Level 12
Nowadays the highest certificate I've seen is 15. Even the new Total Recall is only a 12A.
I imagine in the future there will be a film where the villain says "I'm gonna rip your *****ing head off and ***** down your neck" and then later on he will do exactly that and the film will get a U rating.
Even the Alien films if they were made now would probably be passed as 12
Level 6
It's a sign of the times. I think mostly it's to do with money. Easier to sell a movie rated 12A or 15. Also over the years, I think we've more tolerance towards violence in movies now.
TV wise, the Walking Dead is rated 18. But I really can't remember any movies that were rated 18 or R rated in the last few years. But if you compare 'The Grey' which is rated 15 in the UK & most of Europe, it's R rate in America.
UK isn't as harsh, even though they did edit the dvd release of the Walking Dead 
Which aired uncut on TV here.
It does seem strange though, after growing up as a horror genre fan where practically everything was rated 18, to see films with more blood, violence and bad language barely being given a 15 rating now.
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Level 4
Or maybe I was a scaredy-cat & just thought they were 18s back then..?
Edit:
Exorcist is another one that doesn't pack anywhere near the punch today, compared to the horrified people watching it in the cinema in the 70s
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