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Alberta

Alberta Film Ratings
Province of Alberta Community Development site.
Alberta Association For Media Awareness
Dedicated to providing promoting mass media awareness across Alberta (a One Voice site).
Filmratings.ca
Overview of Alberta's Classification Board ratings (a One Voice site).

Canada

Canadian Home Video Rating System
From the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association.
Canadian Rating System for Home Videos
From the Media Awareness Network.
Film Classification in Canada
From the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association. Contains links to various provincial rating bodies.
Filmratings.ca aka Movie Ratings.ca
Overview of Canada's movie rating systems (both One Voice sites).
Media Awareness Network - film
Film classification in Canada.
Media Awareness Network - video
Video classification in Canada.
Movie Ratings Network
Overview of Canada's movie rating systems (a One Voice site).
Comparison of movie rating systems across Canada
From Grading The Movies (a One Voice site). Contains links to various provincial rating bodies.
Comparison of US and Canadian movie ratings
From Grading The Movies (a One Voice site).
Differences between the American and Canadian Systems
From the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association.

United States

Motion Picture Association of America
Official site of the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries. Read How It All Began by Jack Valenti for a history of the sometimes controversial organisation.
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Movie Rating System
An explanation of the U.S. system from The Classification and Rating Administration.
Movie Ratings Network
Overview of America's movie rating system (a One Voice site).
What Do Movie Ratings Mean, And Who Applies Them?
From How Stuff Works.

International

United Kingdom

British Board of Film Classification
An independent, non-governmental body operating since 1912.
Movie Ratings Network
Overview of the United Kingdom's movie rating system (a One Voice site).

Europe

Valtion Elokuvatarkastamo (VET)
Finnish Board of Film Classification
Statens Biografbyrå
Sweden's Censorship Board. "The classifications are not recommendations of suitability but relate only to the risk of serious mental damage."
Kijkwijzer
The system of classification used in the Netherlands.
Medietilsynet
Norway's media authority.
Links to other European classification sites
From Statens Biografbyrå.

Australia

Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification
Provides movie ratings, video ratings, and ratings for literature.
Movie Ratings Network
Overview of Australia's movie rating system (a One Voice site).

New Zealand

New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification
Responsible for classifying publications such as films, videos, music recordings, books, magazines and computer games.
Movie Ratings Network
Overview of New Zealand's movie rating system (a One Voice site).

Other

Honk Kong Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
"Relax and have a good surfing!"

Content guides

American Humane Association Film and Television Unit
"Caring for a special breed of actor" - films and television programs rated solely on the treatment of animals.
Christian Analysis Of American Culture
ChildCare Action Project movie reports.
Classification and Rating Administration
Enter a title and get a rating from FilmRatings.Com. With links to the Internet Movie Database.
Common Sense Media
"Your family friendly entertainment guide."
Decent Films
Film appreciation, information and criticism informed by Christian faith.
Dove Foundation
Family approved videos, movies and video games - endorsed by business, civic, religious and pro-family leaders.
Family Style Film Guide
Reviews based on subject content only - no attempt made to judge quality or artistic merit. Reviews provided by Provo City Media Review Commission, Provo, Utah.
Family Media Guide
The site uses Data Capture Specialists and rates movies using a traffic light symbol. A service of PSVratings Inc. and Media Data Corporation (no web presence).
Family Viewing Guide
Reviews from the New York Times' Learning Network.
Film Advisory Board
Founded in 1975, the FAB is dedicated to awarding and promoting quality family-oriented and children's entertainment. The site lists Fred Travalena as a "Celebrity Friend."
Grading The Movies - Canadian Page
Helping families find entertainment with values (a One Voice site).
Kids In Mind.Com
Movies numerically rated by their sex, violence and profanity content.
Mediawise KidScore
"Watch what your kids watch." Operated by the National Institute on Media and the Family.
Parent Previews (formerly Grading The Movies)
Helping families find entertainment with values (a One Voice site, now at Movies.go.com).
Parent's Guide to Anime
A resource for parents to aid them in finding anime that is suitable for children. Site not updated in some time.
Parents Television Council
"Because our children are watching" - bringing America's demand for positive, family-oriented programming to the entertainment industry. Features Rod (One Voice) Gustafson's Parenting and the Media column.
Plugged In Online
Designed to help equip parents, youth leaders, ministers and teens with the essential tools that will enable them to understand, navigate and impact the culture in which they live - from the fine folks at Focus On The Family.
SceneSmoking.org
A project from the American Lung Association of Sacramento, California.
Screen It
Entertainment reviews for parents.
Smoke Free Movies
The site demands that Hollywood stop doing Big Tobacco's dirty work.
Smoking In The Movies
A list of movies that go up in smoke.
Teach With Movies
A useful resource when choosing films for family viewing.
U.S. Catholic Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting
The view from the Vatican in North America ... and the reviews are actually very good.
Yahoo's Movie Mom
Providing parents with the information they need to decide which movies, DVDs and videos are best for kids from ages 2 through 18.

Articles

A Conversation with Kirby Dick
James Berardinelli interviews Kirby Dick, director of the MPAA exposé This Film Is Not Yet Rated, which addresses the inconsistency, hypocrisy, and stupidity of the American movie classification system.

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