Which Spielberg film was the first to be rated R in the US?

The first Steven Spielberg film to receive an R rating in the United States was Schindler's List.

Released in 1993, Schindler's List dramatizes the persecution and murder of Jews during the Holocaust, focusing on German industrialist Oskar Schindler's efforts to save his Jewish workers. Its R rating reflected intense violence, disturbing historical subject matter, nudity, and language.

A common mix-up is Jaws, Spielberg's 1975 breakthrough hit. Although Jaws was frightening and sparked debates about children seeing it, it received a PG rating in the United States. The Color Purple was rated PG-13, while Saving Private Ryan was also rated R but came later, in 1998.

Schindler's List became one of Spielberg's most acclaimed films. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and helped inspire Spielberg to establish the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.