<P> In the early 1980s complaints about violence and gore in films such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Gremlins , both of which received PG ratings , refocused attention on films seen by small children and pre-teens . According to author Filipa Antunes , this revealed the conundrum of a film which `` could not be recommended for all children but also could not be repudiated for all children uniformly , '' leading to speculation that the rating system 's scope , in particular its PG classification , `` no longer matched a notion of childhood most parents in America could agree on . '' Steven Spielberg , director of Temple of Doom and executive producer of Gremlins , suggested a new intermediate rating between `` PG '' and `` R '' . The `` PG - 13 '' rating was introduced in July 1984 , with the advisory `` Parents Are Strongly Cautioned to Give Special Guidance for Attendance of Children Under 13 -- Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Young Children '' . The first film to be released with this rating was the 1984 John Milius war film Red Dawn . In 1985 , the wording was simplified to `` Parents Strongly Cautioned -- Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13 '' . Around the same time , the MPAA won a trademark infringement lawsuit against the producers and distributors of I Spit on Your Grave over a fraudulent application of its R rating to the uncut version of the film , and forced its member studios and several other home video distributors to put MPAA ratings on the packaging of MPAA - rated films via a settlement that would come into effect by fall that year . </P>
<P> In the early 1980s complaints about violence and gore in films such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Gremlins , both of which received PG ratings , refocused attention on films seen by small children and pre-teens . According to author Filipa Antunes , this revealed the conundrum of a film which `` could not be recommended for all children but also could not be repudiated for all children uniformly , '' leading to speculation that the rating system 's scope , in particular its PG classification , `` no longer matched a notion of childhood most parents in America could agree on . '' Steven Spielberg , director of Temple of Doom and executive producer of Gremlins , suggested a new intermediate rating between `` PG '' and `` R '' . The `` PG - 13 '' rating was introduced in July 1984 , with the advisory `` Parents Are Strongly Cautioned to Give Special Guidance for Attendance of Children Under 13 -- Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Young Children '' . The first film to be released with this rating was the 1984 John Milius war film Red Dawn . In 1985 , the wording was simplified to `` Parents Strongly Cautioned -- Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13 '' . Around the same time , the MPAA won a trademark infringement lawsuit against the producers and distributors of I Spit on Your Grave over a fraudulent application of its R rating to the uncut version of the film , and forced its member studios and several other home video distributors to put MPAA ratings on the packaging of MPAA - rated films via a settlement that would come into effect by fall that year . </P>
what 1984 film had the first pg-13 rating
what 1984 film had the first pg-13 rating
Red Dawn
Red Dawn