What is Movie censorship?
'''Censorship in movies''' is the act of giving a [[movie]] a very strong [[film rating systems]] classification, or [[ban]]ning the movie altogether. ==United Kingdom== The highest rating label in [[United Kingdom]] is 18. These means people under 18 cannot look at, buy or rent any movie under this rating. Movies with such a rating often have very strong [[language]], [[sex|explicit sexual content]] or heavy [[violence]]. If the content of the movie is higher than the 18 rating, the movie is then banned entirely. ==Australia== '''Refused Classification''' is the very strongest rating in [[Australia]]. This rating means a movie has been banned from a part of Australia. In some cases, it has been banned in all of the [[country]]. This rating is tagged onto movies which the [[Australian Classification Board]] has said are too severe for viewing by general public. ==United States== The movie rating is [[NC-17]] in the [[United States]]. This means No Children 17 and Under Admitted. Such movies contain strong sexual content, very strong violence or extremely graphic language and are usually considered too intense for an [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system#R|R rating]]. ==Canada== The highest rating label in [[Canada]] is R. This means nobody under 18 may view, buy, rent, or watch any movie under this rating. Movie with this rating have strong sexual content/nudity, prolonged scenes of graphic violence, strong coarse language, graphic horror, and other disturbing content. If the content of the movie is higher than the R rating, the movie is then banned entirely. ==Related pages== * [[Movies banned in China]] {{movie-stub}} [[Category:Movie ratings]] [[Category:Censorship]]