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Movies You Watched Behind Your Parents' Backs As A Kid

Updated January 14, 2020 552 votes 70 voters 1.4k views25 items

List RulesVote up the restricted movies you watched behind your parents' backs.

Parents can be a bit restrictive when it comes to letting their children watch more mature films, but rebellious kids will always find a way. This entertainment involves terrifying horror classics, and films with sexually explicit material. Adolescents would never want to watch these movies with their parents. Obviously that never stopped most children from secretly viewing them, often with friends and siblings.

The reasons for watching these films vary from person to person. Peer pressure might mean that a child wanted to see something the rest of their friends had already watched, or they could have just been curious about something they had been specifically banned from viewing. Whatever the case, being told not to watch a movie guaranteed kids were going to go out of their way to check it out.

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Team America: World Police
2004
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Directed by: Trey Parker
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The Shining
1980
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Barry Dennen, Barry Nelson
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999
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American Pie
1999
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Directed by: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
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Saw
2004
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Directed by: James Wan
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Wild Things
1998
Actors: Bill Murray, Denise Richards, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon
Directed by: John McNaughton
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Scream
1996
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Directed by: Wes Craven
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Starship Troopers
1997
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Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
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Pet Sematary
1989
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Directed by: Mary Lambert
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Final Destination
2000
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Directed by: James Wong
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Scary Movie
2000
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Basic Instinct
1992
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Child's Play
1988
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Titanic
1997
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Reservoir Dogs
1992
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Thirteen
2003
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Fight Club
1999
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The Exorcist
1973
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Directed by: William Friedkin
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There's Something About Mary
1998
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Alien
1979
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Directed by: Ridley Scott
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Emmanuelle
1974
Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny, Marika Green, Christine Boisson, Daniel Sarky
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The Lost Boys
1987
Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Jami Gertz, Dianne Wiest
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
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Bad Boys
1995
Actors: Will Smith, Téa Leoni, Martin Lawrence, Marg Helgenberger, Joe Pantoliano
Directed by: Michael Bay
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Trainspotting
1996
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald
Directed by: Danny Boyle
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Life of Brian
1979
Actors: George Harrison, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin
Directed by: Terry Jones
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