List of works rejected by the British Board of Film Classification

Works refused certification by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following is a list of works submitted for certification to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) that were not immediately or, in some cases, ever granted a certificate due to them being unsuitable for classification.

Since its inception in 1912, the BBFC's duty has been to classify films, television programmes, video games, advertisements and other visual media according to their content. If a work is deemed unacceptable by the BBFC according to their guidelines or potentially illegal under British law, they can choose to refuse a certificate for that work. Although these works can be shown in cinemas with the permission of local councils, they cannot legally be sold on home video.[1] Online streaming platforms are not required to have their content certified by the BBFC, though many do.[2]

Over the years, several works have been refused a certificate, in effect banning them. Some of these works were later classified uncut, some were cut to meet the BBFC's guidelines, and some have never been granted a certificate.

Works rejected, later classified uncut

More information Work, Date rejected ...
WorkDate rejectedDate certificate grantedCurrent certificateDetailsSources
A Woman[note 1] 8 January 1915 10 September 1915 U[note 2] [3][4]
Nosferatu[note 3]11 December 192210 October 1973PG[note 4][5][6]
Battleship Potemkin[note 5]30 September 192611 January 195412[note 6]Rejected for "inflammatory subtitles and Bolshevist Proaganda [sic]." Unbanned as the now niche status of silent films and the death of Joseph Stalin were seen as diminishing the film's likelihood of causing political unrest.[7][8]
Outside the Law 25 March 1927 15 January 1931 12[note 7] [9][10]
Liliom 29 September 1930 22 January 2010 PG [11]
An American Tragedy 15 September 1931 11 December 2023 PG [12]
The Miracle Woman 26 October 1931 14 October 2024 12 [13]
Freaks1 July 19329 May 196312[note 8]Rejected twice, the second time on 12 March 1952, due to the perceived exploitation of physically disabled people.[14][15]
L'Opéra de quat'sous 23 August 1932 26 August 1998 PG [16]
The Monster Walks 24 August 1932 9 November 2010 PG [17]
Island of Lost Souls13 March 19339 July 1958PG[note 9][18]
Elysia24 April 193410 July 1958A (obsolete)[note 10]This docudrama about nudist camps was subsequently rejected on 31 January 1949 and 7 January 1958 before finally being granted an A certificate.[21]
Black Moon 2 September 1934 21 October 2024 12 [22]
Le Grand Jeu 4 September 1934 5 May 2010 PG [23]
The Mad Monster 29 July 1942 10 January 1952 X (obsolete)[note 10] [24]
The Hitch-Hiker 2 February 1953 30 April 1953 12[note 11] [25]
The Wild One18 January 195421 November 1967PG[note 12]Rejected a second time on 20 December 1955. According to the BBFC, "The initial ban was prompted mostly by a fear that the very real problem of burgeoning juvenile delinquency, and a seemingly increasing lack of respect for authority, could only be aggravated by young people seeing this film."[26]
Glen or Glenda26 February 195818 January 199515[27][28]
Goodnight With Sabrina 20 August 1959 14 March 2016 15 [29]
Horrors of Spider Island 1 September 1960 9 November 2010 12 [30]
West End Jungle 1 February 1961 10 November 2008 15 [31]
Black Sunday[note 13] 10 February 1961 15 May 1968 15[note 14] [32]
Mr. Sardonicus 22 August 1961 13 December 1961 12[note 15] [33]
The Immoral Mr. Teas 3 July 1962 9 October 1987 18 [34]
Shock Corridor2 October 196331 December 199015Rejected two more times in 1966 and 1968.[35]
Promises! Promises!22 October 196316 August 201115Rejected a second time on 4 September 1967.[36][37][38]
The Naked Kiss13 March 196431 December 199018[39]
Lady in a Cage 8 April 1964 17 November 2000 15[note 16] [40]
The Horror of Party Beach 20 May 1964 27 August 1964 12[note 17] [41]
Carousella28 January 196530 April 200915[42][43]
Lorna 2 February 1965 18 February 1998 18 [44]
Onibaba26 August 196515 June 196815[note 18][45]
Who Killed Teddy Bear 11 October 1965 9 July 2008 15 [46]
Trans-Europ-Express196617 January 197715[note 19]The distributor held a private screening for then-Secretary of the BBFC John Trevelyan, who stated that the film's depictions of sexual sadism would have to be cut, and that "This kind of sexual perversion is a dangerous one and I am sure we would not pass anything that might stimulate a pervert of that kind." The film was reportedly rejected upon its subsequent formal submission, though no record of this exists in the BBFC's database.[47][48]
The Wild Angels6 December 196628 September 197215[note 20][49]
Django23 May 196716 February 199315[note 21]Rejected due to excessive violence that could not be cut for an X rating.[50][51]
Common-Law Cabin[note 22] 1 August 1967 9 October 1987 18 [52]
The Trip5 September 196721 November 200218This film depicting a young man's first LSD trip was rejected four more times in 1971, 1980, 1983 and 1988 due to its perceived glamorisation of drug use.[53]
Mermaids of Tiburon[note 23] 12 September 1967 20 December 1968 15[note 24] Alternate version of a 1962 film, featuring newly-shot nude footage. [54][55]
Hells Angels on Wheels 28 September 1967 11 May 1977 15[note 25] [56]
The Incident19 January 196814 March 201412[57]
Gate of Flesh 29 January 1968 2 October 2000 18 [58]
Love Variations13 April 19704 November 197018[note 26][59]
Bloody Mama28 April 197019 February 197118[note 27][60]
Top Sensation13 April 197011 May 201618[61]
Quiet Days in Clichy15 October 197018 December 200218[62]
Language of Love26 October 197027 July 197318[note 28][63]
Daddy, Darling20 November 197010 July 1973X (obsolete)[note 10][64]
A Girl Called Jules10 March 197112 May 1975X (obsolete)[note 10][65][66]
Virgin Witch22 April 19717 January 197218[note 29][67]
Kiss Me Quick! 17 May 1971 2 March 2012 18 [68]
The Panic in Needle Park16 June 197121 November 197418[note 30][69]
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh14 July 19718 February 201118[70][71]
Trash4 August 19719 November 197218[note 31][72]
The Big Doll House1 September 197115 May 199718[note 32][73]
The Demons[note 33]23 March 197225 July 200818[74]
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire24 March 197225 January 201915[75]
A Bay of Blood6 April 197223 January 198018[note 34][76]
The Abductors16 May 19726 February 197418[note 35][77][78][79]
Sinderella9 June 197213 April 1973X (obsolete)[note 10][80]
The Lady Hermit [cy; fr] 22 June 1972 25 November 2024 15 [81]
Mera ur kärlekens språk[note 36] 27 October 1972 8 February 1983 18[note 37] [82][83]
Mantis in Lace 4 December 1972 14 March 2012 18 [84]
Requiem for a Vampire6 December 19729 June 199318[note 38][85]
What Have You Done to Solange?[note 39]23 March 197318 January 199618[note 40][86]
Sex Adventures of the Three Musketeers [de]30 August 197312 February 1975X (obsolete)[note 10][87]
The Bloody Fists[note 41]30 August 197331 August 197618[note 42][88]
Coffy5 October 19734 April 197418[note 43][89]
La Grande Bouffe11 November 197327 January 199418[90]
Four Riders2 January 197415 February 197415[note 44][91]
Ain't Misbehavin'19 June 197424 March 1976X (obsolete)[note 10][92][93]
The Last House on the Left4 July 197417 July 200218[note 45]Rejected two more times on 15 March 1999 and 1 February 2002.[94]
Gambling for Head 9 July 1974 10 October 2005 15 [95]
Little Miss Innocence[note 46] 24 July 1974 9 June 1986 18 [96]
Immoral Tales c. 1974 8 June 1995 18 While no record of the film being rejected could be found on the BBFC's website, their case study for the director's later film The Beast mentions Immoral Tales was "turned away by the BBFC." [97][98]
Les Valseuses 24 September 1974 14 January 1992 18 [99]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre12 March 197516 March 199918[100]
Story of O27 November 197511 February 200018[101]
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom13 January 197616 November 200018[102]
The Garden of Torment [fr][note 47]20 September 197624 March 197718[note 48][103][104]
The Opening of Misty Beethoven21 February 197725 July 1983R18[note 49][105]
The Big Racket21 March 19775 December 200218[note 50][106]
Jack 'n Jill 2[note 51]6 September 198526 September 1988R18[107][108]
Island of Death15 April 19871 July 200218[note 52]Prior to being rejected for home video release, the film was passed X with cuts for cinema release on 13 April 1976, under the titles Devils in Mykonos and A Craving for Lust.[109]
Late Night Trains[note 53] 26 July 1976 14 January 2008 18 [110]
Je t'aime moi non plus 13 September 1976 8 July 1993 18 [111]
Maîtresse14 October 19765 February 198118[note 54][112]
Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks 26 August 1977 14 August 2013 18 [113]
La Bête 25 February 1978 6 June 1988 18[note 55] The BBFC's issues with this film about the relationship between a human woman and a monster included the perceived theme of bestiality. [97]
Derek and Clive Get the Horn21 October 198013 August 199318[114]
Mother's Day10 December 198026 January 201518[115]
The House on the Edge of the Park16 March 19811 July 200218[note 56][116]
Maniac23 July 198129 May 200218[note 57]Rejected a second time on 8 January 1998.[117]
Savage Streets14 November 198426 June 198718[note 58]Rejected a second time on 20 May 1986.[118]
Tenement[note 59]16 April 198726 August 200518[119]
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker24 April 198726 March 202418Prior to being rejected under the title The Evil Protege, the film was passed 18 uncut on 19 April 1983.[120]
Class of 198422 September 198727 May 200518Prior to being rejected for home video release, the film was passed 18 with cuts for cinema release on 22 January 1983.[121]
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 222 December 198725 September 202018[122][123]
Slumber Party Massacre II8 December 19885 July 202415[124]
Curfew31 December 198813 September 200218[125]
Visions of Ecstasy18 September 198931 January 201218This 19-minute short film featuring sexualised scenes between Teresa of Ávila and the crucified body of Jesus was rejected on the grounds of blasphemy, as cuts would shorten the film by half. Its eventual classification came four years after blasphemy laws in the United Kingdom were repealed.[126][127]
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III22 May 19905 April 200418[128]
International Guerillas199029 August 199018This Pakistani action film was rejected as its antagonistic depiction of writer Salman Rushdie was deemed criminal libel. Rushdie himself opposed the ban, stating "As a writer, I am opposed in principle to the use of the archaic criminal laws of blasphemy, sedition and criminal libel against creative works, even in the case of a film which quite plainly vilifies me", and the film was unbanned following an appeal.[129][130]
Back in Action25 February 199414 June 199418[note 60][131]
Demoniac10 August 199417 December 200318[note 61][132]
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor15 August 199411 March 200418[133]
Boy Meets Girl13 September 199525 September 200118Passed 18 uncut for cinema release on 27 February 1995, five months before its rejection for home media.[134]
Mikey19 December 199620 March 202515The classification of this horror film about a nine-year-old serial killer was delayed in light of the 1993 murder of James Bulger by two ten-year-old boys, eventually resulting in its rejection. A trailer for the film was passed 18 prior to the murder.[135]
CarmageddonMay 1997c. 4 November 199718This racing video game in which the player can run over pedestrians was reportedly the first video game rejected by the BBFC. After releasing a censored version in which the human pedestrians are replaced with green-blooded zombies, the developer successfully appealed for the uncensored version to be unbanned.[136][137][138]
Deadbeat at Dawn23 December 199829 August 201818[139]
A Cat in the Brain9 February 199926 August 200318[140]
The Classic Films Of Irving Klaw Volume I 9 February 1999 22 January 2010 18 Also titled Betty Page: Bondage Queen.

Banned for depiction of bondage.

 [141][142]
Sex Frenzy3 March 199931 July 2000R18[143]
Boys Just Wanna Have Fun3 March 199931 July 2000R18[144]
Straw Dogs3 December 199727 September 200218The film had previously been passed uncut for cinema release twice; originally at X on 3 November 1971, which was updated to 18 on 20 April 1995. In 1997, the American cut of the film, which was edited to shorten a rape scene, was submitted to the BBFC for home video release; however, the cuts had the side effect of making the victim appear to enjoy being raped, resulting in the film's rejection. The uncut version was subsequently submitted by another distributor, but was also rejected on 1 January 1999 "on the basis that the BBFC could not very well pass a more complete version of the film so soon after rejecting an edited version." In 2002, the BBFC screened the film to leading clinical psychologists specialising in work with sex offenders and separately to a focus group of 26 members of the public; positive responses from both groups to the film's handling of rape helped it to be unbanned.[145]
Close

Works rejected, later classified with cuts

More information Work, Date rejected ...
WorkDate rejectedDate certificate grantedCurrent certificateCut lengthDetailsSources
The Battle of Life [cy; it] 12 March 1917 11 March 1932 U [146][147]
Irish Destiny[note 62] 21 April 1926 8 June 1926 U [148][149]
The Ace of Cads 21 March 1927 28 June 1927 A [150][151]
Cell 2455, Death Row 30 March 1955 5 August 1956 X [152][153]
Wicked Woman 11 November 1953 30 May 1960 X [154][155]
Mondo Cane30 August 196227 November 1963X[156][157]
Andrea [de][note 63]13 January 196916 September 1970X[160][161]
Without a Stitch [da]14 February 196910 February 1975X[162][163]
As the Naked Wind from the Sea[note 64]2 April 196929 June 197018[note 65]~2m 53s[164][165][166][167]
99 Women11 April 196922 May 2007181m 0sA scene of a snake being stabbed was required to be cut per the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937.[168]
The Born Losers4 July 196917 September 197518Prior to being passed 18 with cuts for home video on 30 July 1987, the film was passed X uncut for cinema.[169][170]
Labyrinth of Sex [it][note 66]19 September 196918 September 1970X[171][172]
Venus In Furs13 January 197010 December 197118[note 67]1m 0sIn 1993, a lengthy rape scene and a scene of a preteen boy watching a couple having sex through a keyhole were cut. Upon resubmission in 2007, the latter scene was restored due to the boy never appearing in the same frame as the sex, but the former scene, in which the victim eventually comes to enjoy being raped, was still required to be cut.[173][174]
Satan's Sadists18 May 197011 July 20031857sA scene in which a victim appears to enjoy being sexually assaulted was required to be cut.[175]
Ginger10 August 197122 March 198318[176][177]
Confessions of a Sixth Form Girl[note 68]15 December 197116 July 1976X[178][179]
Blindman14 February 197229 June 1972X[180]
Cry Uncle![note 69]16 February 197227 November 197218[note 70][181][182]
Massage Parlour [de]26 February 197327 July 1973X[183]
The Porn-brokers10 April 197329 December 1977X[184][185]
Line Up And Lay Down 7 December 1973 10 May 1974 18[note 71] 1m 2s [186]
Women in Cages15 December 19721986183m 19s[187][188]
Sex Farm5 July 19739 August 1976X[189][190]
Love in 3-D31 January 197423 March 1981X[191][192]
Girls are for Loving5 March 19742 January 197718[note 72][193][194]
Thriller – A Cruel Picture15 July 19741 November 197618[note 73]As of 2025, cuts were required to explicit shots of real sex edited into two rape scenes.[195]
The Case of the Smiling Stiffs21 August 197414 October 1974X[196]
Score20 September 19746 December 2012186m 53s [note 74]The distributor opted to cut images of unsimulated oral sex to achieve an 18 rating. An uncut R18 was available.[197]
Wet Dreams [it][note 75]17 December 197415 February 1977X[198][199]
The Dirty Mind of Young Sally3 January 197525 November 1986180m 19s[200]
Sex Orgy15 January 19752 June 1975X[201]
Sexually Yours12 February 197513 May 197518[note 76]As of 2024, images deemed to potentially violate the Protection of Children Act 1978 were required to be removed.[202]
Charlotte[note 77]25 March 197516 March 1976X (obsolete)[note 10][203][204]
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival7 April 197526 August 197518[note 78][205]
Innocent Girls Abroad11 June 197526 November 1976X (obsolete)[note 10][206][207]
Les Bijoux de famille [fr][note 79]2 September 19756 January 197618[note 80][208][209]
Deep River Savages[note 81]18 September 197522 August 2003183m 1sMultiple scenes of real animal cruelty were required to be cut per the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937. The same cuts were required when the film was resubmitted in 2016.[210]
Hot Sex in Bangkok27 October 19759 December 1975X (obsolete)[note 10][211]
Pussy Talk 6 January 1976 20 July 2000 18 The removal of an eroticised rape within the context of an in-universe pornographic film was required. [212][213]
Flossie [sv] 5 February 1976 17 March 1977 18[note 82] [214][215]
Stranger from Canton [it] 27 February 1976 28 October 1976 18[note 83] [216][217][218]
Depraved [fr] 31 March 1976 19 July 1976 X (obsolete)[note 10] [219]
Caged Women[note 84] 25 August 1976 14 February 1977 18[note 85] 0m 41s As of 2004, cuts to explicit images of digital penetration were required to achieve an 18 rating. As the film is not considered a sex work, an uncut R18 was not available. [220]
The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann[note 86]26 November 19765 October 2005R188m 59sEroticised scenes of explicit sexual assault were required to be removed.[221]
A Private Collection[note 87]22 February 197722 February 197718[note 88]Two pre-cut versions of this short film were included as bonus features on Arrow Academy's 2014 Blu-ray release of Immoral Tales, a feature by the same director that A Private Collection was originally conceived as a part of. The most explicit images are covered by fingers in the theatrical cut; while these images are uncensored in the "Oberhausen Cut", real footage of bestiality has been blacked out.[222][223][224]
Fantasm11 May 19773 April 197818[note 89]8m 0sAs of 2010, two scenes were required to be cut; one features a character reacting positively to being sexually assaulted, while the other includes dialogue deemed "likely to encourage an interest in" incest.[225]
Desperate Living17 August 19777 September 199018[226]
King Dick29 November 19778 March 1979X (obsolete)[note 10][227][228]
Close Encounters of a Handyman 31 May 1978 28 November 1978 X (obsolete)[note 10] [229][230]
Confessions of a Blue Movie Star[note 90] 11 July 1978 19 October 1978 18[note 91] [231][232][233]
Love Camp[note 92] 4 September 1978 11 March 2004 18 A graphic scene of sexual violence was required to be cut. [234][235]
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun 6 February 1979 20 May 2004 18 6m 15s The distributor was required to cut indecent images of a child per the Protection of Children Act 1978, as well as images of sexualised torture. Both the film itself and a trailer were required to be cut. [236]
The Red Nights of the Gestapo [it; ca; cy] 6 December 1979 12 March 1981 X (obsolete)[note 10] [237]
Secrets of a Nymphomaniac 4 January 1980 5 September 1980 X (obsolete)[note 10] [238][239]
Let Me Die a Woman 21 March 1980 5 May 1982 X (obsolete)[note 10] [240]
Escape from Hell[note 93]18 December 198011 June 198118[note 94][241][242][243]
Screwples22 December 19826 July 199018[244][245]
The New York Ripper15 February 198421 January 2002180m 29sRejected due to concerns the film would violate the Obscene Publications Act 1959. When it was eventually classified, cuts were required to close-up images of a nude, bound woman's breasts and stomach being mutilated with a razor blade. This scene and another in which a woman is stabbed in the groin with a broken bottle were also required to be cut from a trailer for the film.[246][247]
Bare Behind Bars20 September 19942 December 2010181m 35s[note 74]The distributor chose to cut explicit images of fellatio and vaginal penetration by both penis and dildo to achieve an 18 rating. An uncut R18 was available.[248]
Sadomania15 October 199416 June 20051817sPrior to its rejection for home video release, the film was passed X with cuts on 31 March 1982 under the title Prisoners of the Flesh. In 2005, a scene of a pin being inserted into a woman's nipple was required to be cut per guidelines relating to the depiction of sexualised violence.[249]
Arrowhead6 October 199516 February 1996R181m 20s[250]
Naked Killer 211 August 199726 November 1998184m 42sRejected a second time on 5 September 1997.[251]
Nympho Nurse Nancyc. July 199923 May 2000R18Prior to the film's rejection, a softcore version was passed 18 with cuts on 8 January 1999.[252]
T.V. Sexc. July 199923 May 2000R18A softcore version was passed 18 with cuts on 26 January 1999.[252][253]
Sex Beast - Idol Of Darkness [ja]Unknown15 July 200318An article published on the BBFC's website in 2006 about the classification of anime mentioned that this hentai film was rejected as "barely any salvageable material" remained after explicit sex and sexual violence were cut. However, the BBFC's database states that the film was passed 18 after mandatory cuts to "graphic pornographic detail" from four rape scenes, as well as two voluntary cuts by the distributor to explicit detail in a consensual sex scene to avoid an R18 rating.[254][255]
Manhunt 219 June 200714 March 200818The developer produced a censored version of this video game following its rejection. However, this version was also refused a certificate, until the developer successfully appealed for the modified version to be released at 18.[256]
Bare Scare25 October 201025 October 2010R186m 4sCuts were required to a rape fantasy in the context of a sex work.[257][258][failed verification]
The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)6 June 20116 October 2011182m 37sRejected due to the film's central focus on "the sexual arousal of the central character at both the idea and the spectacle of the total degradation, humiliation, mutilation, torture, and murder of his naked victims" and the resulting "graphic images of sexual violence, forced defecation, and mutilation" shown from the main character's perspective, all elements stated to be absent from the first film, which was passed 18 uncut. 32 individual cuts were required to graphic images of sexual and sexualised violence, sadistic violence and humiliation, and the killing of a newborn baby.[259][260][261]
Close

Works rejected, have never been granted a certificate

More information Work, Date rejected ...
WorkDate rejectedSources
The Great Physician [it] 21 January 1913 [262]
Interrupted 24 January 1913 [263]
Funnicus the Minister 27 January 1913 [264]
The Good Preceptress 28 January 1913 [265]
Mephisto 3 March 1913 [266]
Nobody Would Believe 11 March 1913 [267]
Spanish Bull Fight 14 March 1913 [268]
Story of Sister Ruth 11 April 1913 [269]
His Only Son 30 May 1913 [270]
Frou Frou 14 June 1913 [271]
A Salvage 11 July 1913 [272]
Why Men Leave Home 18 July 1913 [273]
Religion and Superstition in Balochistan 19 September 1913 [274]
The Crimson Cross [ca; it] 8 October 1913 [275]
A Shop Girl's Peril 15 October 1913 [276]
A Snake's Meal [277]
Love is Blind [fr; it] 28 October 1913 [278]
La Culotte de Rigadin [fr] 5 December 1913 [279]
Miraculous Waters 23 February 1914 [280]
The Diva in Straits 23 March 1914 [281]
My Wife and I 7 April 1914 [282]
The Blue Room [283]
Sins of Your Youth [da] 16 June 1914 [284]
Three Men and a Maid 22 June 1914 [285]
Little White Slaves 3 July 1914 [286]
Coralie & Co 30 July 1914 [287]
Dealers in Human Lives 18 September 1914 [288]
Pathé Daily Gazette 3 October 1914 [289]
French Fishing Smacks Mount Quick Fires Against the Pirates 12 March 1915 [290]
French Troops Leaving Marseilles for the East 19 March 1915 [291]
Innocent [it] 24 March 1915 [292]
Eclair Journal No.13 1st Edition Armoured Motor Cars 27 March 1915 [293]
Human Wrecks [pl] 8 April 1915 [294]
Air Raid on London 1 June 1915 [295]
Eclair Journal No.25 1st Edition - A City Of Fires - Anti German Scenes In Johannesburg 19 June 1915 [296]
Hearts in Exile 9 August 1915 [297]
French Howityers 13 August 1915 [298]
Submarine for England's Navy Launched at Quincy Mass 18 August 1915 [299]
Pathé Gazette - "Bombing School of the 10th Middlesex" 11 October 1915 [300]
Pathé Gazette - "After an Advance" 12 October 1915 [301]
Pathé Gazette - "Throwing a Grenade"
Cupid Arthur & Co 22 November 1915 [302]
A Mother's Confession 21 January 1916 [303]
As the Shadow Falls 11 February 1916 [304]
The Fire [305]
The Eel 26 February 1916 [306]
The Double Room Mystery 12 March 1916 [307]
Irish Rebels Arrive in London and are Incascerated in Gaol 9 May 1916 [308]
English Aviator in the Far East 12 May 1916 [309]
English Seaplane at Salonika [310]
Greed No.14 19 May 1916 [311]
Inspiration [312]
The Rack 24 May 1916 [313]
The Dragon [it] 31 May 1916 [314]
A Fool There Was 6 June 1916 [315]
A Parisian Romance [cy; it] 20 July 1916 [316]
A Man Without a Soul 21 July 1916 [317]
A Night Out [cy; it] 8 September 1916 [318]
The Kiss of Hate 22 September 1916 [319]
A Hero of Gallipoli 27 September 1916 [320]
Tanks 14 October 1916 [321]
Glittering Broadway 11 December 1916 [322]
Little Monte Carlo 15 December 1916 [323]
Fear 18 January 1917 [324]
Pimple Strafing the Kaiser 3 February 1917 [325]
It May Be Your Daughter 10 February 1917 [326]
Four Irish Girls 22 February 1917 [327]
The Girl from Chicago [328]
Skirts 26 February 1917 [329]
Sealed Lips 30 March 1917 [330]
Across No Man's Land with Tanks 23 April 1917 [331]
As Man Made Her 4 May 1917 [332]
Hypocrites 18 May 1917 [333]
The Black Terror 12 June 1917 [334]
The Fourth Estate [cy; it] 14 June 1917 [335]
German Kultuz 16 June 1917 [336]
Under the Bed [it] 18 June 1917 [337]
A Splendid Waster 12 July 1917 [338]
Arrival of Sinn Féin Prisoners of Dublin 14 July 1917 [339]
Arrival of the Guntess Markeiving on Her Release [340]
Four Feathers 3 October 1917 [341]
The Marionettes 29 October 1917 [342]
Conscience [cy] 9 November 1917 [343]
Just as He Thought 30 November 1917 [344]
His Model Wife 10 January 1918 [345]
The Zepplins Last Raid 20 February 1918 [346]
The Crimson Stain 8 March 1918 [347]
God's Law 24 April 1918 [348]
Honor's Cross 1 August 1918 [349]
Blindfolded 7 August 1918 [350]
The Eagle's Eye 29 October 1918 [351]
The Case of a Doped Actress 11 February 1919 [352]
Free and Equal 25 March 1919 [353]
All Man 30 April 1919 [354]
The Divided Law 13 May 1919 [355]
Her White God 20 May 1919 [356]
The Crimson Stain Mystery 3 July 1919 [357]
Riders of the Night 9 September 1919 [358]
At the Mercy of Men 18 September 1919 [359]
The Spreading Evil 16 October 1919 [360]
Mother, I Need You 23 October 1919 [361]
Damaged Goods 21 November 1919 [362]
The Great Shadow 27 May 1920 [363]
Capturing Wild Animals In The Rockies - Nos 1,2,3,4, 22 July 1920 [364]
Capturing Wild Animals In The Wilderness - Nos 1,2,3,4 [365]
Beyond the Barricade [da] 15 December 1921 [366]
Greater Than Love [367]
Leaves from the Book of Satan [368]
Love [369]
The New Moon 16 February 1922 [370]
Handcuffs or Kisses 22 February 1922 [371]
Bolshevism on Trial 21 March 1922 [372]
A Bachelor Apartment 24 March 1922 [373]
Cocaine 12 May 1922 [374]
A Daughter of the Don 25 September 1922 [375]
A Scream in the Night 5 January 1923 [376]
Children of Destiny [377]
Fit to Marry 22 March 1923 [378]
A Royal Bull Fight 24 April 1923 [379]
I Also Accuse [380]
Nobody 30 April 1923 [381]
Boston Blackie 27 June 1923 [382]
Animals Like Humans 31 August 1923 [383]
The Bachelor Girl [fr] 3 October 1923 [384]
Shootin' for Love 7 December 1923 [385]
A Woman's Fate 14 January 1924 [386]
Human Wreckage 16 January 1924 [387]
Her Dangerous Path Episode 9 21 January 1924 [388]
Getting Strong 25 February 1924 [389]
The Downfall 18 June 1924 [390]
Love and Sacrifice 21 July 1924 [391]
A Truthful Liar 22 October 1924 [392]
Open All Night 27 November 1924 [393]
Grit 11 February 1925 [394]
Battling Bunyan 30 April 1925 [395]
Don't Flirt 14 May 1925 [396]
North of 50-50 [397]
Our Little Nell [398]
The End of the Road 1 October 1925 [399]
The Lawful Cheater 30 November 1925 [400]
Flying Wheels 8 June 1926 [401]
Rose of the Tenements 10 June 1926 [402]
The Adventures of Mazie: Little Andy Looney 16 July 1926 [403]
The City of Sin 20 September 1926 [404]
Life's Shadows 3 May 1927 [405]
Birds of Prey 7 June 1927 [406]
Saltwater Jane 10 June 1927 [407]
The White Slave Traffic 25 July 1927 [408]
Plüsch and Plumowski 18 November 1927 [409]
Night Life 16 February 1928 [410]
Cabaret Nights 10 September 1928 [411]
The Companionate Marriage 29 October 1928 [412]
The Girl from Everywhere 11 December 1928 [413]
Casanova's Son 11 February 1929 [414]
Love at First Flight 20 February 1929 [415]
Below the Deadline 15 September 1929 [416]
The Seashell and the Clergyman 13 November 1929 [417]
Marriage 19 December 1929 [418]
The Stronger Sex 29 April 1930 [419]
Possession [420]
Ingagi 9 July 1930 [421]
The Doorway to Hell 9 February 1931 [422]
The Victim 2 July 1931 [423]
Just a Gigolo 10 September 1931 [424]
Golf Nuts 31 December 1931 [425]
Minnie the Moocher 22 February 1932 [426]
Night Life in Reno 8 April 1932 [427]
The Last Mile 18 November 1932 [428]
Caliente Love 26 April 1933 [429]
Bondage 11 May 1933 [430]
Kiss of Araby 8 June 1933 [431]
Detective Tom Howard of the Suicide Squad28 July 1933[432]
Betty Boop's Big Boss 3 August 1933 [433]
What Price Innocence 16 October 1933 [434]
Found Alive 22 March 1934 [435]
Red Hot Mamma 26 March 1934 [436]
Hell's Fire [437]
Road to Ruin 21 June 1934 [438]
A Penny a Peep 9 July 1934 [439]
Hitler's Reign of Terror11 September 1934[440]
Old Kentucky Hounds 13 November 1934 [441]
Good Morning Eve 12 February 1935 [442]
Show Them No Mercy 6 December 1935 [443]
The Leavenworth Case 26 February 1936 [444]
Sunday Go to Meetin’ Time 14 July 1937 [445]
Chained for Life 23 July 1952 [446]
Problem Girls 3 March 1953 [447]
I Vinti12 May 1954[448]
Operation Manhunt 29 October 1954 [449]
Three Bad Sisters 28 November 1955 [450]
One Way Ticket to Hell 8 March 1957 [451]
A Strange Marriage 3 October 1957 [452]
The Third Sex 9 December 1957 [453]
The Mugger 27 March 1958 [454]
Joy Ride 4 May 1959 [455]
A Diary for Anne Frank21 August 1959[456]
I Spit on Your Grave 9 December 1959 [457]
Private Property30 March 1960[458]
The Warsaw Ghetto8 November 1960[459]
Ma Barker's Killer Brood9 May 1961[460]
Action J7 July 1961[461]
Anatomy of a Psycho3 August 1961[462]
A Matter of Morals18 August 1961[463]
The Couch 10 October 1961 [464]
The New Angels1 January 1962[465]
Nuremberg24 January 1962[466]
Professional Secret14 June 1962[467]
Blood Lust25 June 1962[468]
Bloody Brood 3 August 1962 [469]
Pagan Island5 November 1962[470]
The Sinister Urge 29 November 1962 [471]
Berlin Today9 May 1963[472]
Swinging U.K.3 September 1963[473]
Super Spectacles in the World1 October 1963[474]
Hot Head6 November 1963[475]
Neon Night Life5 December 1963[476]
Street Without End27 April 1964[477]
Hollywood Nude Report5 May 1964[478]
Sexy!2 June 1964[479]
Shock Treatment[480][481]
Kitten with a Whip8 July 1964[482]
Mental Cruelty10 July 1964[483]
I Malamondo2 September 1964[484]
Fanny Hill20 January 1965[485]
Under Age25 February 1965[486]
Festival Girls1 November 1965[487]
The Fat Black Pussycat20 April 1966[488]
The Fear15 July 1966[489]
The Pornographer20 October 1966[490]
Strip1 December 1966[491]
I, a Woman25 January 1967[492]
Number Four7 March 1967[493]
Black Market of Love10 April 1967[494]
Bloody Pit of Horror4 August 1967[495]
The Love-Ins18 August 1967[496]
Chelsea Girls17 November 1967[497]
Bedtime22 November 1967[498]
49123 January 1968[499]
Miracle of Love [de]19 August 1968[500]
Pamela2 December 1968[501]
Birds Mean Business10 December 1968[502]
Damned by Desire16 April 1969[503]
The Set9 May 1969[504]
The Love Clinic11 July 1969[505]
Woman's Experience of the Male4 December 1969[506]
All Together Now11 February 1970[507]
Succubus 11 March 1970 [508]
Appointment with Lust14 April 1970[509]
Tropic of Cancer29 May 1970[510]
Hot Spur25 June 1970[511]
The Marriage Manual1 October 1970[512]
Wonderland of Love6 January 1971[513]
Technique of Physical Love18 February 1971[514]
Ripening Love28 June 1971[515]
Psycho Lover13 August 1971[516]
Brute Corps30 December 1971[517]
The Telephone Book[518]
Wild Riders[note 95]31 December 1971[519]
Psychology of Love11 January 1972[520]
Sexual Freedom in Denmark26 January 1972[521]
Homoeroticus28 July 1972[522]
Easy Virtue 14 September 1972 [523]
The Apprentice 19 February 1973 [524]
Bloody Friday13 March 1973[525]
Love School19 March 1973[526]
Secrets of Death Room5 July 1973[527]
Snow White and the Seven Perverts[528]
Prison Girls [cy]14 September 1973[529]
The Candy Snatchers21 November 1973[530]
Dancing Girl [fr]2 January 1974[531]
Techniques of Love [cy][532]
Teenage Love7 January 1974[533]
Hamburg: City of Sin6 March 1974[534]
Apprentice Girl's Report23 April 1974[535]
How to Seduce a Virgin [fr]8 May 1974[536]
The Growling Tiger 27 June 1974 [537]
The Million Dollar Kiss 28 June 1974 [538]
Les Angers Pervers8 January 1975[539]
The Punishment [fr]10 March 1975[540]
Sweet Movie1 April 1975[541]
Woman's Best Friend28 April 1975[542]
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS9 June 1975[543]
Fiebre4 September 1975[544]
Mates for Pleasure11 November 1975[545]
Bamboo House Dolls8 December 1975[546]
Justine and Juliette [sv]29 December 1975[547]
My X Wife28 January 1976[548]
Violated Angels16 March 1976[549]
Exhibition [fr]23 March 1976[550]
She Tries Every Man [fr]28 June 1976[551]
Blew!20 July 1976[552]
Schoolgirls for Sale30 July 1976[553]
The Coming of Seymour1 September 1976[554]
Made in Sexe16 September 1976[555]
Four Days of Love1 February 1977[556]
Nazi Love Camp 275 April 1977[557]
Deported Women3 November 1977[558]
Teenage Playmates [de]16 November 1977[559]
J'ai très envie6 December 1977[560]
Midnight Desires2 June 1981[561]
Fight for Your Life9 October 1981[562]
Forced Entry16 June 1982[563]
How Sweet it is1 December 1982[564]
The Awakening of Emily5 April 1983[565]
Boardinghouse21 July 1983[566]
The Other Side of Madness2 August 1983[567]
Black Alley Cats4 January 1984[568]
Caligula... The Untold Story[note 96]8 February 1984[569]
Story of O: Chapter 213 November 1984[570]
Precious Jewels19 February 1985[571]
Sid and Nancy trailer28 May 1986[572]
Chained26 September 1986[573]
War Victims3 December 1986[574]
Target Massacre9 January 1987[575]
Warden’s End 1 July 1987 [576]
Possession: Until Death do You Part 2 September 1987 [577]
Violators31 December 1987[578][579]
Sixth Form at St Winifred's[580][579]
Head Girl at St Winifred's[581][579]
Rambo III trailer19 May 1988[582]
A Coming of Angels19 June 1988[583]
The Dead Pool trailer27 June 1988[584]
Cohen and Tate trailer27 November 1988[585]
Hidden Rage15 December 1988[586][587]
Sixteen Special9 November 1990[588][589]
Tied & Tickled 4 20 August 1992 [590][591]
Tied & Tickled 18
A Brief Encounter5 February 1993[592][593]
Martini Advert – Ferrari17 July 1995[594]
Martini Advert – Mogul[595]
Martini Advert – Yacht[596]
Martini Advert – Nightclub[597]
MEDACT Advert – Day of the Jacques25 August 1995[598]
Schoolgirl Fantasy5 October 1995[599][600]
Diesel Jeans Advert – Jesus Lives19 August 1996[601][602]
S&M – Why?20 December 1996[603][604][605]
Bare Fist: The Sport That Wouldn't Die[note 95]23 December 1996[606][607][605][252]
Urotsukidoji IV Part One: The Secret Garden[note 95]30 December 1996[608][605]
La Blue Girl[609][610][605]
Ultimate Pursuits[611][612][605]
Brave, Bashed, Battered and Bruised23 December 1997[613][614][615]
Date With a Mistress[616][615]
S.A.S. Weapons & Training[617][615]
Changing Room Exposed27 June 1998[618]
Frisk[619][620]
Elida Fabergé Fusion Advert – Bouncer1 September 1998[621]
Banned from Television9 February 1999[622][623]
Lolita DVD Extra (The Lake Point Cottages)27 March 2000[624]
Lolita DVD Extra (The Comic Book)[625]
A Caning for Miss Granger24 November 2000[626]
Victoria's Secret World – Episode One11 February 2002[627]
Hooligans20 March 2002[628]
PETA Europe Advert – Fur Is Dead17 June 2002[629][630]
Love Camp 7[note 95]23 September 2002[631]
Spy of Darkness9 April 2003[632]
Bumfights14 July 2003[633]
Women in Cellblock 924 February 2004[634]
The Howling DVD Extra (Fake Porn Movie)19 March 2004[635]
Terrorists, Killers & Other Wackos19 January 2005[636]
The Hash Man14 February 2005[637]
High – Yield Hydroponic Systems[638]
Introduction to Indoor Growing[639]
Mushroom Growing Made Easy[640]
Severe Punishment18 March 2005[641]
Traces of Death22 June 2005[642]
Struggle in Bondage22 December 2006[643]
Weeds: Season 2 DVD Extra (Cream of the Crop)22 June 2007[644]
Murder-Set-Pieces27 February 2008[645]
The Texas Vibrator Massacre18 August 2008[646]
NF7133 April 2009[647]
Grotesque18 August 2009[648]
My Daughter's a Cocksucker29 September 2009[649]
Lost in the Hood7 May 2010[650]
The Bunny Game12 October 2011[651]
Hate Crime2 March 2015[652]
The Gestapo's Last Orgy26 January 2021[653]
Reality Killers1 July 2024[654]
To Kill a War Machine[note 97]5 July 2025[655]
Close

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Originally passed under the title Charlie, the Perfect Lady.
  2. [2]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 12 May 1994.
  3. [3]
    Rejected under the title Dracula.
  4. [4]
    First passed A; passed PG on 9 November 1992.
  5. [5]
    Also submitted under the titles Potemkin, under which it was rejected, and The Battleship Potemkin.
  6. [6]
    First passed X; updated to PG on 16 November 1987. On 8 July 2025, the cinema rating was raised to 12A, with the home media rating subsequently being updated to 12 on 17 July.
  7. [7]
    First passed A; passed 12 on 13 June 2022.
  8. [8]
    First passed X; updated to 15 for home media on 11 January 1995. On 13 August 2001, the film was passed 12 for cinema release, but remained 15 on home media until 16 August 2023.
  9. [9]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 12 uncut on 10 May 1996, which was lowered to PG on 1 August 2011.
  10. [10]
    The A and X ratings were both retired in 1982, and this film has not been resubmitted since then. The BBFC have stated that films last classified under the pre-1982 system must be resubmitted before being reissued, unless permission to screen the film from the local council is granted,[19][20] effectively rendering this film unrated.
  11. [11]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 12 uncut on 4 February 2005.
  12. [12]
    First passed X; passed PG on 25 July 1988.
  13. [13]
    Also passed under the titles Revenge of the Vampire and The Mask of Satan.
  14. [14]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 15 on 17 April 1986.
  15. [15]
    First passed X; passed 12 on 25 October 1996.
  16. [16]
    First passed 18; lowered to 15 on 24 May 2005.
  17. [17]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 12 uncut on 3 December 2004.
  18. [18]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 15 uncut on 10 March 1994.
  19. [19]
    First passed X; passed 15 on 15 October 2013.
  20. [20]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 uncut on 21 July 1993, which was lowered to 15 on 13 August 2008.
  21. [21]
    First passed 18; rating lowered to 15 on 23 March 2004.
  22. [22]
    Rejected under the title How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need?; all subsequent submissions use the title Common-Law Cabin.
  23. [23]
    Also submitted under the title Aquasex.
  24. [24]
    First passed A with cuts; passed 15 uncut on 15 November 2011.
  25. [25]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 with cuts on 14 November 1988, before being passed 15 uncut on 31 January 2006.
  26. [26]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 14 September 1995.
  27. [27]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 with cuts on 1 October 1986; passed 18 uncut on 1 April 2009.
  28. [28]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 26 February 1988.
  29. [29]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 uncut on 26 October 1983.
  30. [30]
    First passed X; passed 18 with cuts on 31 December 1987; passed 18 uncut on 4 April 2002.
  31. [31]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 with cuts on 19 June 1991; passed 18 uncut on 6 June 2005.
  32. [32]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 18 August 2003.
  33. [33]
    Also passed under the Spanish title Las Poseidas del Demonio.
  34. [34]
    First passed X under the title Bloodbath; passed 18 with cuts on 18 March 1994; cuts waived on 31 August 2010.
  35. [35]
    First passed X with cuts; uncut and cut versions were respectively passed 18 on 11 and 23 March 1983.
  36. [36]
    Submitted under the English titles More About Language of Love and Language of Love 2.
  37. [37]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 27 July 1987.
  38. [38]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 2 December 2024.
  39. [39]
    Rejected under the shorter title Solange.
  40. [40]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 16 October 2015.
  41. [41]
    Also passed under the title Dragon Showdown.
  42. [42]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 uncut on 10 August 2004.
  43. [43]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 uncut on 19 November 1998.
  44. [44]
    First passed X with cuts under the title Hell Fighters of the East; passed 15 uncut on 9 December 2024.
  45. [45]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 17 March 2008.
  46. [46]
    Passed under the title Teenage Innocence.
  47. [47]
    Rejected under the title Garden of Torture.
  48. [48]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 uncut c. 2021.
  49. [49]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 5 October 2005.
  50. [50]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 18 April 2022.
  51. [51]
    Rejected under the title Desires of a Naughty Nympho.
  52. [52]
    First passed 18 with cuts, which were waived on 23 September 2010.
  53. [53]
    Passed under the title Night Train Murders.
  54. [54]
    First passed X with cuts; passed 18 uncut on 28 May 2003.
  55. [55]
    First passed in the form of a heavily precut version under the title Death's Ecstacy; the uncut version was classified on 1 February 2001.
  56. [56]
    First passed with cuts; passed uncut on 29 April 2022.
  57. [57]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 30 December 2022.
  58. [58]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 4 December 1991.
  59. [59]
    Rejected under the title Game of Survival.
  60. [60]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 5 May 2004.
  61. [61]
    First passed with cuts, which were waived on 11 September 2017.
  62. [62]
    Passed under the title An Irish Mother.
  63. [63]
    Also passed under the title The Nympho.[158][159]
  64. [64]
    Also passed under the title Sex on the Beach.
  65. [65]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 27 July 1987.
  66. [66]
    Rejected under the title Labyrinth of Love.
  67. [67]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 15 April 1993.
  68. [68]
    Rejected under the title Schoolgirl Report.
  69. [69]
    Also passed under the titles Super Dick and American Oddballs.
  70. [70]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 19 August 1987.
  71. [71]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 29 December 1987.
  72. [72]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 29 March 1983.
  73. [73]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 28 July 2025.
  74. [74]
    This work was voluntarily cut by the distributor; a higher certificate was available for the uncut version.
  75. [75]
    Passed under the title Dreams of Thirteen.
  76. [76]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 23 December 2024.
  77. [77]
    Also submitted under the original French title La jeune fille assassinée.
  78. [78]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 31 December 1987.
  79. [79]
    Passed under the titles Family Jewels, French Blue, Room Service and Games Maids Play.
  80. [80]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 6 February 1985.
  81. [81]
    Rejected under the title The Man From The Deep River, later passed under the original Italian title Il Paese Del Sesso Selvaggio.
  82. [82]
    First passed X; passed 18 under the title Swedish Sex Kitten on 13 August 1987.
  83. [83]
    First passed X; passed 18 in 1987.
  84. [84]
    Also passed under the title Barbed Wire Dolls.
  85. [85]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 5 March 2004.
  86. [86]
    Rejected under the shorter title Pamela.
  87. [87]
    Rejected under the original French title Une collection particulière.
  88. [88]
    First passed X; passed 18 c. 2014.
  89. [89]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 12 November 2010.
  90. [90]
    Passed under the shorter title Blue Movie Star.
  91. [91]
    First passed X; passed 18 c. 1986.
  92. [92]
    Rejected under the title Sex in a Woman's Love Camp.
  93. [93]
    Passed under the titles I'm Coming Your Way, Hell Prison and Sex Slave.
  94. [94]
    First passed X; passed 18 on 18 July 1986.
  95. [95]
    This work has been rejected more than once after a resubmission by the distributor.
  96. [96]
    Prior to being rejected for home video release, this film was passed 18 with cuts for cinema release on 25 January 1984.
  97. [97]
    This work was originally classified 15 uncut, before having its classification revoked after its subject, Palestine Action, were proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Sources

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI