This is indeed one of those weird threads with a funny title (to me) like the "non-porn incest movies" thread. In a way, this thread is titled similarly -- this person wants "R-rated" rape scenes. I'm sure R rated rape scenes can be pretty bad graphically and with how it is depicted, but I imagine someone who is possibly more twisted would want NC-17/X rated rape scenes.
I guess it's funny that they would ask for "R rated" rape scenes. Why R rated? Is it possible to film a PG-13 rape scene? If you were doing some kind of study for school on rape scenes in movies, why stick specifically to R rated rape scenes? I suppose it can be done, but I'm sure most people would find it odd (as we do with this thread).
The R rating is practically going away these days, anyways. It exists in movie theatres -- but far too often nowadays, the R rating changes to "Unrated" (which could have made it NC-17 in theatres) when it's released on DVD. Thus, I imagine, a lot of "R rated rape scenes" exist in old films, but I'm sure there's still some new ones, I'm just not aware of them (though, maybe I'll learn a few things from this thread!)
As for Ash_Is_The_Girl's comment about gory and bloody horror films... I have never really watched horror films for the blood and guts. I don't seek out these films to satisfy some inner urge to please myself by looking at blood and dead bodies. Sometimes I'm pleased by the special effects and the overall ghoulish effects, but I can get squeamish looking at that stuff. I think possible motives for me watching horror films is because A.) Monsters have always intrigued me (this applies to some horror films), B.) It's fun to get into a spooky, scary mood sometimes and C.) It's a coping mechanism to face death -- I can usually take most of the fake scary stuff, all the blood and dead bodies if it's in a movie, but don't ask me to look at dead bodies in a hospital or something. That takes more strength from me. Also, D.) It's nice to root for the heroes of horror films, the ones who are battling against the evil people.
As for rape scenes... I can't say that the person who started this thread is addicted to rape scenes or something like that (obviously, he or she needs to build up their collection!). The fantasy may be there. I'm not sure why.
I have no interest in building up a collection of rape scenes -- however -- if I get word that
Jake Gyllenhaal, Portrait of a Rapist is being released, completely NC-17, shows off everything he has to offer -- I'm getting the Blu-ray. No question.
remember that a lot of us are guilty for wanting to watch movies that are peppered with what most people would call "sick" stuff in them. for example, fans of gory horror movies like to watch violence and blood. they might even try to seek out and find every bloody movie they can in order to see as much as possible, similar to what this guy is doing. is that an unhealthy obsession, too? if so i should think we are all guilty of it, because even though we may not post a thread on a movie forum asking others to give us titles of movies that fit that criteria, we still like watching movies that have raw, disturbing images.
"Raw, disturbing images" aren't just rape scenes and horror films -- any war film has raw, disturbing images. I think that there's been a lot of praise on films that are "arty" and show things you don't normally see -- a woman goes to a bank, gets raped by a homeless man on the way (it lasts 20 minutes and is very graphic), she withdraws $5,000 and gives it to the homeless man, they have sex again but this time it's consensual, the woman moves to Sicily and becomes celibate, but for some reason she can't resist making love to kitchen knives, so she dies -- something like that is praised, called "original", wins all sorts of awards and praise for its "raw, disturbing images" -- meanwhile, horror films, war films, etc. don't matter, aren't praised, are seen as useless. What we like watching depends on us -- what's considered "raw, disturbing images" depends on how we feel about it. I can watch horror films and not even think during them, "Ooooh, these visuals are so raw, so disturbing! Ooooh!"
The original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one example of a horror film that was praised by some critics at the time for being "raw" and "disturbing" -- and I guess it is. At the time it was. But now, it's very... eh... the film doesn't even show that much blood!