Welcome to Parents BBFC - the website which allows parents to make an informed decision about what films their children watch and the games they play.

On this site you will find detailed information about all new films for the cinema rated 'U', 'PG' or '12A', films released on DVD at these categories and all video games rated by the BBFC. This information is called Extended Classification Information - it explains exactly what issues (eg violence, sex, language) are raised in a film, DVD or game and gives clear examples. An example showing how the Extended Classification Information works can be found here

You can search our database or browse titles. We have Top 10s showing the most searched for titles, and have links to trailers for most films coming out so you can get a flavour of the style, look, intensity, tone of a film before seeing it.

If you can't find Extended Classification Information for a film, DVD or video game you can email us and we will provide information on that title for you if we classified it. We are updating our database of works all the time.

If you'd like to know more about the different categories from 'U' up to '18' you can read our Guides for Parents which elaborate on the BBFC Guidelines (the handbook which lists how and why we classify works). There is also a full Overview of the Junior Categories ('U', 'PG' and '12A) giving examples of recent and historical decisions. If you are particularly interested in finding out about the video games click here for our Parents BBFC Guide To Video Games.

You can also find out more about how and why we classify video games and about how we deal with online content.

If you have any questions about the BBFC, our work or our education programme please contact us.

For further information about films, games and classification from other sources please use our useful sites page.