WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Motion Picture Association film rating system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association...

    The Motion Picture Association film rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a motion picture 's suitability for certain audiences based on its content. The system and the ratings applied to individual motion pictures are the responsibility of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), previously known as the Motion ...

  3. Motion Picture Association - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association

    Motion Picture Association of America (1945-2019) The Motion Picture Association ( MPA) [1] [2] is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. Founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ( MPPDA) and known as the ...

  4. Motion picture content rating system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_picture_content...

    D Restrictive rating: Adult movies (legally prohibited to those under 18 years of age). Netherlands. In the Netherlands, the Kijkwijzer system is used, which is executed by the Netherlands Institute for the Classification of Audiovisual Media (NICAM). Kijkwijzer is an advisory system for parents, but Dutch law also has a legal provision for ...

  5. Academy Awards - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards

    This made him the first Academy Award winner in history. At that time, winners were recognized for the entirety of their work done in a certain category during the qualifying period. For example, Jannings received the award for two movies in which he starred during that period, and Janet Gaynor later won a single Oscar for performances in three ...

  6. List of Academy Award–winning films - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Academy_Award...

    Films with the most awards: Ben-Hur ( 1959 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003) each earned 11 Academy Awards. Films with the most nominations: All About Eve ( 1950 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and La La Land ( 2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations. Film with the highest clean sweep: The Lord of the ...

  7. TV Parental Guidelines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Parental_Guidelines

    The TV Parental Guidelines are a television content rating system in the United States that was first proposed on December 19, 1996, by the United States Congress, the American television industry, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The guidelines went into effect by January 1, 1997, on most major broadcast and cable networks in ...

  8. List of NC-17 rated films - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NC-17_rated_films

    The MPA's "NC-17" rating symbol. NC-17 (No One 17 and Under Admitted) is the highest rating in the Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system used for films distributed in the United States. It is assigned to films the MPA believes most parents would consider "patently adult" and not suitable for their children under 18.

  9. Whiplash (2014 film) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiplash_(2014_film)

    Whiplash is a 2014 American psychological drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, and Melissa Benoist.It focuses on an ambitious music student and aspiring jazz drummer (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor (Simmons) at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory in New York City.