violence, bad language, etc if it is dramatically correct to do so, but there is no reason a U certificate film… - Simon Dillon - Medium

ory. This needs to be…o anyone under 30 a film from five decades ago might as well have been made by the ancient Greeks. Even worse, some of the great films from that era garnered a “G” rating, which is death to any potential viewer who can’t remember a time before the internet when sex, gore, and profanity weren’t prerequisites for telling a good story. This needs to be corrected, and because I love correcting things, I have come up with a list of fi…
Fifteen Great Historical Films From the 1960s You Simply Must See
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That's another interesting point. Don't get me wrong: I'm all in favour of using sex, violence, bad language, etc if it is dramatically correct to do so, but there is no reason a U certificate film (the UK equivalent of G) cannot be every bit as incisive, challenging, and grown-up as any other.
Great, determinedly grown-up films with a U certificate in the UK off the top of my head:
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Kind Hearts and Coronets
12 Angry Men
The Searchers
High Noon
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
Black Narcissus
2001: A Space Odyssey
Babette's Feast
The Remains of the Day
The Illusionist
Love & Friendship
I could go on...
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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