What makes a film 18

If something has one of these labels it can only be supplied to people of and over the age shown on the label. A parent, shop or cinema is breaking the law if they supply an age-restricted item to someone who is not legally allowed to access it. You will see these labels on films, games, DVDs and a few music recordings, magazines and books. What does R13 mean? The RP label means that the film or DVD can only be watched by someone under the age on the label if they are supervised by a parent or guardian an adult over You will see these labels on films and DVDs.

A parent, shop or cinema is breaking the law if they allow children to access these films without adult supervision. What does RP mean? R means that there is a special restriction. Refer to the words on the right of the label for the full conditions.

Sometimes publications other than films and games are submitted to the Classification Office for classification. These publications can be given labels and display restrictions just like a film or game. Red restricted labels have been available for restricted non-film publications such as magazines since Distributors sometimes assign their own labels to these publications to warn consumers of content.

These labels are not allowed to resemble official classification labels and do not mean that a publication has been classified. Descriptive notes are designed to help people when they are deciding whether to watch a film. The notes indicate whether there is content in a film such as offensive language, sex scenes, violence, cruelty or other potentially disturbing or offensive material.

Film ratings What is a 15? What is an 18? More information about 15 rated films is available for parents on our public website. This can include very strong language, horror, and violence. More information about 18 rated films is available for parents on our public website.

Usually the rating is reserved for adult movies and currently R18 films can only be sold in licensed specialist cinemas or sex shops. Films with an R18 rating tend to be pornographic in nature, and although most are only available in specialist shops, online retailers such as Amazon are also able to sell them. As R18 represents the most explicit rating that the BBFC can give, very little that is legal to watch is unable to be shown in a R18 rated film.

While adults should be free to choose their own entertainment, exceptions apply to sex works. A sex work is a work whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation.

Some sex works can contain simulated sexual activity and that can be placed at Works containing clear images of real sex or strong fetish material will be confined at the R18 category. Notes: a sex work that cannot be accepted at R18 also cannot be accepted at Some works with images of strong real sex were passed 18, given that those works are not "sex works". According to the BBFC's annual report, 26 films for cinema release in were classified 18, including one film that was cut for an Rating System Wiki Explore.

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