age rating
Maturity level indicator
An age rating is a classification indicating the minimum age for which content is considered appropriate.
Movies, video games, television shows, and apps receive age ratings based on violence, language, sexual content, or mature themes: The game received an M rating for mature audiences.
Parents use age ratings to screen media for children.
Appropriate for children
- PGFilm rating, some caution
- PG-13Film rating for adolescents
- R-ratedFilm classification limiting viewership
- NC-17Strictest film rating
MPAA · ESRB · certification · parental advisory · viewer discretion · content warning · unrated · TV-MA
Those below legal age
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- 18+Age-restricted designation
- restrictedLimited in scope
Clearly and directly expressed
- violenceHarmful physical force
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- nudityAbsence of clothing
- drug useConsuming intoxicating substances
gore · profanity · tobacco use · blood
Of mothers and fathers
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- suitabilityState of being apt
- family-friendlySuitable for all ages
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
G-rated
Appropriate for children
- PGFilm rating, some caution
- PG-13Film rating for adolescents
- R-ratedFilm classification limiting viewership
NC-17 · MPAA · ESRB · certification · parental advisory · viewer discretion · content warning · unrated · TV-MA · TV-14
minors
Those below legal age
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- 18+Age-restricted designation
restricted · banned · ID required · admission policy · filtered
explicit
Clearly and directly expressed
drug use · gore · profanity · tobacco use · blood
parental
Of mothers and fathers
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- suitabilityState of being apt
- family-friendlySuitable for all ages
supervision · guardian · child-safe · kid-friendly · all ages
- constraintsconstraint, limits, restrictions, deadline, restraints
- product infoname, brand, price, description, features
- ratingsone star, five stars, two stars, three stars, four stars
- insuranceinsurance, coverage, auto insurance, life insurance, home insurance
- age limitslearner permit, legal capacity, eighteen, sixteen, twenty-one
- Film RatingsU, PG, 12, 15, 18
age ratingreview score
Evaluative numerical grade
star rating · audience score · artistic merit · critical acclaim
age ratingall ages
No minimum or maximum
unrated · uncensored · general admission · general audience · universal access
age, rate, aged, teenager, ratio, rating, aging, ageless, ageism