A G rated film, in the United States, means it is for all ages. It is a rating of the Motion Picture Association in which the organization believes is suitable for everyone, and all ages are admitted. Most G-rated films are children's movies. No content advisory is published for G-rated films. It means: General Audiences - All Ages Admitted. Since 2023, there weren't any G-rated feature films.
Equivalent to: TV Parental Guidelines' TV-Y, TV-G and TV-Y7, ESRB's E rating and the obsolete EC rating.
Unique cases[]
The Straight Story was rated G. The lack of any content likely to offend or harm children gave the film its G rating. Despite its G rating, the themes of the film would bore children, and in addition, there is use of very mild profanity ("damn" and "hell").
2001: A Space Odyssey was controversially rated G despite containing a prolonged death scene (with the victim visibly suffering as he tries to breathe), a scene with multiple deaths and intense themes; however, due to the lack of action, the fact that the deaths are not violent and the idea that children may not understand or recognize the deaths, it was rated accordingly.
Pixar's Cars 2 controversially received a G rating despite it containing many explosions and other scenes that may frighten young children. The film was criticized by many people due to that.
Toy Story 3 was given a G rating like the previous two movies but the MPA received calls from parents who thought was too intense for their children due to the infamous incinerator scene.
Factors[]
Violence[]
Violence must be minimal and not offend parents whose younger children view the motion picture.
Language[]
No profanity only language that can go against a polite conversation but not bad language (e.g.: darn, heck, scrap, screw up, jerk etc...).
Sexual content[]
There can be no suggestive/sexual references or material. Very mild behavior/references (e.g. kissing, dating) is acceptable.
Substance use[]
Alcohol and tobacco use can be present in G rated movies as long as it is not glorified or encouraged and is infrequent
Themes[]
Themes can have a low sense of threat and menace, no crude or mature thematic elements.
Generally, material must not offend parents whose young children view the motion picture.
List[]
- List of films
- 5,400+ titles as of September 1, 2022
Gallery[]
| Motion Picture Association film rating system |
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     Formerly used ratings: M | GP | X |