10 X-Rated Movies That Seem Tame Today

Unless you're surfing Skinemax, "X-rated" doesn't mean much anymore. But, for a few decades, that decisive letter symbolized Hollywood's dreaded stamp of rejection and certain commercial doom. The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) formed in the 1920s to become the regulator and censor of the film industry. In 1968, a four-tier ratings system -- G, M, R, and X -- went into effect, with Brian De Palma's Greetings landing the first-ever X rating for its quasi-shocking sexual content that...