First Adult movie you saw at the Cinema

glamagran yes Soldier Blue was Xrated and really thought the violence shown was real .. can still see in my mind one part where an Indian female being attacked.. and made me feel sick

Straw Dogs while on a school holiday

Well Espresso Bongo can't have been X rated because that didn't come in until 1968. But I know we were too young to see it according to its rating. We didn't tell our parents what we were seeing.

When we were 14, in 1959, my best friend and I made up our faces and walked up the Kings Road in Chelsea to the Essoldo cinema to see Cliff Richard's first film Espresso Bongo, which was an X film. Nowadays it would seem extraordinary that it should have been an X film. Perhaps there were some swear words but it was pretty innocent. We did love Cliff though!

I think the first adult film I saw at the cinema was "That'll be the Day" which my dad took me to see when I was 13 (I'm sure he must have been riveted!)
First X rated film was either Godfather or Clockwork Orange (I saw them both with the same boy when I was 15).

I think Carrie was the first adult film I saw at the cinema. I was 17ish and went with a boyfriend. I remember the cinema being very quiet for most of it then at the very end everyone going 'Oooh'.

Not me, but my dear departed Aunt May was on holiday in Torquay with uncle Jim, and they wanted to go to cinema, and they went to see “Last Tango in Paris”thinking it was about dancing…….. I did say to her you must’ve been shocked Aunt May?she said well we did stay till the end after all we had paid..😂.. uncle Jim was a few years older but she must’ve been in her 70s. not entirely sure…😁

The Exorcist - I was underage but got in anyway. There were St. John's Ambulance people in the cinema, to deal with anyone who felt faint or sick. Looking back at that film now, it looks so amateurish compared with the violent stuff nowadays

Just found this - ratings from 1970.

Rated G: Suggested for general audiences.
Rated M: Suggested for mature audiences - Parental discretion advised.
Rated R: Restricted – Persons under 16 not admitted, unless accompanied by parent or adult guardian.
Rated X: Persons under 16 not admitted.

Bea65 I agree with every word you’ve said about Soldier Blue. It was the first adult film I saw too. I was only 15 when I saw it with the boy I was seeing at that time. No wonder it’s never been shown since. It was sickening. I think you were able to see the top rating for films at 16 then before it was raised to 18 but I’ll stand corrected if others disagree.

I saw The Exorcist and Hell Night, but not at the cinema. A guy used to rent a hall and show them on a TV, it was a real money spinner for him and we were all under 18....my parents would of killed me if they'd known.
I always remember the queue at the cinema for Fatal Attraction, my date and I stood for ages to get in. I was 21 at the time and it was a film everyone was talking about.

That’s me too Maggie, I was only 11 when it was released, but vividly remember watching it.

I vividly remember watching Zulu with my dad. I could swear we went to the pictures to see it, but as I was only 9 when it was released I’ve either had a major memory fail or it wasn’t classified as an “adult” film.

Clockwork Orange was my first at 16.I vaguely remember being confused by it. I have always meant to watch it again but never have. Off to see if I can find it anywhere…..

NotSpaghetti

maddyone I don't think Zulu was on video-tape here in the UK till late 1980s or maybe even early 1990s.
I think it made it onto TV around 1974/76.

Oh maybe we went to the cinema to see it in that case as I definitely was only a child when I saw it. I was an adult by 1974, actually got married that year, so I didn’t see it then. I saw it with my parents as a child.

It was either South Pacific or A Town Like Alice can't remember which came first.
But the one I really remember is Sweet Bird of Youth with the gorgeous Paul Newman.

South Pacific for me too. Taken by my aunt , I still love that film !

maddyone I don't think Zulu was on video-tape here in the UK till late 1980s or maybe even early 1990s.
I think it made it onto TV around 1974/76.

I saw Emmanuelle with one of my first boyfriends both under 18 ,We thought we were grown up seeing what we thought was a foreign language film. We soon got a shock, him as much as me and we left.

My friend and I at the age of fourteen went to see Woodstock, which was an 18 certificate.
We sneaked into a nearby pub toilet to slap on the makeup beforehand.

When I got home my Dad had the paper in his hand and accused me of all sorts, as he'd realised while I was out it was an 18.

He didn't appreciate me pointing out that he'd checked the performance time in the paper for me earlier and must have missed that detail 🤷

Sorry Fanny, yes, I was replying to Fleurpepper

I also saw Soldier Blue at a later stage, I remember it for having a big effect on me for quite some time after.

I think it was Bonnie and Clyde, friends and I were definitely under age but somehow we convinced whoever was in the Box Office we were the required age, whatever it was then. I think we all went again once we'd discovered how good looking Warren Beatty was

Fanny I was in my early 20’s but rarely went to the ‘pictures’ and had only seen South Pacific and The Sound of Music before that .

I remember seeing Soldier Blue at the local cinema. Everyone was in shock and the end and no one moved from their seats for a minute or two.