---
id: "us_mpa_rating"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["media"]
country: ["US"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 90
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/us_mpa_rating"
---

# MPA film rating (United States) (`us_mpa_rating`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Rating of a film by the Motion Picture Association of the United States (MPAA until 2019): G (general audiences), PG (parental guidance suggested), PG-13 (parents strongly cautioned), R (restricted: under 17 only with a parent or guardian) and NC-17 (no one 17 and under admitted). The system is voluntary and has been in use since 1968. Films without a rating are often marked NR (not rated) or UR (unrated); these labels are not MPA ratings.

- Parent datatype: `content_rating`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Media and entertainment (media)
- Countries: United States (US)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:G|PG|PG-13|R|NC-17)$
```

## Examples

- `G`
- `PG-13`
- `R`
- `NC-17`
- `TV-MA` (invalid example) — TV Parental Guidelines rating (us_tv_parental_guidelines)
- `NR` (invalid example) — Not rated, not an MPA rating

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P1657`

## Translations

- ru: Рейтинг фильма MPA (США)

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_film_rating_system>
- doc: <https://www.motionpictures.org/film-ratings/>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1657>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/us_mpa_rating.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/US/media/us_mpa_rating.yaml>