R

Officially it's a PG film, but that's only because there was no PG-13 when it was released. In fact, its sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom directly inspired the PG-13 rating. (There's something about yanking a man's beating heart out of his chest that sends parents into fits.) Frankly, Raiders probably merits an R. We get guys carved up by airplane propellers, guys killed by South American booby traps, guys run over by trucks, guys trapped in exploding vehicles, self-inflicted third-degree hand burns, and oh yeah: this little number.

It gets a little heinous. So we're giving it an R, no matter what those guys at the ratings board think.