Sentence examples for rating films from inspiring English sources

The Motion Picture Association of America started rating films in 1968 to indicate suitability for children.

Films from the 1920s average a 92 fresh rating; films from the 1990s average a 55 rating.

In the future, Alice may also change the ratings for any of her previously rated films.

Mintz made the correlation that highly rated films tend to be successful at the box office.

Critics systematically rate films in these genres more highly than do Rotten Tomatoes users.

The pictures are old, from cancelled soaps and second-rate films; Nick's career has never quite taken off.

(On the Web site rottentomatoes.com, which rates films according to their reviews, "Staying Alive" is one the few movies that actually gets a zero rating).

A year ago -- before Sept. 11, before the Florida recounts -- Hollywood was being scolded by Senate committees for transgressions in marketing R-rated films to underage audiences.

"With one, two, three first-rate films, maybe we can get up to the lower rung of the Hong Kong level," said Don-Pedro Abasiki, a director.

One of the currently highest rated films is embedded below.

The BBFC, for example, will not rate films that contain anything from female ejaculation to spanking.