AFRB Rating System

In leu of the MPAA's rating system, the American Film Ratings Board presents a new standard film ratings that give viewers an idea of a film's content as well as context.

Here is the AFRB's two part rating system:

Part 1: Content as it is appropriate to age. By the age listed, the viewer should be mature enough to watch a film and understand it's basic content. This number is based upon the ingredients that make up a film, including visual imagery, audio, character, story and dialouge.

Part 2: Maturity of Context. Context is based on an A - E scale, A being the most basic and E requiring the most comprehension and life experience. Context is defined as the way in which a film is constructed and framed. This includes external life experiences and understanding the viewer may need to bring to the film.

A - Context is something you will easiy understand
B - Context is something you will learn with minimal effort
C - Understanding of context requires research
D - Understanding of context requires previous knowledge of other subjects
E - Context will not be fully understood without extensive knowledge of other subjects, research and the ability to synthesize information

Example: If a film is rated 13B the averege American will not understand the film's content fully until they are 13. The film will have a somewhat complex context that the averege American will understand after minimal life experience and thought.

*This film rating's system is flexible. It is possible to have a 30A film and a 5E film.

Parental Notification

The AFRB feels, personally, that all children 14 years old and under shold have adult supervision when viewing any film, regardless of raiting. Creating a dialouge between adults and children about a film's context is the proper way to enjoy and expand the art form. As parents, it's good to ask your children periodic questions about a film's content, story and plot, as film ads to social context and realative information for growth.

Rated Film List in Progress

The following is a list of AFRB films and ratings thus far.

Air Force One 12C

Alien 16D

Aliens 16D

Alien VS Predator 15D

Aliens 3 18D

Alien Resurrection 14C

Almost Famous 13D

Amedeus 10E

Amalie 12B

American Beauty 14E

American Pie 16B

American Pie 2 16B

American Psycho 18D

Animatrix 13C

Apocalypse Now 17B

Apollo 13 9B

The Aristocrats 16E

As Good as it Gets 10B

Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me 10B

The Aviator 14B

Bachelor Party 16B

Back to the Future 10A

Bambi 8B

Being John Malkovich 14B

The Big Lebowski 15B

Black Hawk Down 16C

Blade 1 14C

Blade 2 14B

Blade Runner 13D

Blazing Saddles 14B

Braveheart 16C

Brazil 13C

Bringing out the Dead 17D

Cabin Boy 8B

Cannibal the Musical 8D

Cast Away 8D

The Caveman's Valentine 14C

The Chronicles of Riddick 16B

Clash of the Titans 9A

Clerks 16D

Clerks II 16E

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 12B

Closer 16B

Con Air 13B

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 12B

The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys 16C

Dark City 8D

Dawn of the Dead 16B

The Day the Earth Stood Still 12B

Days of Thunder 12A

Death to Smoochy 13D

Desperado 13D

The Devil Wears Prada 12C

Die Hard With a Vengeance 16C

Die Hard 16C

Doom 17B

Dr. Strangelove 14C

Dumb and Dumber 12A

Edward Scissorhands 10B

Enemy at the Gates 14C

The Exorcist 14B

Fahrenheit 911 14B

The Fast and the Furious Tokyo drift 13C

The Fast and the Furious 14B

The Fast and the Furious II 15B

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 16D

Fifth Element 10D

Fight Club 16D

Final Fantasy 10B

Forest Gump 13B

The French Connection 15C

Fritz the Cat 20B

Full Metal Jacket 16D

Galaxy Quest 10B

Gattica 9D

Ghost World 13C

Gladiator 15C

Godzilla 13B

Gone in 60 Seconds 14C

Gone with the Wind 9A

Georgous 10B

Grave of the Fireflies 14D

Green Legend Ran 14D

The Green Mile 16C

Grizzly Man 9E

Grosse Point Blank 16C

Groundhog Day 8C