AUSTRALIAN FILM CENSORSHIP TIMELINE 1917-2025 MOVIE FILMS – In Australia, the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board was established in 1917, with the remit – TO CUT or COMPLETELY BAN – to register, to view, and then to censor all movie films imported from overseas, plus all Australian movie films. PARTIAL LIST OF MOVIE FILMS, BANNED AND CENSORED IN AUSTRALIA.
FILM CENSORSHIP IN AUSTRALIA. Our “Australian Film Censorship Board” typically issues just one censorship certificate for each movie film cinema release, and that one censorship certificate includes Australian home video releases on VHS BETA LASERDISC DVD BLU-RAY 4K-UHD. However, the “Australian Film Censorship Board” does NOT issue censorship certificates for Australian free-to-air television, Australian Foxtel cable television, Australian internet video streaming services such as VIMEO, YouTube, YouTube Premium, Foxtel GO, Foxtel Binge, Foxtel Kayo, Foxtel Hayu, Foxtel Max, HBOmax, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Paramount+ . . . et cetera. Now you know why an uncut show is rated MA15+ when on Foxtel, and the exact same show containing the exact same content (i.e. uncut) is rated R18+ when issued on Australian DVD BLU-RAY 4K-UHD.
“Disney VOD Disney+ Version Cuts” are usually equivalent to “Airline Version Cuts” where sound and image are permanently altered to reduce the existing MPA classification rating down to MPA rated G rather than MPA rated PG.
“Censor Cuts” made by the “Australian Film Censorship Board” located in Sydney Australia, deliberately prevented Australians from watching movie film, exactly as intended by the director of each movie.
Film Censorship In Australia, since the 1950s “Distributor Cuts” made by each “Australian Cinema Distributor” to obtain a reduction in the Censorship Classification”. In all Australian states and territories ((excepting for QUEENSLAND in all years from 1971 until 1983)) since the introduction on Monday 15th November 1971 of the R censorship certificate, typically changing the Australian classification from R to M. However in Australia since the introduction from Saturday 1st May 1993, of the MA censorship certificate – typically from R to MA, plus alternately from MA to M. However sometimes classification change, from M to PG requested by the distributor, to increase the size of the available cinema audience for the movie film. Sometimes PG to G classification change requested by the distributor, to increase the size of the available cinema audience for the movie film.
In recent years “Distributor Cuts” to remove/alter image/sound content for Australian cinema movie films, have included major cinema releases such as Bruno (2009); The Hangover (2009); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Lady Bird (2017); Bumblebee (2018); Jumanji- The Next Level (2019); and John Wick- Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and YES all the many cuts are fully itemised online (use GOOGLE SEARCH) – – – Of course no-one is allowed to advertise that the Australian DVD BLU-RAY 4K-UHD version is uncut/cut.
The ‘R’ censorship classification system was finally introduced throughout Australia, by the Australian Federal Minister for Customs and Excise, Don Chipp. The R was one of four new categories of film classifications to come into effect: G (General Exhibition), NRC (Not Recommended for Children), M (Mature) and R (Restricted to audiences aged over 18). The so-called ‘R day’ being Monday 15th November 1971 with Australian adults finally able to watch cinema movies with the classification “R for Restricted Exhibition”. Of course all the legislative rules about not showing female nudity were applied when DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) was classified ‘M’ for Mature Audiences, on 1st December 1971 by the Australian Film Censorship Board, with its Australian cinema release date on 23rd December 1971. In the sequence before the opening titles, James Bond suddenly removes a brown bikini top from a sun bathing woman, showing her partly tanned chest and untanned left breast, and her left nipple is immediately seen. Of course James Bond needs to use her bikini to strangle her, to obtain the vital information of the precise location of Blofeld – – – DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) the Australia Film Censorship Board ordered the elimination of “all shots of female nudity, being the woman’s left breast, and her left nipple” i.e. Australia Film Censorship Board insisted that the brief female nudity is never seen by Australians. UNITED ARTISTS (A’ASIA) PTY LTD, when requested, made the one distributor cut to all their 35mm film prints of DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971), reducing the official running time of 120:6 minutes by less than one second.
For the 1959 cinema re-release, of FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) to obtain the classification rating of (A) SUITABLE ONLY FOR ADULTS – CHILDREN UNDER 16 NOT ADMITTED, the Australia Film Censorship Board ordered the elimination of “all shots of alleged nuclear monster”; i.e., Australia Film Censorship Board insisted that the Id Monster is never seen, but you could see the footprints and the bending of the steps on the spaceship. The animated sequence of the film, showing the attack by the red colored “Id Monster”, was created by the veteran animator Joshua Meador, who was lent out to MGM by Walt Disney Pictures. During the attack on the spaceship, the now visible Id monster (only the outline of the Id Monster is seen, colored red) as it tries to go through the electronic fence on the perimeter (the force field), and also because the Id Monster has been caught in the crewman’s high-energy blaster beams. When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer reissued FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) in the early 1970s as part of a kiddie-matinée package, the scene where Jerry Farman cons the socially naive Altaira into kissing him was excised in USA. In Australia, however, that kissing scene was screened, uncut, in the early 1960s in the children’s Saturday matinée called the Kine Club, at Hoyts Cinema, in Port Adelaide.
In 2019 Margaret Anderson (Chief Censor) of the Australian Classification Board (ACB) was quoted as saying “censorship is not on the agenda and, unlike other equivalent offices around the world, the ACB does not recommend CUTS to film and game producers”. Originally called “Commonwealth Board of Film Censors” (CBFC); became “Film Censorship Board” (FCB); then became “Office of Film and Literature Classification” (OFLC); and currently called “Australian Classification Board” (ACB).
Many uncut/cut films remain BANNED in Australia, due to “offensive content” or “violent content” or “obscenity” or “graphic depictions of teenage sex, incest, and auto-erotic asphyxiation” or “cruel, disturbing, and sexually explicit content” OR “grounds of obscenity”; “deemed blasphemous”; “encouraged criminal activity and antisocial behaviour” OR “content that would be contrary to public decency and undesirable to public interest” or “graphic violent death” or “promotes and supports bestiality” or “uses an act of extreme violence with sexual gratification” or “promotes and supports the use of violence to compel any person to submit to sexual conduct” or “sexual violence involving young people” or “gore, violence and sexually explicit content” or “objectionable content” or “invitation to enjoy cruel and violent behaviour” or “sexual exploitation of children”.
Of course in Australia, the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board was established in 1917, BUT the critical important details, all about the necessary Australian Censorship cuts, the total footage length deleted, and/or total number of seconds deleted, are as always, all that information can never ever be published, and can never ever be advertised. HOWEVER since 1971 Australian Cinemas have taken to advertising UNCUT, when Australian Cinemas re-release UNCUT versions of the same movie film.
Movie Films that are BANNED in Australia, have been considered to be offensive against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by “reasonable adults” to the extent that they should not be classified. Movie Films can be BANNED by the Australian Classification Board (ACB) if they “depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified”, “describe or depict in a way that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult, a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 (whether the person is engaged in sexual activity or not)”, or “promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence”. Additionally, the RC classification is mandatory for any classifiable work, that advocates the commission of a terrorist act under section 9A of the Classification Act of 1995.
Movie Films that are BANNED by the Australian Classification Board (ACB) are labelled “Refused Classification” (RC), and the sale, distribution, public exhibition and/or importation of RC material is a criminal offence punishable by a fine up to A$687,500 and/or up to ten years imprisonment. SUCH PENALTIES DO NOT APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS, but rather do apply to the individuals responsible for and/or corporations responsible for the distributing or the exhibiting of such films to a wider audience.
With this in mind, yes it is legal to access films, that are RC material via the internet, and while personal ownership of Movie Films that are RC material is legal, except in Western Australia and in the prescribed areas of the Northern Territory and/or if the films contain illegal content (i.e. child abuse material).
* * * WHY FILMS ARE CUT BY CENSOR * * *
* In Sydney Australia, on Monday, The Commonwealth Film Censor (Mr. Alexander), explained (fully) today that there was no irrevocable film ban on expletives, such as “bloody” if they were used naturally, and without emphasis and were essential to the humour of the dialogue.
*** However, it was usual for the Film Censorship Board to ban the following scenes –
* Fight scenes depicting kicking.
* Scenes portraying new angles on criminal technique.
* Inaccurate overseas commentaries that would irritate Australian audiences.
* Films implying that crime pays dividends.
* Horror scenes likely to shock the minds of audiences.
* “We judge each scene on its merits, recognising the important part that the (cinema) screen plays in the national life,” Mr. Alexander added.
* Mr. Alexander said he did not agree with a commonly expressed view that western and cowboy films and certain types of thriller encouraged juvenile delinquency.
* “I am convinced from the opinion of medical men and psychiatrists that the impact of such films on the child mind is very transitory, and seldom a great, as on the adult mind.” Mr. Alexander said.
* THE SUN – PAGE 3 – Tuesday 20th January 1948.
* * * Horror films like FRANKENSTEIN, were a particular problem for the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board. They were popular, but they were also a frequent subject of complaints by Parents and Citizens Associations, and church groups. Australia decided to banish all horror movies in early 1948, and that might have been just an easy win for the at-the-time Chief Film Censor, Mr. J. O. Alexander. It would appease pro-censorship groups, who were concerned about the influence of films on young minds, and since no horror movies were being released anyway, who would complain? Justified as being, UNDESIRABLE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, on Thursday 22nd April 1948, all horror movies were banned . * * *
APPENDIX – years 1911 to 2025 – PLEASE NOTE – Movies from 2025 and going back to 1911 are hereafter itemised. There are more than one hundred years of censorship —- There are more than one thousand movies listed. Please use FIND or SEARCH to locate the film(s) that you are curious about.
YEAR-2025
YEAR-2024
2024 – Banned – RC
Forensic Examination Report (2024)
PDF Report & MP4 File (2024)
2024 – Censored MA15+ rating
Gladiator II (2024)
2024 – Censored M rating
Gladiator II (2024)
2024 – Classification Review Board
Gladiator II (2024) – MOD. – MA15+ confirmed
2024 – Customs issues
Forensic Examination Report (2024) – RC
PDF Report & MP4 File (2024) – RC
2024 – Event
Mar. 14 – Stage 1 Reforms begin.
Mar. 14 – Accredited Classifier Decision introduced. May not classify content likely to be X18+ or RC.
Mar 14. – Decision made by Broadcaster introduced.
Mar 14. – Authorised Television Series Assessor (ATSA) Scheme ceased.
Sep 10. – Amazon Classification Tool approved for use.
YEAR-2023
2023 – Banned – RC
2023/11: Enforcement Application Video x 6 – RC
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord – S02 (2021)
2023/04: Shock site clips x 3 – 1 of 3
2023 – Censored MA15+ rating
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord – S02 (2021)
Renfield (2023) – From R18+
2023 – Censored M rating
Crime Is Mine, The (2023) – From MA15+
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) – From MA15+
Ténor (2022) – From MA15+
2023 – Censored PG rating
Next Goal Wins (2023) – From M
2023 – Classification Review Board
The Kerala Story (2023) – MA15+ confirmed
2023 – Customs issues
2023/04: Shock site clips x 3 – 1 of 3 – RC
2023/04: Shock site clips x 3 – 2 of 3 – M, MA15+
2023 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
2023/11: Enforcement Application Video x 6 – WA – RC
YEAR-2022
2022 – Banned – RC
2022/12: Shock site clips x 16 – 11 of 16 – WA – RC
2022 – Censored M rating
Redeeming Love (2022) – Intended PG?
2022 – Censored PG rating
O-LYM-PIC Football Dreams (2021) – From M
Riki Rhino (2020) – From M
2022 – Censored G rating
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) – From PG
2022 – Classification Review Board
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) – MA15+ to M
Pieces (2022) – MA15+ confirmed
Sissy (2022) – R18+ to MA15+
2022 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
2022/12: Shock site clips x 16 – 11 of 16 – WA – RC
2022/12: Shock site clips x 16 – 5 of 16 – WA – PG, M, R18+
2022 – Event
Nov. 7 – Spherex Classification Tool approved for use.
YEAR-2021
2021 – Banned – RC
Interspecies Reviewers: Episode 1 to 12 (2020)
2021 – Classification Review Board
Ascendant (2021) – MA15+ to M
Children in the Pictures, The (2021) – MA15+ to M
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) – M to PG
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) – R18+ confirmed
Suicide Squad, The (2021) – R18+ to MA15+
2021 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Animal Rights Activism Sydney Videos (201?) – NSW – R18+ *
YEAR-2020
2020 – Censored M rating
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt) (2020) – From MA15+
2020 – Censored PG rating
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) Extra – From M
Penguin Bloom (2020) – From M
2020 – Censored MA15+ rating
Interspecies Reviewers: Episode 1 to 4 (2020)
2020 – Classification Review Board
Cuties (2020) – MA15+ confirmed
2020 – Review of Netflix Classification Tool
Cuties (2020) – MA15+ confirmed
2020 – Film Festival issues
Trouble with Being Born, The (2020)
YEAR-2019
2019 – Banned – RC
Serbian Film, A (2010)
2019/03: Shock Site clips x 2
S2019/03: Shock site clips x 7 – 5 of 7
2019 – Censored MA15+ rating
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
2019 – Censored M rating
Aftermath, The (2019) – From MA15+
Bumblebee (2018) Extra
Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019) – From MA15+
Petta (2019) – From MA15+
2019 – Censored PG rating
Instant Family (2018) – From M
Legend of the Christmas Witch, The (2018) – From M
My Spy (2020) – From M
2019 – Censored PG rating – Unconfirmed
Downton Abbey (2019) Extra
2019 – Classification Review Board
Rocketman (2019) – MA15+ to M
Hellboy (2019) – R18+ confirmed
2019 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
L’immoralità (1978) – NSW – RC
Serbian Film, A (2010) – NSW – RC
2019/03: Shock site clips x 7 – 2 of 7 – NSW – M, R18+
2019/03: Shock site clips x 7 – 5 of 7 – NSW – RC
2019 – Event
South Australian Classification Council abolished after twenty-four years of operation.
YEAR-2018
2018 – Censored MA15+ rating
Overlord (2018) – From R18+
2018 – Censored M rating
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Ideal Home (2018)
King of Thieves (2018)
Lady Bird (2017) – From MA15+
2018 – Censored PG rating
Bumblebee (2018) – From M MOD.
Crazy Rich Asians (2018) – From M
Instant Family (2018) – From M
2018 – Censored G rating
Smallfoot (2018) – From PG
2018 – Classification Review Board
Bumblebee (2018) – MOD. – M to PG
2018 – Event
May – Netflix Classification Tool pilot trial ends.
Aug. – Release of ‘Report on the Pilot of the Netflix Classification Tool’.
Dec. – Netflix Classification Tool approved for ongoing use.
YEAR-2017
2017 – Banned – RC
2017/10: Islamic terrorism videos x 8
2017 – Censored M rating
Manchester by the Sea (2016) – From MA15+
2017 – Censored PG rating
My Cousin Rachel (2017) – From M
2017 – Censored G rating
Miss Fritter’s Racing Skoool (2017) Extra – From M
2017 – Classification Review Board
Jigsaw (2017) – R18+ to MA15+
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017) – PG to G
Split (2016) – M confirmed
2017 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Australia After Dark (1975) – NSW – R18+
ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, The (1978) – NSW – R18+
Felicity (1978) – NSW – R18+
Rambo (2008) – NSW – R18+
2017/10: Islamic terrorism videos x 8 – FED – RC
YEAR-2016
2016 – Classification Review Board
Blair Witch (2016) – MA15+ confirmed
Embrace (2016) – MA15+ to M
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) – M to PG
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) – MA15+ to M
2016 – Event
Dec. – Netflix Classification Tool pilot trial begins.
YEAR-2015
2015 – Censored R18+ rating
Video Nasties: Draconian Days (2014) Extra
2015 – Censored M rating
Alex & Eve (2015) – From MA15+
2015 – Censored G rating
Wiggles: Rock & Roll Preschool, The (2015) – From PG
2015 – Classification Review Board
Blinky Bill The Movie (2015) – PG to G
Boychoir (2014) – M to PG
2013 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Chasing Reality (2013) – QLD – RC
River City (2010) – QLD – RC
River City 2 (2013) – QLD – RC
2015 – Event
Sep. 11 – Conditional Cultural Exemptions Rules introduced allowing film festivals, cultural institutions etc. to self-assess their eligibility for an exemption to screen unclassified films. This replaced the need to apply to the Director of the Classification Board.
YEAR-2014
2014 – Banned – RC
Found (2012)
Found (2012) – MOD.
2014 – Censored R18+ rating
Found (2012)
2014 – Censored MA15+ rating
Wolf Creek 2 (2013) – From R18+
2014 – Classification Review Board
Blended (2014) – M to PG
YEAR-2013
2013 – Banned – RC
Baise-moi (2000) – MOD.
Barnens ö (1980)
Fathers Day (2011) – MOD.
2013 – Censored R18+ rating
Dear God No! (2011)
Fathers Day (2011)
2013 – Censored MA15+ rating
Wolf Creek 2 (2013) – From R18+
2013 – Censored PG rating
Grown Ups 2 (2013) – From M
2013 – Classification Review Board
American Hustle (2013) – MA15+ to M
Barnens ö (1980) – R18+ to RC
Behind the Candelabra (2013) – MA15+ to M
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) – MA15+ to M
Rampage (2009) – MA15+ confirmed
2013 – State issues
Rampage (2009) – SA – MA15+ confirmed
2013 – Film Festival issues
I Want Your Love (2012)
Morgue Street (2012)
2013 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Barnens ö (1980) – FED – RC
YEAR-2012
2012 – Banned – RC
Fathers Day (2011)
Hanger (2009)
2012 – Censored R18+ rating
Elles (2011)
2012 – Classification Review Board
Happy Feet Two (2012) – PG to G
Prometheus (2012) – MA15+ to M
2012 – Film Festival issues
Community Action Center (2010)
Fathers Day (2011)
In Their Room: Berlin (2011)
YEAR-2011
2011 – Banned – RC
Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), The (2011)
Serbian Film, A (2010) – MOD.
2011 – Censored R18+ rating
Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), The (2011)
Serbian Film, A (2010)
2011 – Censored PG rating
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (2011) – From M
2011 – Classification Review Board
Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), The (2011) – R18+ to RC
Serbian Film, A (2010) – MOD. – R18+ to RC
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, The (2011) – MA15+ to M
2011 – State issues
Serbian Film, A (2010) – MOD. – SA – R18+ to RC
2011 – Other
Life and Death of a Porno Gang, The (2009) – Protested
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – Federal Court appeal dismissed
YEAR-2010
2010 – Banned – RC
Caligula (1979)
Serbian Film, A (2010)
2010 – Censored PG rating
Step Up 3 (2010) – From M
2010 – Classification Review Board
Karate Kid, The (2010) – M to PG
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – R18+ confirmed
2010 – Classified with Special Condition
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – R – Additional material included
2010 – Film Festival issues
Funniest of Tropfest 2009 (2009)
L.A. Zombie (2010) – MOD.
2010 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
L.A. Zombie (2010) – MOD. – VIC – Illegal screening
YEAR-2009
2009 – Censored MA15+ rating
Brüno (2009) – From R18+
Hangover, The (2009)
2009 – Classification Review Board
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) – M confirmed
Friday the 13th (2009 – R18+ confirmed
Julie & Julia (2009) – M to PG
Loved Ones, The (2009) – R18+ to MA15+
Stone Bros (2009) – MA15+ confirmed
2009 – Film Festival issues
Matinée (2009)
2009 – Customs issues
Caligula (1979)
Ghost Talker’s Daydream (2004)
2009 – Event
Jan. 10 – South Australia introduces new laws for display and promotion of R18+ films.
YEAR-2008
2008 – Banned – RC
Holy Virgins (2001) – MOD.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Slaves to Passion (2001)
2008 – Censored R18+ rating
Beat Angel Escalayer (2002)
Bondage Mansion (2001)
Debts of Desire (2002)
Emanuelle Around the World (1977)
Holy Virgins (2001)
Slaves to Passion (2001)
T&A Teacher (2004)
Super 8½ – A Cautionary Bio-Pic (1994)
2008 – Classification Review Board
Bondage Mansion (2001) – MOD. – R18+ confirmed
Classes in Seduction (2004) – R18+ confirmed
Holy Virgins (2001) – MOD. – R18+ to RC
Open Season 2 (2008) – PG confirmed
Space Chimps (2008) – PG to G
T&A Teacher (2004) – MOD. – R18+ confirmed
2008 – Film Festival issues
Ashley and Kisha: Finding the Right Fit (2007)
Erotic Films of Peter De Rome, The (1973)
Xana and Dax: When Opposites Attract (2005)
2008 – Customs issues
2007 World Slasher Cup – Invitational 8 – Cock Derby (2007) – R18+
2008 World Slasher Cup – Invitational 8 – Cock Derby (2008) – R18+
2008 World Slasher Cup Vol. 1 (2008) – R18+
2008 World Slasher Cup Vol. 2 (2008) – R18+
2008 World Slasher Cup Vol. 3 (2008) – R18+
YEAR-2007
2007 – Banned – RC
Banned from TV (1998)
Banned from TV (1998) – MOD.
Faces of Death 2 (1981)
Faces of Death 3 (1985)
Faces of Death 4 (1990)
Hanging of Saddam Hussein, The (2006)
No Body is Perfect (2006)
Spotlight (2002) – MOD.
2007 – Censored R18+ rating
Love Doll: Episode 2 to 4 (2000)
Meiking (1999-2001)
My Brother’s Wife (2004)
RXXX: Prescription for Pain (2002)
Spotlight (2002)
2007 – Classification Review Board
Notes on a Scandal (2006) – MA15+ confirmed
Saw IV (2007) – R18+ to MA15+
Sea Patrol Series 1 (2007) – M confirmed
Shoot ‘Em Up (2007) – R18+ – Application denied
Sleuth (2007) – MA15+ to M
30 Days of Night (2007) – R18+ to MA15+
300 (2006) – R18+ to MA15+
2007 – Film Festival issues
Ashley and Kisha: Finding the Right Fit (2007)
Farmer’s Daughter, The (1976)
Schoolgirls’ Report, The (1970)
Sex Wish (1976)
Whore (2006)
60 Second Relief (2007)
70k (2006)
2007 – Customs issues
Emanuelle Around the World (1977)
Orgasm Torture in Satan’s Rape Clinic (2004) – R18+
2007 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Grave, The (200?) – FED – PG
Signs of the Hour (200?) – FED – PG
Taxi Zum Klo (1980) – SA – R
2007 – Other
Cool Devices: Operation 3C to 9 (1995) – Dropped by Distributor
Love Doll: Episode 1 (2000) – Dropped by Distributor
YEAR-2006
2006 – Banned – RC
Darling (2003)
Hardcore: Volume 2 – The Films of Richard Kern (1985 – 1991)
Hooligan (2001)
My Brother’s Wife (2004)
Spotlight (2002)
Welcome to Greensborough (2005)
70k (2006)
2006 – Censored M rating
End of the Spear (2005) – From MA15+
2006 – Censored PG rating
Pink Panther, The (2006) Extra – From M
2006 – Classification Review Board
Big Momma’s House 2 (2006) – M to PG
Eragon (2006) – M confirmed
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) – PG confirmed
Jihad or Terrorism (200?) – PG confirmed
River Queen (2005) – MA15+ to M
Stormbreaker (2006) – M confirmed
2006 – State issues
Brown Bunny, The (2003) – SA
2006 – Film Festival issues
Damon and Hunter: Doing It Together (2006)
Damon and Hunter: Doing It Together (2006) – MOD.
2006 – Customs issues
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (2006)
2006 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Hardcore: Volume 1 – The Films of Richard Kern (1985 – 1991) – VIC
Hardcore: Volume 2 – The Films of Richard Kern (1985 – 1991) – VIC – RC
YEAR-2005
2005 – Banned – RC
Caligula (1979)
Gore Gore Girls, The (1972)
In a Glass Cage (1986)
2005 – Borderline RC
9 Songs (2004)
2005 – Censored R & R18+ rating
Kite (1998)
2005 – Censored MA & MA15+ rating
Mezzo Forte (2000)
2005 – Censored G rating
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) – From PG
2005 – Classification Review Board
Constantine (2005) – MA15+ to M
Fantastic Four (2005) – M to PG
Gore Gore Girls, The (1972) – RC confirmed
Guess Who? (2005) – M confirmed
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) – M confirmed
History of Violence, A (2005) – R18+ to MA15+
In a Glass Cage (1986) – RC confirmed
Irreversible (2002) – R18+ – Fee waiver refused & application withdrawn
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) – MA15+ to M
Mysterious Skin (2004) – R18+ – Fee waiver refused
Mysterious Skin (2004) – R18+ confirmed
Palindromes (2004) – R18+ confirmed
Wedding Crashers (2005) – MA15+ to M
Wolf Creek (2005) – R18+ confirmed
9 Songs (2004) – X18+ to R18+
2005 – Film Festival issues
Welcome to Greensborough (2005)
2005 – State issues
Mysterious Skin (2004) – SA – R18+ confirmed
9 Songs (2004) – SA – R18+ to X18+
2005 – Customs issues
Anthropophagous: The Beast (1980)
Bumfights: A Cause for Concern (2002)
Cannibal Ferox (1981)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman (1986)
Ken Park (2002) – c. 2005
Subconscious Cruelty (2000)
2005 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Caligula (1979) – ACT – RC
Jihad or Terrorism (200?) – FED – PG
2005 – Other
Shadowers, The (2004) – Pressure to classify
2005 – Event
May 26 – Colour-coded classification markings introduced.
YEAR-2004
2004 – Banned – RC
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) – Verbal only
2004 – Borderline RC
Irreversible (2002)
2004 – Censored R rating
Caligula (1979)
Fura Dels Baus: XXX Film Elements, La (2002)
Score (1973)
2004 – Classified with Special Condition
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) – R – Additional material included
2004 – Classification Review Board
Anatomy of Hell (2004) – R confirmed
Azumanga Daioh (2002) – MA – Application withdrawn
Birth (2004) – MA – Fee waiver refused & application withdrawn
Bratz – Starrin’ & Stylin’ (2004) – PG confirmed
Collateral (2004) – MA confirmed
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) – M to PG
Haunted Mansion (2003) – M to PG
Irreversible (2002) – R – Application out of time
Irreversible (2002) – R confirmed
Irreversible (2002) – R – Application withdrawn
Pacifier, The (2004) – Trailer – M to PG
Sideways (2004) – MA to M
Troy (2004) – MA to M
Very Long Engagement, A (2004) – MA confirmed
2004 – State issues
Birth (2004) – SA – MA confirmed
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) – SA – R confirmed
2004 – Film Festival issues
Guinea Pig: Devil’s Experiment (1985)
Guinea Pig: Flowers of Flesh and Blood (1985)
Toolbox Murders, The (1978)
Wife to be Sacrificed (1974)
2004 – Customs issues
August Underground’s Mordum (2003)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Dämonenbrut (2000)
Die Insel der Dämonen (1998)
High Tension (2003)
Horrible High Heels (1996)
Kichiku dai enkai (1997)
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
Revelations of a Psychiatrist on the World of Sexual Perversion (1973)
Rossa Venezia (2003)
Schramm (1993)
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
2004 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
All About Gloria Leonard (1978) – WA – RC
Dirty Western, A (1975) – WA – RC
YEAR-2003
2003 – Banned – RC
Documentary on the Making of ‘Gore Vidal’s Caligula’, A (1981)
Ken Park (2002)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – Declined to classify
2003 – Censored R rating
Campus (2001)
Girl Next Door (2000)
2003 – Classification Review Board
Basic (2003) – MA confirmed
City of God (2002) – R confirmed
Ken Park (2002) – RC confirmed
Legacy of the Silver Shadow Vol. 1 (2002) – PG confirmed
McLeod’s Daughters S02 E06 to 10 (2002) – M – Application out of time
Ned Kelly (2003) – MA to M
One Perfect Day (2004) – MA to M
Phone Booth (2002) – MA to M
Thirteen (2003) – R to MA
2003 – State issues
Irreversible (2002) – SA
Ken Park (2002) – NSW – Illegal screening
Ken Park (2002) – VIC – Illegal screening
2003 – Film Festival issues
Irreversible (2002)
Ken Park (2002)
2003 – Customs issues
House on the Edge of the Park, The (1980)
Martial Arts Training Videos (200?) – c. 2003
Nekromantik 2 (1991)
Traces of Death – 9th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (2003)
2003 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Baise-moi (2000) – VIC – RC
Documentary on the Making of ‘Gore Vidal’s Caligula’, A (1981) – VIC – RC
Ken Park (2002) – NSW – Illegal screening
2003 – Other
Mario Sperry – Vale Tudo Series 1 (199?) – Refused import permission
YEAR-2002
2002 – Banned – RC
Baise-moi (2000)
Naughty Harumi (2001)
Necrophagia: Through Eyes of the Dead Uncut (1999)
2002 – Classification Review Board
Australian Rules (2002) – MA to M
Baise-moi (2000) – R to RC
Black Hawk Down (2001) – R to MA
ET – The Extra – Terrestrial (20th Anniversary) (1982) – PG confirmed
Great Moments in Science (1996-2000) – PG to G
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) – PG to G
Three Ballerinas, The (2002) – PG to G
2002 – Customs issues
Baise-moi (2000)
Beyond, The (1981) – c. 2002
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Inmu: DVD Box Set (2000)
Inmu 2: DVD Box Set (2001)
Necrophagia: Through Eyes of the Dead Uncut (1999) – RC
Nekromantik 2 (1991)
Nightmare Campus: A Total Nightmare (1994)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Vicious: DVD Box Set (2002)
Violent Shit 3: Infantry of Doom (1999)
2002 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Baise-moi (2002) – NSW – Illegal screening
YEAR-2001
2001 – Censored MA rating
Sensitive New Age Killer (2000) – From R
2001 – Classification Review Board
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001) – MA confirmed
Hannibal (2001) – MA to R
Joy Ride (2001) – MA confirmed
Mexican, The (2001) – MA to M
Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000) – PG confirmed
Series 7: The Contenders (2001) – R confirmed
2001 – Film Festival issues
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Evil Dead Trap (1988)
Last House on the Left, The (1972)
Nekromantik (1987)
New York Ripper, The (1982)
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The (1986)
2001 – Customs issues
Baise-moi (2000)
Cool Devices: Operation 5 to 8 (1995)
House on the Edge of the Park, The (1980)
Nekromantik (1987)
Nekromantik 2 (1991)
Sexy Jeans (1976)
Sleazy Rider (1972)
YEAR-2000
2000 – Banned – RC
House on the Edge of the Park, The (1980)
Romance (1999)
Troma Intelligence Test, The (1999) Extra
Web of Seduction (1999)
2000 – Censored R rating
Web of Seduction (1999)
2000 – Censored MA rating
Three Kings (1999)
2000 – Censored M rating
Men in Black (1997)
2000 – Classification Review Board
Almost Famous (2000) – MA to M
Colour of Paradise, The (1999) – M to PG
Human Traffic (1999) – R confirmed
Monkey’s Mask, The (2000) – R confirmed
Romance (1999) – RC to R
2000 – State issues
Romance (1999) – SA – R confirmed
2000 – Customs issues
House on the Edge of the Park, The (1980)
Nekromantik 2 (1991) – c. 2000
Night Train Murders (1975) – c. 2000
Scrapbook (2000) – c. 2000
Snuff (1975)
YEAR-1999
1999 – Banned – RC
Street Karate Self Defence Module 2 (1998)
1999 – Censored R rating
Idiots, The (1998)
Rock, The (1996)
1999 – Classification Review Board
Analyze This (1999) – MA confirmed
Blair Witch Project, The (1999) – MA to M
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) – R confirmed
Fight Club (1999) – R confirmed
General’s Daughter, The (1999) – R to MA
Iron Giant, The (1999) – PG confirmed
Lolita (1997) – R – Application denied
Passion (1999) – R confirmed
Regurgitator: Unit Rebooted (1998) – M confirmed
Tarzan (1999) – PG confirmed
YEAR-1998
1998 – Banned – RC
Amazing Shocking Asia, The (1997)
Executions 2 (1995)
Freeway (1996)
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) – Reclassification
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
1998 – Censored R rating
Freeway (1996)
Hustler White (1996)
1998 – Censored M rating
Jackal, The (1997)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) – From MA
1998 – Censored G rating
Legend of Mulan, The (1998) – From PG
1998 – Classification Review Board
Anastasia (1997) – PG confirmed
Hurrah (1998) – R to MA
Primary Colors (1998) – MA to M
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – R to RR
Saving Private Ryan (1998) – R to MA
1998 – Customs issues
Aftermath (1994)
Bride of Frank (1996)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Last House on the Left, The (1972)
Lucker the Necrophagous (1986)
Organ (1996)
1997 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Baby Face (1977) – NSW – X
YEAR-1997
1997 – Banned – RC
Fruit is Swelling, The (1997)
Hustler White (1996)
Hustler White (1996) – MOD.
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Violence Jack: Evil Town (1986)
1997 – X rating after resubmission
Budding of Brie, The (1980)
Naked Came the Stranger (1975)
Opening of Misty Beethoven, The (1976)
Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, The (1974)
Talk Dirty To Me (1980)
1997 – Censored R rating
Caged Fury (1990)
Freeway (1996)
Fruit is Swelling, The (1997)
Hustler White (1996)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Rebekah (1996)
1997 – Censored M rating
Street Fighter, The (1974)
1997 – Censored PG rating
Men in Black (1997) – From M
1997 – Classification Review Board
Men in Black (1997) – M confirmed
1997 – Customs issues
Evil Dead Trap (1988)
YEAR-1996
1996 – Banned – RC
Caged Fury (1990)
Fugitive X: Innocent Target (1996)
Rebekah (1996)
Vendetta (1996)
Where Truth Lies (1996)
XX: Beautiful Hunter (1994)
1996 – Borderline RC
Sex and Zen 2 (1996)
1996 – Censored R rating
Robotrix (1991)
1996 – Censored MA15+ rating
Rock, The (1996) – From R
1996 – Censored M rating
Hard Bounty (1995) – From RC
1996 – Censored PG rating
Independence Day (1996) – From M
1996 – Censored G rating
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1996) – From PG
1996 – Classification Review Board
Ninja Scroll (1993) – MA to R
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1996) – PG confirmed
1996 – Event
Jan. 1 – Film Censorship Board renamed Classification Board.
Jan 1 – Film & Literature Board of Review replaced by Classification Review Board.
YEAR-1995
1995 – Banned – RC
Dead Man (1995)
Deadly Effects: Wound Ballistics (1987)
Deadly Weapons: Firearms and Firepower (1985)
Diary of a Serial Killer (1995)
Female Vampire (1973)
Hard Bounty (1995)
In a Glass Cage (1986)
Private Obsession (1995)
Rapist, The (1994)
Rapist, The (1994) – MOD.
Robotrix (1991)
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971) – MOD.
Urotsukidôji 2: Legend of the Demon Womb (1993)
Urotsukidôji 2: Legend of the Demon Womb (1993) – MOD.
Virgin Among the Living Dead (1971)
Whore 2 (1994)
1995 – Censored R rating
Crying Freeman: Chapter 5 & 6 (1992-1993)
Diary of a Serial Killer (1995)
Rapist, The (1994)
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
Virgin Among the Living Dead (1971)
1995 – Censored MA rating
Return of the Evil Dead (1973)
1995 – Film & Literature Board of Review
Dead Man (1995) – RC to R
Deadly Effects: Wound Ballistics (1987) – RC confirmed
Deadly Weapons: Firearms and Firepower (1985) – RC confirmed
In a Glass Cage (1986) – RC confirmed
1995 – Film Festival issues
In a Glass Cage (1986)
1995 – Customs issues
Gore Gore Girls, The (1972) – c. 1995
1995 – Other
In a Glass Cage (1986 )– Federal Court appeal dismissed
1995 – Event
Refused Registration becomes Refused Classification.
South Australian Classification Council commences with the power to reclassify decisions of the Federal Classification Board.
YEAR-1994
1994 – Banned – RR
Adventure Kids: Episode 1 (1993)
Brother of Darkness (1994)
Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985)
Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
Tramp Women (1972)
Urotsukidôji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)
Werewolf Woman (1976)
1994 – Censored R rating
Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985)
Dr Lamb (1992)
Urotsukidôji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)
Urotsukidôji 3: Return of the Overfiend Episode 1 (1993)
Urotsukidôji 3: Return of the Overfiend Episode 2 (1992)
Urotsukidôji 3: Return of the Overfiend Episode 3 (1992)
Urotsukidôji 3: Return of the Overfiend Episode 4 (1992)
1994 – Censored MA rating
Fear City (1984)
1994 – Censored M rating
Don’t Go in the House (1980)
1994 – Film & Literature Board of Review
Brother of Darkness (1994) – RR to R
Urotsukidôji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989) – RR confirmed
1994 – State issues
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – SA – RR
YEAR-1993
1993 – Banned – RR
Deadly Avenger, The (1992)
Don’t Stop My Crazy Love For You (1993)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Intimate Stranger (1991)
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Mind, Body & Soul (1992)
Prison Heat (1993)
Raped by an Angel (1993)
1993 – Censored R rating
Don’t Stop My Crazy Love For You (1993)
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Prison Heat (1993)
Raped by an Angel (1993)
1993 – Censored MA rating
Intimate Stranger (1991) – From RR
Mind, Body & Soul (1992) – From RR
1993 – Classified with Special Condition
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – R – Cinema only & advertising approval
1993 – Film & Literature Board of Review
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – RR to R
1993 – State issues
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – WA – RR
1993 – Event
May 1 – MA-rating introduced.
1992
1992 – Banned – RR
Angel Delight (1992)
Deadly Dream Woman (1992)
Demon Wet Nurse, The (1992)
Disturbance, The (1990)
Dr Lamb (1992)
Fury In Red (1991)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) – MOD.
Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
Payback (1990)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Take Me (1991)
Taste of Kiwi, A (1990)
Tokyo Decadence (1992)
1992 – Censored R rating
Angel Delight (1992)
Cartel (1990)
Deadly Dream Woman (1992)
Demon Wet Nurse, The (1992)
Fury In Red (1991)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
Score (1973)
Take Me (1991)
1992 – Censored M rating
Night of the Wilding (1990) – From RR
Payback (1990) – From RR
Sleepwalkers (1992) – From R
Universal Soldier (1992) – From R
1992 – Film & Literature Board of Review
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) – RR confirmed
Laboratory of the Devil (1992) – RR confirmed
Taste of Kiwi, A (1990) – RR confirmed
Universal Soldier (1992) – R confirmed
1992 – Customs issues
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) – c. 1992
Nekromantik 2 (1991) – c. 1992
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The (1986)
1991
1991 – Banned – RR
Cartel (1990)
Inhumanities 2: Modern Atrocities (1989)
Lethal Panther (1990)
Nail Gun Massacre (1985)
Robotrix (1991)
Robotrix (1991) – MOD.
1991 – X rating after resubmission
Eruption (1977)
Score (1973)
Senator’s Daughter, The (1978)
1991 – Censored R rating
Nail Gun Massacre (1985)
Robotrix (1991)
Stone Cold (1991) – Intended M
1991 – Censored M rating
Death Warrant (1990) – From R
Hardware (1990) – from R
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) – From R
Marked for Death (1990) – From R
Mobsters (1991) – From R
Predator 2 (1990) – From R
1991 – Film & Literature Board of Review
Double Impact (1991) – R confirmed
Inhumanities 2: Modern Atrocities (1989) – RR confirmed
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) – R to M
1991 – Customs issues
Beast in Heat (1977)
Beyond, The (1981)
Beyond the Darkness (1979)
Blood Frenzy (1987)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Don’t Go in the House (1980)
Driller Killer, The (1979)
Eaten Alive (1980)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Intruder (1989)
Last Cannibal World (1977)
Last House on the Left, The (1972)
Love Camp 7 (1969)
Maniac (1980)
Mark of the Devil (1970)
Nekromantik (1987)
New York Ripper, The (1982) ~ c. 1991
Satan’s Slave (1976)
SS Experiment Love Camp (1976)
Up! (1976)
Violent Shit (1989)
Zombie ’90: Extreme Pestilence (1991)
Zombi Holocaust (1980)
1990
1990 – Banned – RR
Caged Fury (1990)
Death Scenes (1989)
Inhumanities 2: Modern Atrocities (1989)
Night of the Wilding (1990)
Outlaw Brothers, The (1990)
Outlaw Brothers, The (1990) – MOD.
Robot Ninja (1989)
Sinner’s Blood (1969)
1990 – X rating after resubmission
Easy (1978)
Naked Came the Stranger (1975)
Opening of Misty Beethoven, The (1976)
1990 – Censored R rating
Bad Taste (1987)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
L.A. Crackdown 2 (1988)
Night of the Wilding (1990)
1990 – Censored M rating
Krays, The (1990) – From R
Outlaw Brothers, The (1990) – From RR
Total Recall (1990) – From R
Wrong Bet (1990) – From R
1990 – Censored PG rating
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
1990 – Film & Literature Board of Review
Hard to Kill (1990) – R confirmed
Hardware (1990) – R confirmed
Outlaw Brothers, The (1990) – RR confirmed
Total Recall (1990) – R confirmed
1990 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Bad Taste (1987) – MOD.
1990 – Event
Queensland Films Board of Review abolished after sixteen years and the prohibition of 350+ titles.
Feb. 1 – Films Board of Review replaced by Film & Literature Board of Review.
1989
1989 – Banned – RR
Bad Taste (1987)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Brothers in Arms (1988)
Fox That You Love, The (198?)
Gator Bait 2: Cajun Justice (1988)
Gator Bait 2: Cajun Justice (1988) – MOD.
Golden Ninja Warrior (1986)
Intruder (1989)
Man Behind the Sun (1988)
1989 – X rating after resubmission
Naughty Nostalgia Part 2 (1980) – MOD.
Virgin and the Lover, The (1973)
1989 – Censored R rating
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Brothers in Arms (1988)
Intruder (1989)
Fox That You Love, The (198?)
Lust for Freedom (1987)
Naughty Nostalgia Part 2 (1980)
Taste for Fear, A (1988)
1989 – Censored M rating
Bad Taste (1987) – From RR
Cruel Horizon (1989) – From R
Kickboxer (1989) – From R
1989 – Films Board of Review
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) – RR to R
Brothers in Arms (1988) – RR confirmed
Man Behind the Sun (1988) – RR to R
1989 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Naughty Nostalgia Part 2 (1980) – MOD.
1989 – Event
May – VHS begin carrying rating information on a 20mm strip on the base of the cover.
1988
1988 – Banned – RR
Angel (1987)
Dreamaniac (1984)
Faces of Death (1978)
Faces of Death 2 (1981)
Her Vengeance (1988)
Hidden Rage (1988)
Hollywood Cop (1988)
L.A. Crackdown 2 (1988)
Moon, Star and Sun (1988)
Search, The (1985)
Taste for Fear, A (1988)
1988 – X rating after resubmission
Naughty Nostalgia Part 2 (1980)
Pussy Talk (1975) – MOD.
1988 – Censored R rating
Hollywood Cop (1988)
Pussy Talk (1975)
1988 – Censored M rating
Devils, The (1971)
No Hard Feelings (1987)
1988 – Films Board of Review
Angel (1987) – RR to R
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) – R to M
Moon, Star and Sun (1988) – RR to R
1988 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Day of the Dead (1985)
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
1988 – State issues
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) – NT – R retained
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) – WA – R retained
1988 – Customs issues
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The (1986)
1988 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Faces of Death (1978) – NSW – RR
Faces of Death 2 (1981) – NSW – RR
1988 – Other
Hail Mary (1985) – Federal Court appeal
1988 – Event
Apr. – Office of Film & Literature Classification (OFLC) begins.
Apr. – Film Censorship Board incorporated into OFLC.
Apr. – Censorship policy function within the Attorney-General’s Department incorporated into OFLC.
1987
1987 – Banned – RR
Ghost Festival (1985)
Last House on the Left, The (1972)
Lecherous Lover (198?)
Kidnapped (1987)
Lust for Freedom (1987)
Mondo Sexualis USA (1987)
Mutilator, The (1985)
Nazi Love Camp 27 (1977) – MOD.
No Dead Heroes (1986)
Sexy Spirit (198?)
Small Town Girls (1979)
Toxic Avenger, The (1984)
Vamp (198?)
1987 – Censored R rating
Baby Face (1977)
China Girl (1974)
Dirty Mind of Young Sally, The (1973)
Eruption (1977)
Framed (1975)
Ghost Festival (1985)
Life and Times of Xaviera Hollander, The (1974)
Kidnapped (1987)
Madam X (198?)
Mutilator, The (1985)
Nightmare (1981)
Sadistic Whore (198?)
Savage Zone, The (1984)
Seductress, The (1987)
She Knew No Other Way (1973)
Sudden Death (1985)
Toxic Avenger, The (1984)
Vamp (198?)
Welcome Home Johnny (1973)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
1987 – Censored M rating
Hellraiser (1987) – From R
1987 – Films Board of Review
Class of Nuke ‘Em High (1986) – RR to R
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) – R confirmed
Last House on the Left, The (1972) – RR confirmed
1987 – State issues
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) – TAS – R
1987 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Small Town Girls (1979) – NSW – RR
Welcome Home Johnny (1973) – MOD. – QLD – R
1987 – Other
Hail Mary (1985) – Federal Court appeal
1986
1986 – Banned – RR
Class of Nuke ‘Em High (1986)
Combat Shock (1986)
Convoy Of Women (1974)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Hearty Response, A (1986)
Love Camp (1977)
Love, Lust and Violence (1975)
Madam X (198?)
Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)
Naked Cage, The (1986)
Night Train Murders (1975) – MOD.
Nightmare (1981)
Red Light in the White House (1977)
Sadistic Whore (198?)
Savage Streets (1984) – MOD.
Savage Zone, The (1983)
Searching for Love (1986)
Seduction of Amy, The (1975) – MOD.
Sudden Death (1985)
Sudden Death (1985) – MOD.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The (1986)
Thou Shalt not Kill… Except (1985)
Victimized (1986)
Violated (1986)
Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975)
1986 – X rating after resubmission
Behind Convent Walls (1978) – MOD.
1986 – Censored R rating
Combat Shock (1986)
Cut and Run (1985)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Easy (1978)
Evilspeak (1981)
Hearty Response, A (1986)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
Life and Times of Xaviera Hollander, The (1974)
Meet Sweet Myra (1973)
Naked Cage, The (1986)
Naked Vengeance (1985)
Only For You (1986)
Savage Streets (1984)
Searching for Love (1986)
Sensual Fire (1979)
Small Town Girls (1979)
Savage Man, Savage Beast (1975)
Sudden Death (1985)
Sweet and Savage (1983)
Tapestry of Passion (1976)
Taxi Girls (1979)
Victimized (1986)
Violated (1986)
Vista Valley PTA (1981)
1986 – Censored M rating
Sweet and Savage (1983) – From RR
1986 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Combat Shock (1986) – MOD.
Death Warmed Up (1984) – MOD.
Evilspeak (1981) – MOD.
Grimy’s Tales (1972)
1986 – State issues
Blood Sucking Freaks (1976) – SA – RR video
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) – SA – RR video
More About the Language of Love (1970) – SA – R
1986 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Angie Baby (1974) – Vic – X
Emanuelle and Joanna (1978) – NSW – RR
Justine de Sade (1972) – MOD. – QLD – R
Love Camp (1977) – QLD – RR
Love, Lust and Violence (1975) – VIC – RR
Nightmare (1981) – SA – RR
Oh! Calcutta! (1972) – QLD – R
Pink Flamingos (1972) – Vic – X
Sex Express (1976) – VIC – RR
Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975) – NSW – RR
Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975) – VIC – RR
1986 – Other
Hail Mary (1985) – Federal Court appeal dismissed
1985
1985 – Banned – RR
Abducted (1973)
Aftermath, The (1982)
Annie: The Virgin of St Tropez (1976)
Barbarian Queen (1985)
Black Alley Cats, The (1973)
Color Me Blood Red (1965)
Cut and Run (1985)
Death Warmed Up (1984)
Death Wish 2 (1982) – MOD.
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Escape from Hell (1980)
Exterminator, The (1980)
Exterminator 2 (1984)
Fear City (1984)
Final Executioner, The (1984)
Fistful of 44s, A (1971)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Ginger (1971)
Grand Sensualist, The (1978)
Grand Sensualist, The (1978) – MOD.
Inquisition (1976)
Jungle Warriors (1984)
Last Savage Part 2, The (1982)
Love, Lust and Violence (1975)
Love, Lust and Violence (1975) – MOD.
Meet Sweet Myra (1973)
Mother’s Day (1980)
Mrs. Stone’s Thing (1970)
Mutilator, The (1985)
Nazi Love Camp 27 (1977) – MOD.
New York Ripper, The (1982) – MOD.
Nightmare (1981)
Nightmare (1981) – MOD.
Rosemary’s Killer (1981) – MOD.
Scream in the Streets, A (1973)
SS Camp 5: Women’s Hell (1977)
SS Experiment Love Camp (1976)
Stryker (1983)
Terror on Tape (1983)
Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975)
1985 – X rating after resubmission
Australia After Dark (1975)
Bite, The (1975)
Caligula (1979)
Come Back Peter (1969)
Emanuelle and Joanna (1978)
Female Vampire (1973)
Jungle Warriors (1984)
Naughty Nostalgia Part 1 (1980)
1985 – Censored R rating
Aftermath, The (1982)
All About Gloria Leonard (1978)
Axe (1974)
Baby Face (1977)
Barbarian Queen (1985)
Bite, The (1975)
Budding of Brie, The (1980)
Candy Goes to Hollywood (1979)
Chopstix (1979)
Come Back Peter (1969)
Dead and Buried (1981)
Death Warmed Up (1984)
Dracula Sucks (1978)
Emmanuelle 4 (1984)
Erotic Adventures of Candy (1978)
Eruption (1977)
Exposed (1981)
Exterminator 2 (1984)
Fear City (1984)
Female Chauvinists (1976)
Final Executioner, The (1984)
Framed (1975)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Hills Have Eyes Part 2, The (1984)
Hot Rackets (1979)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Jungle Warriors (1984)
Love, Lust and Violence (1975)
Lust for Love of a Chinese Courtesan (1984)
Naughty Nostalgia Part 1 (1980)
Opening of Misty Beethoven, The (1976)
Out of Control (1985)
Panorama Blue (1974)
Paul, Lisa and Caroline (1977)
Red Nights of the Gestapo, The (1977)
Red Spell Spells Red (1983)
Requiem for a Vampire (1971)
Scream in the Streets, A (1973)
Seduction of Amy, The (1975)
Sinner’s Blood (1969)
Stryker (1983)
Tango of Perversion (1974)
Terror (1978)
1 Berlin-Harlem (1974)
1985 – Censored M rating
House by the Cemetery (1981)
Nightcomers, The (1972)
1985 – Films Board of Review
Death Wish 2 (1982) – MOD. – RR to R
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) – RR to R
Jungle Warriors (1984) – RR to X
Rosemary’s Killer (1981) – MOD. – RR to R
1 Berlin-Harlem (1974) – R cuts dismissed – 1985 Lothar Lambert season only
1985 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Candy Goes to Hollywood (1979) – MOD.
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Escort Girls (1974)
Exposed (1981) – MOD.
Female Chauvinists (1976) – MOD.
Massage Parlor Wife (1975) – MOD.
Scream Greats Volume 1 – Tom Savini (1985)
1985 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Caligula (1979) – NSW – X
Caligula (1979) – QLD – X
Dracula Sucks (1978) – MOD. – VIC – R
Emanuelle and Joanna (1978) – VIC – RR
Fistful of 44s, A (1971) – QLD – RR
Love, Lust and Violence (1975) – NSW – RR
Love, Lust and Violence (1975) – VIC – RR
Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975) – VIC – RR
1985 – Event
May – Queensland Films Board of Review begins to use an expanded definition of ‘film’ to now include video tapes and video discs.
1984
1984 – Banned – RR
Abducted (1973)
Abduction of Lorelei, The (1977) – MOD.
Abductors, The (1972)
Annie: The Virgin of St Tropez (1976) – MOD.
Black Angels (1970)
Deadly Sunday (1982)
Death Wish 2 (1982)
Driller Killer, The (1979)
Exterminator 2 (1984)
Evolution of Snuff, The (1978)
Fistful of 44s, A (1971) – MOD.
Ghastly Ones, The (1968)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
Nazi Love Camp 27 (1977)
New York Ripper, The (1982)
Place Called Today, A (1972)
Rape Squad (1974)
Savage Streets (1984)
Sinner’s Blood (1969)
Sweet and Savage (1983)
Tendres Cousines (1980)
1984 – X rating after resubmission
All About Gloria Leonard (1978)
Baby Face (1977)
Beast, The (1975)
Bel Ami (1976)
Bite, The (1975)
Blue Ecstasy (1976)
Candy Goes to Hollywood (1979)
Captain Lust (1977)
Chopstix (1979)
Climax of Blue Power, A (1975)
Deep Love (1970)
Desires Within Young Girls (1977)
Dirty Mind of Young Sally, The (1973) – MOD.
Electric Blue 15 (1976)
Emmanuelle 4 (1984)
Eruption (1977)
Fantasm (1976)
Fantasm Comes Again (1977)
Female Chauvinists (1976)
First Time, The (1978)
Hard Parties (1976)
Hard Sensation (1980)
Hot Rackets (1979)
Joy of Letting Go, The (1976)
Killer Nun (1979)
Massage Parlor Wife (1975)
Master and Ms. Johnson, The (1981)
Miss Layed Genii, The (1973)
More About the Language of Love (1970)
One Last Score (1978)
Panorama Blue (1974)
Paul, Lisa and Caroline (1977)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Pussy Talk (1975)
Red Nights of the Gestapo, The (1977)
Refinements in Love (1971)
Rosemary’s Killer (1981)
Sometime Sweet Susan (1975)
Swinging Both Ways (197?)
Talk Dirty To Me (1980)
Unclothed Encounters (1978)
Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975)
101 Acts of Love (1971)
1984 – Censored R rating
Beast of Pleasure (1975)
Brood, The (1979 )
Butterflies (1975)
Caligula (1979)
Caligula: The Untold Story (1982)
Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
Co-Ed Fever (1980)
Coming of Age (1983)
Ecstasy Girls, The (1979)
Electric Blue 15 (1984)
Emmanuelle 3 (1980)
Exposed (1981)
Maniac (1980)
Oriental Blue (1975)
Panorama Blue (1974)
Rosemary’s Killer (1981)
Scream for Vengeance (1980)
Sex World (1978)
Small Windows (1972)
Sweet Savage (1979)
Talk Dirty To Me (1980)
Taste of the Savage, The (1971)
Teenage Sex Kitten (1975)
Temptations (1976)
Three Swedish Girls in Hamburg (1980)
To All A Goodnight (1980)
1984 – Censored M rating
Place Called Today, A (1972) – From RR
Razorback (1984)
1984 – Special Condition Videotape/Non-cinema film
Black Angels, The (1970)
1984 – Films Board of Review
Emmanuelle 4 (1984) – RR confirmed
Rape Squad (1974) – RR confirmed
Savage Streets (1984) – RR confirmed
Tendres Cousines (1980) – RR confirmed
1984 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Chopstix (1979) – MOD.
Master and Ms. Johnson, The (1981) – MOD.
Ravager, The (1970) – MOD.
1984 – Event
Feb. 1 – Film Censorship Board empowered to classify films & videos intended for sale/hire.
Feb. 1 – NRC -Not Recommended for Children (under 12 years) becomes PG – Parental Guidance Recommended for Children (under 15 years).
Feb. 1 – X-rating introduced.
1983
1983 – Banned – RR
Abduction of Lorelei, The (1977) – MOD.
All About Gloria Leonard (1978)
Auditions (1978)
Blue Ecstasy (1976)
Brood, The (1979)
Candy Goes to Hollywood (1979) – MOD.
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) – MOD.
China Girl (1974)
China Girl (1974) – MOD.
Christiane F. (1981)
Come Back Peter (1969)
Dawn of the Dead (1978) – MOD.
Don’t Answer the Phone (1980)
Driller Killer, The (1979)
Electric Blue 006 (1981)
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1976)
Faces of Death (1978)
Faces of Death 2 (1981)
Female Vampire (1973)
Hard Sensation (1980)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975)
Killer Nun (1979)
Ladies Night (1980) – MOD.
Life and Times of Xaviera Hollander, The (1974) – MOD.
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Pink Flamingos (1972) – MOD.
Private Lessons (1981)
Sigmund Freud’s Dora (1979)
Snuff (1975)
Swinging Sorority (1975)
Through the Looking Glass (1976) – MOD.
To All A Goodnight (1980)
1983 – Censored R rating
Adult Version of Jekyll and Hide, The (1972)
Alice in Wonderland (1976)
Amorous Sisters (1982)
Baby Face (1977)
Calamity of Snakes (1982)
Chopstix (1979)
Dracula Sucks (1978)
Exposed (1981)
House of Hookers (197?)
Love in 3D (1973)
Love, Lust and Violence (1975)
Lusty Ladies of Capitol Hill, The (1977)
Opening of Misty Beethoven, The (1976)
Ravager, The (1970)
Small Town Girls (1979)
Taste of the Savage, The (1971)
Virgin and the Lover, The (1973)
Women of Inferno Island, The (1980)
1983 – Censored M rating
Challenge, The (1982) – From R
Nightcomers, The (1972)
1983 – Classified with Special Condition
Sigmund Freud’s Dora (1979) – Specialist groups & individuals only
1983 – Special Condition Videotape/Non-cinema film
Beast, The (1975) – MOD.
China Girl (1974) – MOD.
Escort Girls (1974)
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1976)
French Governess, The (1976) – MOD.
Ghastly Ones, The (1968)
Grand Sensualist, The (1978)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977) – MOD.
Hot Rackets (1979) – MOD.
In the Realm of the Senses (1976) – MOD.
Kung-Fu Executioner (1981)
Little Superman (1974) – MOD.
Massage Parlor Wife (1975) – MOD.
Nightcomers, The (1972) – MOD.
Oblong Box, The (1969)
Panorama Blue (1974)
Plaisirs Solitaires, Les (1976)
Red Light in the White House (1977)
Red Nights of the Gestapo, The (1977) – MOD.
Servants, The (1979)
Sexy Jeans (1976)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
To All A Goodnight (1980) – MOD.
Werewolf Woman (1976)
1983 – Films Board of Review
Sigmund Freud’s Dora (1979) – RR to Special Condition
1983 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Candy Goes to Hollywood (1979) – MOD.
1983 – Film Festival issues
Genius is Lying (1982)
1983 – Advertising issues
Amorous Sisters (1982)
1983 – Customs issues
Maniac (1980)
1983 – Enforcement – Police, Fair Trading etc.
Abduction of Lorelei, The (1977) – MOD. – VIC – Illegal screening
1983 – Event
New Customs (Cinematograph Films) regulations that promised protection for the Film Festivals in law. This replaced the 1975’gentleman’s agreement’.
Jan. – Special Condition for Videotape & non-cinema film amended.
Discontinue September 1980 practice of applying an ‘R-rating to titles which would have been classified ‘R’ for cinema, as it was deemed to be inappropriate on legal and practical grounds: legally, because cinema classifications are valid only for the purpose of public exhibition; and practically, because the prohibition against exhibition to persons under 18 is unenforceable in the case of videotapes for sale and hire.
The Board’s policy is therefore to register these videotapes without classification (if they are not refused registration) and apply the special conditions ‘that this film/tape will not be exhibited in any State in contravention of State’s law relating to the exhibition of films’.
1982
1982 – Banned – RR
Amorous Sisters (1982)
Auditions (1978)
Baby Face (1977) – MOD.
Babysitter, The (1980)
Bloody Fists, The (1972)
Bound To Please (197?)
Bound To Please (197?) – MOD.
Budding of Brie, The (1980) – MOD.
Chopstix (1979) – MOD.
Death Wish 2 (1982)
Driller Killer, The (1979)
Electric Blue 008 (1982)
Emanuelle-Queen of Sados (1980) – MOD.
Exposed (1981) – MOD.
Fancy Lady (1971)
Horny Vampire, The (1971)
House of Hookers (197?)
House of Hookers (197?) – MOD.
Joy of Letting Go, The (1976)
Ladies Night (1980) – MOD.
Look No Staples Vol. 1 (1979)
Look No Staples Vol. 2 (1980)
Lusty Ladies of Capitol Hill, The (1977)
Master and Ms. Johnson, The (1981) – MOD.
Miss Layed Genii, The (1973)
Nympho Cycler (1971)
One for the Money (1970)
Order, The (1981)
Pixote (1981)
Pixote (1981) – MOD.
Pretty Wet Lips (1974) – MOD.
Private Lessons (1981) – MOD.
Ravager, The (1970)
Rosemary’s Killer (1981)
Scream for Vengeance (1980)
Sensual Fire (1979) – MOD.
Sex World (1978)
Slumber Party Massacre, The (1982)
Small Town Girls (1979) – MOD.
Splendor in the Sack (1970)
Stimulant, The (197?)
Stimulant, The (197?) – MOD.
Suckers, The (1972) – MOD.
Taste of the Savage, The (1971)
Taxi Zum Klo (1980)
Teenage Sex Kitten (1975) – MOD.
Teenage Swingers (197?) – MOD.
Temptations (1976) – MOD.
Upright Action (197?)
Los violadores del amanecer (1978)
White Shadow S02E18: Gonna Fly Now, The (1980)
Women of Inferno Island, The (1980)
1982 – Censored R rating
Alice in Wonderland (1976)
All the Loving Neighbours (197?)
Angel Mine (1978)
Annie: The Virgin of St Tropez (1976)
Axe (1974)
Bedside Dentist (1971)
Beyond, The (1981)
Big Snatch, The (1971)
Blonde Velvet (1976)
Bloody Fists, The (1972)
Bound To Please (197?)
Cannibal Ferox (1981)
Caper, The (1970)
Challenge, The (1982)
Christiane F. (1981)
City of Sin (1971)
Co-Ed Fever (1980)
Cruel Passion (1977)
Death Wish 2 (1982)
Dirty Western, A (1975)
Electric Blue 008 (1982)
Eruption (1977)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Five Savage Men (1970)
Genius is Lying (1982)
Godson, The (1971)
Horny Vampire, The (1971)
Hot Connections (1973)
Hot Times (1974)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Linda (1981)
Love Nest (1975)
Mad Foxes (1981)
Maniac (1980)
Master and Ms. Johnson, The (1981)
Nathalie (1981)
Night of the Vibrator (1969)
One for the Money (1970)
Oriental Blue (1975)
Paul, Lisa and Caroline (1977)
Peggy (197?)
Pixote (1981)
Prodigal Son, The (1981)
Porn Brokers, The (1973)
Possession, The (1974)
Private Lessons (1981)
Sensual Fire (1979)
Sex and the Office Girl (1972)
Sex Mystic (1973)
Sexual Freedom USA (1971)
Sex World (1978)
Sometime Sweet Susan (1975)
Slumber Party Massacre, The (1982)
Stimulant, The (197?)
Suckers, The (1972)
Swedish Sex Service (1980)
Talk Dirty To Me (1980)
Tango of Perversion (1974)
Taxi Zum Klo (1980)
Teenage Sex Kitten (1975)
Teenage Swingers (197?)
Temptations (1976)
Thundering Mantis, The (1980)
To All A Goodnight (1980)
Upright Action (197?)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
1982 – Censored M rating
Ghost Story (1981) – From R
House by the Cemetery (1981)
Smash Palace (1981) – From R
1982 – Classified with Special Condition
Pixote (1981) – 1982 Sydney & Melbourne Film Festivals only
1982 – Films Board of Review
Chopstix (1979) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Christiane F. (1981) – MOD. – R confirmed
Ghost Story (1981) – MOD. – R to M
Pixote (1981) – RR to Special Condition
Pixote (1981) – MOD. – RR to R
Teenage Sex Kitten (1975) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Temptations (1976) – MOD. – RR confirmed
1982 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Caper, The (1970) – MOD.
Danish Sailors (1976) – MOD.
Gums (1976) – MOD.
Harvey Swings (1970) – MOD.
Journal of Love (1971) – MOD.
Love Camp (1977) – MOD.
Teenage Jailbait (1973) – MOD.
Untamed Sex (1979) – MOD.
1982 – Customs issues
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
1982 – Film Festival issues
Babysitter, The (1980)
Order, The (1981)
Pixote (1981)
Red Love (1982)
1922 (1978)
1982 – Advertising issues
Maniac (1980)
Swedish Sex Service (1980)
1981
1981 – Banned – RR
Alice in Wonderland (1976)
All in the Sex Family (1973)
All the Loving Neighbours (197?) – MOD.
Angel Death (1979)
Axe (1974)
Beast, The (1975)
Beast of Pleasure (1975)
Best of New York Erotic Film Festival, The (1973)
Black Deep Throat (1976)
Britt Blazer (1970)
Budding of Brie, The (1980)
Candy Goes to Hollywood (1979) – MOD.
Captives, The (1970)
Carnal Games (1978) – MOD.
Cinco maneros de ver el placer, Las (19??)
Co-Ed Fever (1980)
Country Cuzzins (1970)
Cruel Passion (1977)
Death Trap (1976)
Dirty Mind of Young Sally, The (1973)
Documentary of a Madam (1971)
Don’t Answer the Phone (1980)
Don’t Answer the Phone (1980) – MOD.
Dracula Sucks (1978)
Easy (1978)
Ecstasy Girls, The (1979) – MOD.
Electric Blue 002 (1980)
Electric Blue 006 (1981)
Emanuelle-Queen of Sados (1980)
Emmanuelle 3 (1980)
Erotic Adventures of Candy (1978)
Erotic Adventures of Candy (1978) – MOD.
Eruption (1977)
Escort Girls (1974)
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Faces of Death (1978)
First Time, The (1978) – MOD.
Flying Sex (1980)
Girl Hunters, The (197?)
Grimy’s Tales (1972)
Gums (1976)
Harder They Fall, The (1973)
Harder They Fall, The (1973) – MOD.
Hot Rackets (1979)
Hot Times (1974)
I Do Voodoo (1970)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Journal of Love (1971)
Lolita Goes to College (1971)
Lolita Goes to College (1971) – MOD.
Lost Souls (1980)
Love’s Vicious Circle (1972)
Maniac (1980)
Maniac (1980) – MOD.
Massage Parlor Wife (1975)
Midnite Plowboy (1971)
Momma’s Little Girl (1973)
Nympho Cycler (1971)
Oriental Blue (1975) – MOD.
Other Side of Julie, The (1978)
Paul, Lisa and Caroline (1977) – MOD.
Peggy (197?)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Possession, The (1974)
Possession of Emanuelle (197?)
Pretty Wet Lips (1974) – MOD.
Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, The (1974)
Private Lessons (1981)
Salesgirls, The (197?)
San Francisco Cruisin’ (197?)
Scream Bloody Murder (1973)
Senator’s Daughter, The (1978)
Sex Extortionist, The (197?)
Sigmund Freud’s Dora (1979)
Slaves in Cages (1972)
Small Town Girls (1979) – MOD.
Southern Comforts (1971)
Supervixens (1975)
Sweets for the Suite (1970)
Takers, The (1971)
Talk Dirty To Me (1980) – MOD.
Tapestry of Passion (1976) – MOD.
Teenage Bride (1974)
Teenage Sex Kitten (1975) – MOD.
Temptations (1976) – MOD.
Tendres Cousines (1980)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
Tobacco Roody (1970)
Twin Games (197?)
Vista Valley PTA (1981)
Window of Passion (1971)
Woman of Vengeance (1971)
X-rated Loves (1971)
3 A.M. (1975)
4 In A Bed (197?)
YEAR-1981 – Censored R rating
All in the Sex Family (1973)
Analyze Your Sex (1970)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Beast of Pleasure (1975)
Behind the Green Door (1972)
Best of New York Erotic Film Festival, The (1973)
Britt Blazer (1970)
Burning, The (1981)
Caligula (1979)
Candy Goes to Hollywood (1979)
Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
Captives, The (1970)
Carnal Games (1978)
City of the Living Dead (1980)
Cousin Jedd Rides Again (1970)
Cry of a Prostitute (1974)
Danish Sailors (1976)
Dead and Buried (1981)
Desires Within Young Girls (1977)
Ecstasy Girls, The (1979)
Electric Blue 005 (1981)
Electric Blue 006 (1981)
Emmanuelle 3 (1980)
Evilspeak (1981)
Execution (1981)
First Time, The (1978)
Flying Sex (1980)
Foxy Ladies, The (1979)
Fugitives, The (1973)
Girl in 2A, The (1974)
Gums (1976)
Harvey Swings (1970)
High Finance (197?)
Hottest Show in Town, The (1974)
Journal of Love (1971)
Kung-Fu Executioner (1981)
Let Me Die a Woman (1977)
Love Camp (1977)
Love, Lust and Ecstasy (1981)
Love’s Vicious Circle (1972)
Lucifer’s Lust (1971)
Mermaid, The (1973)
Massage Parlor, The (197?)
Monique (197?)
Peggy (197?)
Night of the Warlock (1971)
Nympho Cycler (1971)
One Last Score (1978)
Pink Narcissus (1971)
Pleasure Cruise (1969)
Pornography in Hollywood (1972)
Pro-Ball Cheerleaders (1979)
Salesgirls, The (197?)
Secret Fantasies (197?)
Sensual Encounters of Every Kind (1978)
Separate Vacations (1970)
Sigmund Freud’s Dora (1979)
Slaves in Cages (1972)
Slaves of Pleasure (1978)
Supervixens (1975)
Sweet Diane (197?)
Sweet Savage (1979)
Tales of a High Class Hooker (1975)
Tapestry of Passion (1976)
Teenage Swingers (197?)
Tender and Perverse Emanuelle (1973)
This Love for Hire (197?)
Three Swedish Girls in Hamburg (1980)
Thundering Mantis, The (1980)
Ton of Action, A (197?)
Untamed Sex (1979)
Very Small Case of Rape, A (1977)
Virgins on the Run (1978)
X-rated Loves (1971)
Young Hitchhikers, The (1971)
YEAR-1981 – Censored M rating
King Cobra (1981)
Legend of the Lone Ranger, The (1981) – From M
Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video (1979)
1981 – Censored M rating – Unconfirmed
Howling, The (1981)
1981 – Classified with Special Condition
Caligula (1979) – MOD. – R – Advertising warning
1981 – Films Board of Review
Angel Death (1979) – RR confirmed
Caligula (1979) – MOD. – R Special Condition confirmed
Exterminator, The (1980) – RR to R
Eyes of a Stranger (1981) – RR to R
Faces of Death (1978) – RR confirmed
In the Realm of the Senses (1976) – RR confirmed
King Cobra (1981) – M cuts dismissed
Legend of the Lone Ranger, The (1981) – MOD. – M to G
Maniac (1980) – RR confirmed
Private Lessons (1981) – RR confirmed
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) – RR confirmed
1981 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
All About Gloria Leonard (1978) – MOD.
Fantasy in Blue (1975) – MOD.
Fantasm Comes Again (1977) – MOD.
Hooker Convention, The (1973) – MOD.
Tramp Women (1972) – MOD.
1981 – State issues
Caligula (1979) – MOD. – WA – RR
Exterminator, The (1980) – QLD – Prohibited in drive-ins
Exterminator, The (1980) – SA – RR
Exterminator, The (1980) – WA – RR
YEAR-1980
1980 – Banned – RR
All About Gloria Leonard (1978) – MOD.
Caligula (1979)
Cry of a Prostitute (1974) – MOD.
Danish Modern (1973)
Desires Within Young Girls (1977) – MOD.
Dirty Mind of Young Sally, The (1973)
Electric Blue 001 (1979)
Eunuch of the Western Palace (1979)
Exterminator, The (1980)
Faces of Death (1978)
Get What You Pay For (1970)
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
Love, Lust and Violence (1975) – MOD.
Naughty Nostalgia Part 1 & 2 (1980)
Naughty Victorians, The (1975) – MOD.
Nude Wives Special (1980)
Pornography in Hollywood (1972)
Pornography in Hollywood (1972) – MOD.
Red Nights of the Gestapo, The (1977)
Sensual Encounters of Every Kind (1978)
Sensual Encounters of Every Kind (1978) – MOD.
Taxi Girls (1979)
Taxi Girls (1979) – MOD.
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Zombi Holocaust (1980)
1980 – Censored R rating
Afternoon Tease (1972)
All About Gloria Leonard (1978)
Angel Mine (1978)
Autopsy (1975)
Bacchanale (1970)
Brood, The (1979)
Criminally Insane (1975)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Deep Desire (197?)
Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh (1972)
Dracula Sucks (1978)
Dynamite (1972)
Eaten Alive (1980)
Electric Blue 001 (1979)
Electric Blue 002 (1980)
Emanuelle and Joanna (1979)
Erotic Experiences of Frankenstein, The (1973)
Fantasy in Blue (1975)
Female Vampire (1973)
Hooker Convention, The (1973)
Hotter Than Hell (1971)
Last Judgement, The (1979)
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
Massage Girls (197?)
Melita (197?)
Motel Hell (1980)
Pro-Ball Cheerleaders (1979)
Professionals, The (197?)
Red Nights of the Gestapo, The (1977)
Referral Service (1975)
Sex World (1978)
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
Strange Girl in Love (1973)
Taxi Girls (1979)
Teenage Jailbait (1973)
Terror (1978)
Thundering Mantis, The (1980)
Train Station Pick-Up (1979)
Tramp Women (1972)
Up! (1976)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Zombi Holocaust (1980)
6-9 the Daily Double (1970)
1980 – Censored M rating
Petites Fuges, Les (1979) – From R
Snake in the Monkey’s Shadow (1979)
1980 – Films Board of Review
Electric Blue 001 (1979) – RR confirmed
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) – RR confirmed
1980 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Dirty Western, A (1975) – MOD.
1980 – State issues
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) – SA – RR
1980 – Film Festival issues
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
1980 – Event
Sep. – Special Condition for Videotape & non-cinema film introduced.
Deputy Censors decide to register without classification the increasing volumes of non-cinema importations such as 8 mm films, but mainly videotapes.
This way, the Board would still fulfil its Commonwealth statutory obligation to register films. At the same time, it would continue to meet its responsibilities under the State Acts that require films be classified only if they are intended for exhibition in a theatre or public hall as defined in the legislation.
Films and videotapes treated in this way are registered subject to the special conditions ‘that this film/tape will not be exhibited in any State in contravention of State’s law relating to the exhibition of films’.
Material considered to fall within the R-rating is registered and classified in the usual way and that which is considered to fall within the ambit of Regulation 13 of the Customs (Cinematograph Films) Regulation is still rejected.
1979
1979 – Banned – RR
Alice in Wonderland (1976)
Assault: Criminals Part IV (1977)
Brotherhood (1976)
Dawn of the Dead (1978) – MOD.
Dirty Mind of Young Sally, The (1973) – MOD.
Dr. Carstair’s 1869 Love-Root Elixir (1972)
Godfather’s Fury (1978)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977) – MOD.
Hottest Show in Town, The (1974) – MOD.
Lay-by Lovers (197?)
Love in Hot Pants (1971)
Personals (1972)
Pro-Ball Cheerleaders (1979) – MOD.
Raquel’s Motel (1970)
Refinements in Love (1971) – MOD.
Schoolgirls’ Report, The (1970)
Schoolgirls’ Report – Why Parents Lose Their Sleep, The (1971)
Sex Wish (1976) – MOD.
She Knew No Other Way (1973) – MOD.
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
Train Station Pick-Up (1979)
Unclothed Encounters (1978)
1979 – Censored R rating
Behind Convent Walls (1978)
Black Deep Throat (1976)
Censorship USA (1971)
Cruel Passion (1977)
Fairy Tales (1978)
Fist of Fury Part 2 (1977)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
Infrasexum (1969)
Italian Stallion, The (1970)
Massage Parlor Wife (1975)
My Darling Gals (1978)
Panorama Blue (1974)
Personals (1972)
Plaisirs Solitaires, Les (1976)
Prey (1977)
Private Nurse (1978)
Raquel’s Motel (1970)
Refinements in Love (1971)
Roseland (1971)
Servants, The (1979)
Sextet (197?)
She Knew No Other Way (1973)
Sip the Wine (1976)
Slaves of Love (1969)
Southern Comforts (1971)
Tobacco Roody (1970)
1979 – Classified with Special Condition
Angel Mine (1978) – 1979 Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth & Adelaide Film Festivals only
1979 – Films Board of Review
Dawn of the Dead (1978) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Dirty Mind of Young Sally, The (1973) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Hottest Show in Town, The (1974) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Sip the Wine (1976) – MOD. – RR to R
1979 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Bibi: Confessions of Sweet Sixteen (1974) – MOD.
Female Chauvinists (1976) – MOD.
Naked Came the Stranger (1975) – MOD.
Superstud (197?)
YEAR-1978
YEAR-1978 – Banned – RR
Bad Penny (1978)
Captain Lust (1977) – MOD.
Change of Partners, A (1976)
China Girl (1974)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dirty Mind of Young Sally, The (1973) – MOD.
Easy Virtue: Dairy of a Teenage Prostitute (1972)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
Eruption (1977) – MOD.
Female Chauvinists (1976)
Fistful of 44s, A (1971)
French Governess, The (1976)
Grand Sensualist, The (1978)
Hard Parties (1976)
Healers, The (1972)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977) – MOD.
Hostess of Sex (197?)
Inside Jennifer Welles (1977) – MOD.
Island of Perversion (1976)
Island of Perversion (1976) – MOD.
Joy of Letting Go, The (1976) – MOD.
Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, The (1974)
Model Hunters, The (1970)
Model Hunters, The (1970) – MOD.
My Secret Life (1969)
Naughty Victorians, The (1975)
Opening of Misty Beethoven, The (1976) – MOD.
Other Side of Julie, The (1978)
Passion Seekers, The (1973)
Passion Seekers, The (1973) – MOD.
Self Service Girls (1974) – MOD.
Sexcapade in Mexico (1973)
Sex Wish (1976)
Sex World (1978) – MOD.
Shocking (1976)
Swinging Ski Girls (1975)
Swinging Sorority (1975)
Swinging Sorority (1975) – MOD.
Welcome Home Johnny (1973)
Young Passions, The (1975)
3 A.M. (1975) – MOD.
1978 – Censored R rating
ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, The (1978)
Alithini Idoni (1974)
All-American Girl, The (1973)
Bad Penny (1978)
Bel Ami (1976)
Big Bust Out, The (1972)
Code Name: Raw-Hide (1972)
Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974)
Dirty Western, A (1975)
Dreams of Eroticism (1977)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
Emanuelle Around the World (1977)
Eruption (1977)
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1976)
Fairy Tales (1978)
Female Chauvinists (1976)
Fessee, La (1976)
Fistful of 44s, A (1971)
French Governess, The (1976)
Godfathers of the Night, The (1977)
Grand Sensualist, The (1978)
Healers, The (1972)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
History of the Blue Movie, A (1970)
I Love You, I Love You Not (1974)
Inside Jennifer Welles (1977)
Joy of Letting Go, The (1976)
Meet Sweet Myra (1973)
Mafia Junction (1973)
Man from S.M.U.T, The (1971)
Midnite Plowboy (1971)
Passion Seekers, The (1973)
Psycho Lover, The (1970)
Riverboat Mama (1969)
Seduction in Paris (197?)
Sex in Denmark (197?)
Super Ball (1974)
Suspiria (1977)
Swinging Ski Girls (1975)
Tanya (1976)
Teenage Bride (1974)
Welcome Home Johnny (1973)
Werewolf Woman (1976)
While the Cat’s Away… (1972)
Young Passions, The (1975)
1978 – Censored M rating
COMA (1978) – Two versions of all scenes of the coma patients in the coma clinic were filmed. One version had them semi-naked whilst the other, for television screenings, had them covered-up. For Australian Cinemas, the coma patients were covered-up.
1978 – Films Board of Review
Captain Lust (1977) – RR confirmed
Inside Jennifer Welles (1977) – MOD. – RR confirmed
1978 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Alice in Wonderland (1976) – MOD.
All-American Girl, The (1973) – MOD.
Beach Blanket Bango (1975) – MOD.
Emanuelle in America (1977) – MOD.
Ginger (1971)
He and She (1970) – MOD.
High School Fantasies (1974) – MOD.
Man and Wife: An Educational Film for Married Adults (1969) – MOD.
Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976)
Sexual Practices in Sweden (1970) – MOD.
Super Ball (1974) – MOD.
Supervixens (1975) – MOD.
That Girl Is a Tramp (1972) – MOD.
Two for the Money (1972) – MOD.
1978 – Advertising issues
Bel Ami (1976)
Joy of Letting Go, The (1976)
1977
1977 – Banned – RR
All About Sex of All Nations (1971) – MOD.
Banging in Bangkok (1976)
Beast, The (1975)
Big Snatch, The (1971)
Bite, The (1975) – MOD.
Blue Ecstasy (1976)
Cadillac Named Desire (1976) – MOD.
Captain Lust (1977)
Climax of Blue Power, A (1975)
Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974)
Cueillette des Cerises, La (197?)
Deep Love (1970)
Deep Love (1970) – MOD.
Emanuelle in America (1977)
Erotic Adventures of Felicia, The (1975)
Every Which Way (197?)
Farmer, The (1977)
Fantasm Comes Again (1977)
Fly Me the French Way (1974)
Four Days Affair, The (197?)
Garden of Torments (1976)
Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977)
He and She (1970)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Justine de Sade (1972)
Intimate Games (1976)
Last Cannibal World (1977)
Lust (197?) – MOD.
Making of a Prostitute, The (1971)
Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976)
Opening of Misty Beethoven, The (1976) – MOD.
Poor Cecily (1974)
Porno Kings, The (1976)
Prostitution (1975)
Sex and the Lonely Woman Part 2 (1971)
Sex and the Office Girl (1972) – MOD.
SS Experiment Love Camp (1976)
Thigh High in Sex (1972) – MOD.
This Violent World (1976)
Through the Looking Glass (1976) – MOD.
Touch of Genie, A (1974) – MOD.
Touch of Sweden, A (1971)
Up! (1976)
Vase de Noces (1974)
Weekend Girls (1975)
1977 – Censored R rating
All About Sex of All Nations (1971)
Andy Warhol’s Bad (1977)
Beach Blanket Bango (1975)
Beast, The (1975)
Bite, The (1975)
Blue Ecstasy (1976)
Body Shop, The (1976)
Brother and Sister (1973)
Caged Women (1975)
Demoniaques, Les (1974)
Emanuelle in America (1977)
Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio, The (1971)
Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack, The (1974)
Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth, An (1967)
Fantasm Comes Again (1977)
Four Days Affair, The (197?)
He and She (1970)
High School Fantasies (1974)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Infrasexum (1969)
Intimate Games (1976)
Jack the Ripper (1976)
Joe (1970)
Justine de Sade (1972)
Last Cannibal World (1977)
Last Desperate Hours, The (1974)
Let Us Play Sex (1974)
Man and Wife: An Educational Film for Married Adults (1969)
Mannequin (1974)
Matinee Wives (1970)
Mrs. Stone’s Thing (1970)
Naked Came the Stranger (1975)
No Way Out (1973)
Poor Cecily (1974)
Porno Kings, The (1976)
Satan’s Slave (1976)
Seven Women for Satan (1976)
Sexual Practices in Sweden (1970)
Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973)
Through the Looking Glass (1976)
Tokyo Emmanuelle (1975)
Touch of Sweden, A (1971)
Two for the Money (1972)
World’s Last Sex Act, The (197?)
1977 – Censored R rating – Unconfirmed
Because of the Cats (1973)
1977 – Censored NRC rating
Star Wars (1977)
1977 – Films Board of Review
Banging in Bangkok (1976) – RR confirmed
Beast, The (1975) – RR confirmed
Bite, The (1975) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Cadillac Named Desire (1976) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Deep Love (1970) – MOD. – RR confirmed
In the Realm of the Senses (1976) – RR confirmed
Making of a Prostitute, The (1971) – RR to R with cuts
Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976) – RR to R
Opening of Misty Beethoven, The (1976) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Sex and the Office Girl (1972) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Touch of Genie, A (1974) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Vase de Noces (1974) – RR confirmed
Weekend Girls (1975) – RR confirmed
1977 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Bikini Bandits (197?)
Cherry’s Girls (197?)
Hot Spur (1968) – MOD.
Justine and Juliette (1975) – MOD.
Learning to Love (197?) – MOD.
Love Camp 7 (1969) – MOD.
Mondo Erotica (197?) – MOD.
Mrs. Stone’s Thing (1970) – MOD.
Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet, The (1969) – MOD.
Sexual Freedom in Denmark (1970)
Sinful Dwarf, The (1973) – MOD.
Sip the Wine (1976)
1977 – Advertising issues
Caged Women (1975)
Emanuelle in America (1977)
Satan’s Slave (1976)
1976
1976 – Banned – RR
Beast, The (1975)
Bikini Bandits (197?)
Butterflies (1975)
Cadillac Named Desire (1976) – MOD.
Caged Women (1975)
Change pas de main (1975)
Christy (1975)
Christy (1975) – MOD.
Dirty Mind of Young Sally, The (1973)
Discreet Pleasures in a Swedish Upper Class Family (1977)
Exhibition (1975) – MOD.
Fantasm (1976)
Fantasy in Blue (1975)
Girls on the Make (1976)
Hooker Convention, The (1973)
Hot Girls for Men Only (197?)
Hot Spur (1968)
Grande Baise, La (1977)
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975) – MOD.
Justine and Juliette (1975)
Lust (197?)
Matinee Wives (1970)
Mondo Erotica (197?)
Mrs. Stone’s Thing (1970)
Mrs. Stone’s Thing (1970) – MOD.
Naked Came the Stranger (1975)
Naked Magic (1975)
Night Train Murders (1975)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Pretty Wet Lips (1974) – MOD.
Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, The (1974)
Pussy Talk (1975)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Savage Man, Savage Beast (1975)
Savage Man, Savage Beast (1976)
Self Service Girls (1974)
Sex Express (1976)
Sip the Wine (1976)
Story of Joanna, The (1975) – MOD.
Street Fighter, The (1974)
Summer Session (1975)
Supervixens (1975) – MOD.
Swinging Both Ways (197?)
Swinging Senators (1975)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) – MOD.
Thigh High in Sex (1972)
Vase de Noces (1974)
Young Secretaries (1974)
101 Acts of Love (1971)
1976 – Censored R rating
Alice in Wonderland (1976)
And Now Prepare Your Grave (1968)
Australia After Dark (1975)
Bibi: Confessions of Sweet Sixteen (1974)
Bikini Bandits (197?)
Black Caesar (1973)
Butterflies (1975)
Cherry’s Girls (197?)
Country Cuzzins (1970)
Dirty Dolls, The (1973)
Erotic Couples (1976)
Exorcism (1975)
Fantasm (1976)
Fongaluli (1973)
Framed (1975)
Freedom to Love (1969)
French Love (1974)
Hot Girls for Men Only (197?)
Hot Spur (1968)
Hungry Pets (1973)
Justine and Juliette (1975)
Learning to Love (197?)
Life and Times of Xaviera Hollander, The (1974)
Miss Layed Genii, The (1973)
Mondo Erotica (197?)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Scream in the Streets, A (1973)
Sex and the French Schoolgirl (1974)
Sex Express (1976)
Street Fighter, The (1974)
Supervixens (1975)
Teenage Love (1973)
That Girl Is a Tramp (1972)
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
Two Faces of Love, The (1972)
Vpomikes Kipies (1975)
Wild, Free and Hungry (1969)
World’s Last Sex Act, The (197?)
1976 – Censored G rating
King of Kings (1961)
1976 – Films Board of Review
Caged Women (1975) – RR confirmed
Christy (1975) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Exhibition (1975) – MOD. – RR to R
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Lust (197?) – RR confirmed
Mondo Erotica (197?) – RR to R MOD.
Mrs. Stone’s Thing (1970) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Naked Magic (1975) – RR to R
Night Train Murders (1975) – RR confirmed
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) – RR confirmed
Savage Man, Savage Beast (1975) – RR confirmed
Self Service Girls (1974) – RR confirmed
Sex Machine (1975) – R cuts dismissed
Story of Joanna, The (1975) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) – MOD. – RR confirmed
1976 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Curious Female, The (1970) – MOD.
Danish Connection, The (1974) – MOD.
Fantasm (1976) – MOD.
Hot Girls for Men Only (197?) – MOD.
Love, Swedish Style (1972) – MOD.
Miss Layed Genii, The (1973) – MOD.
More About the Language of Love (1970)
Scream in the Streets, A (1973) – MOD.
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia (1972) – MOD.
1976 – State issues
In the Realm of the Senses (1976) – WA – Dropped by Festival
1976 – Film Festival issues
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
1976 – Advertising issues
Fantasm (1976)
1975
1975 – Banned – RR
Adult Version of Jekyll and Hide, The (1972)
Angie Baby (1974)
All About Sex of All Nations (1971)
Australia After Dark (1975)
Cocktail Hostesses, The (1973)
Cocktail Hostesses, The (1973) – MOD.
Come to My Bedside (1975)
Danish Connection, The (1974)
Eden Club (197?)
Exorcism (1975)
Exhibition (1975)
Flossie (1974)
Forbidden Sexuality: Trailer (1971)
Framed (1975)
History of the Blue Movie, A (1970)
Hottest Show in Town, The (1974)
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975)
Keyhole, The (1974)
Learning to Love (197?)
Love Secrets of the Kama Sutra (1970)
Massage Parlor Wife (1975)
Massage Parlor Wife (1975) – MOD.
Meet Sweet Myra (1973)
Miss Layed Genii, The (1973)
Morning After, The (1972)
Night Train Murders (1975)
Peeper, The (1975)
Refinements in Love (1971)
Scream in the Streets, A (1973)
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia (1972)
Southern Comforts (1971)
Spinash Love (197?)
Suckers, The (1972)
Superstud (197?)
Teenage Love (1973)
Teenage Love (1973) – MOD.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) – MOD.
Tobacco Roody (1970)
Voyeur (1975)
Well, My Dear! (1974)
Why? (1971) – MOD.
Woman of Vengeance (1971)
1975 – Censored R rating
Angie Baby (1974)
Annie: The Virgin of St Tropez (1976)
Awakening, The (1970)
Best of New York Erotic Film Festival, The (1973)
Bloody Virgin (1975)
Couples of Boulogne, The (1974)
Cut-Throats, The (1969)
Danish Connection, The (1974)
Diary of a Sinner (1974)
Hot and Naked (1974)
Hot Acts of Love (1975)
Hot Connections (1973)
I Like the Girls Who Do (1973)
It’s Francy’s Friday (1972)
Keyhole, The (1974)
Love, Swedish Style (1972)
Mechanical Bananas (1973)
Naughty (1974)
Score (1973)
Sex in the Wards (1973)
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia (1972)
Sexual Freedom USA (1971)
Sexuality USA (1972)
Sexy Lovers (1975)
Sweet and Sexy (1971)
Ta Idola (1975)
Vase de Noces (1974)
Wild Honey (1972)
1975 – Censored M rating
Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh (1972)
1975 – Classified with Special Condition
Vase de Noces (1974) – 1975 Perth International Film Festival only
1975 – Films Board of Review
Australia After Dark (1975) – R cuts dismissed
Blue Summer (1973) – RR to R
Cocktail Hostesses, The (1973) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Come to My Bedside (1975) – RR confirmed
Eden Club (197?) – RR to R
Exhibition (1975) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Flossie (1974) – RR confirmed
Forbidden Sexuality: Trailer (1971) – RR confirmed
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975) – RR confirmed
Keyhole, The (1974) – RR confirmed
Love Secrets of the Kama Sutra (1970) – MOD. – RR to R
Refinements in Love (1971) – RR confirmed
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia (1972) – RR confirmed
Spinash Love (197?) – RR to R
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) – RR confirmed
Vase de Noces (1974) – RR to Special Condition
Well, My Dear! (1974) – RR confirmed
1975 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Sexuality USA (1972) – MOD.
Wild Honey (1972) – MOD.
1975 – State issues
Vase de Noces (1974) – WA – Classified with Special Condition
1975 – Film Festival issues
Vase de Noces (1974)
1975 – Advertising issues
Forbidden Sexuality: Trailer (1971)
Pure Shit (1975)
1975 – Event
Film Festival Agreement introduced allowing certain exemptions. Unless a title had previously been rejected for commercial use, then it could now be registered with ‘Festival Conditions’ without Censorship Board screening. This ‘gentleman’s agreement’ was never written into law and would be challenged in 1982.
1974
1974 – Banned – RR
Bibi: Confessions of Sweet Sixteen (1974)
Box Boy (197?)
Blue Summer (1973)
Daughter, The (1970)
Erotic Love Games (1970)
Forbidden Sexuality (1971)
Hot Connections (1973)
Hot Spur (1968)
Love in 3D (1973)
Madam Satan (1970)
Man of Iron (1972)
Man of Iron (1972) – MOD.
Notorious Cleopatra, The (1970)
Panorama Blue (1974)
Porn Brokers, The (1973)
Pretty Wet Lips (1974)
Pretty Wet Lips (1974) – MOD.
Refinements in Love (1971)
Score (1973) – MOD.
Sex and the Office Girl (1972)
Sex Aids and How to Use Them (1974)
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia (1972)
Sexual Liberty Now (1971)
Sexuality USA (1972)
Sinful Dwarf, The (1973)
1974 – Censored R rating
Abductors, The (1972)
Anita (1973)
Anybody’s (1970)
Bloody Friday (1972)
Erotic Adventures of Zorro, The (1972)
Erotic Love Games (1970)
Escort Girls (1974)
Fleshpot on 42nd St (1973)
Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973)
Keep It Up Jack (1974)
Love Camp 7 (1969)
Love in 3D (1973)
Love, Yolanda (1971)
Lustful Vicar, The (1970)
Man of Iron (1972)
More About the Language of Love (1970)
Naked are the Cheaters (1970)
Notorious Ones, The (1972)
Put Your Devil in My Hell (1973)
Prison Girls (1972)
Quiet Days in Clichy (1970)
Rats, The (1973)
Rikisha Kuri (1974)
Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet, The (1969)
Sex is Beautiful (1973)
Sinderella (1972)
Sinful Dwarf, The (1973)
Snow White and the Seven Perverts (1973)
Strange Girl in Love (1973)
Sweet Sugar (1972)
Vice Squad Women (1973)
Without a Stitch (1968)
World Sex Report (1971)
1974 – Censored M rating
Big Boss, The (1971) – From R
Return of the Evil Dead (1973)
She Knew No Other Way (1973)
1974 – Classified with Special Condition
Sex Aids and How to Use Them (1974) – R – New introduction, advertising warning & approval
Sexual Freedom in Denmark (1970) – R – Advertising warning
1974 – Films Board of Review
Fleshpot on 42nd St (1973) – R cuts confirmed
Forbidden Sexuality (197?) – RR to R
More About the Language of Love (1970) – R cuts dismissed
Pretty Wet Lips (1974) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Score (1973) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Sex Aids and How to Use Them (1974) – RR to Special Condition
Sexuality USA (1975) – RR confirmed
Sugar Cookies (1973) – RR to R
1974 – Queensland Films Board of Review – Prohibited
Erotic Adventures of Zorro, The (1972) – MOD.
Sex Aids and How to Use Them (1974)
1974 – Advertising issues
Sexual Freedom in Denmark (1970)
Wet Dreams (1974)
1974 – Event
May – Queensland Films Board of Review commences with the power to override decisions of the Federal Censorship Board. Cinematograph films regarded as objectionable are to be prohibited.
YEAR-1973
1973 – Banned – RR
Big Boss, The (1971)
Bronze Head and Steel Arm (1972)
Country Cuzzins (1970)
Female Response, The (1973)
Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Forbidden Decameron (1972)
Gallant, The (1972)
Higher and Higher (1970)
Insatiables, The (1971)
Invasion, The (1972)
Language of Love (1969)
Love Camp 7 (1969)
Love, Yolanda (1971)
Mark of the Devil (1970) – MOD.
Mechanical Bananas (1973)
Slaves of Love (1969)
Threesome (1970)
Wild, Free and Hungry (1969)
Without a Stitch (1968)
1973 – Censored R rating
Awakening, The (1970)
Come Back Peter (1969)
Commuter Husbands (1972)
Dear Irene (1971)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
Erika’s Hot Summer (1971)
Eva, the First Stone (1969)
Female Response, The (1973)
Flesh (1968)
Forbidden Decameron (1972)
French Sexy-Go-Round (1972)
Frustration (197?)
Hammer (1972)
I Am a Nymphomaniac (1971)
Iguana with the Tongue of Fire. The (1971)
Language of Love (1969)
Little Superman (1974)
Lonesome Cowboys (1968)
Loving and Laughing (1971)
Man from Deep River, The (1972)
Mark of the Devil (1970)
Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill, The (1966)
Oblong Box, The (1969)
Oh! Calcutta! (1972)
Requiem for a Vampire (1971)
Roseland (1971)
Schoolgirls’ Report, The (1970)
Secret of Dorian Gray, The (1970)
Seduction of Inga, The (1968)
Slaughter (1972)
Slaves of Love (1969)
Smugglers, The (1973)
Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves (1972)
Ston ilingo tis amartias (1972)
Swinging Wives (1971)
Threesome (1970)
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
Tropic of Cancer (1970)
Two Faces of Love, The (1972)
Vampire Circus (1972)
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
40 Graves for 40 Guns (1971)
1973 – Censored M rating
Bloody Fists, The (1972) – From RR
Bronze Head and Steel Arm (1972) – From RR
Five Fingers of Death (1972) – From RR
Gallant, The (1972) – From RR
Invasion, The (1972) – From RR
1973 – Classified with Special Condition
Language of Love (1969) – MOD. – R – Advertising warning
1973 – Films Board of Review
Big Boss, The (1971) – RR to R
Country Cuzzins (1970) – RR confirmed
Eva, the First Stone (1969) – R cuts dismissed
Female Response, The (1973) – RR confirmed
Five Fingers of Death (1972) – RR confirmed
Forbidden Decameron (1972) – RR confirmed
Language of Love (1969) – RR confirmed
Mark of the Devil (1970) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Mechanical Bananas (1973) – RR confirmed
Slaves of Love (1969) – RR confirmed
Super Fly (1971) – RR to R
Threesome (1970) – RR confirmed
Without a Stitch (1968) – RR confirmed
1973 – State issues
Oh! Calcutta! (1972) – MOD. – SA – c. 1973
1973 – Other
Language of Love (1969) – R cut to R uncut
Skyjacked (1972) – RR to M
YEAR-1972
1972 – Banned – RR
Anybody’s (1970) – MOD.
Bastard, The (1968)
Bedside Dentist (1971)
Blindman (1971)
Blindman (1971) – MOD.
Bloody Fists, The (1972)
Clay Pigeon (1971)
Cold-Blooded Beast, The (1971)
Curious Female, The (1970) – MOD.
Danish Blue (1968) – MOD.
Daughter, The (1970)
Daughter, The (1970) – MOD.
Dear Irene (1971)
Demons of the Mind (1972)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
Female Response, The (1973)
Grimms Märchen von lüsternen Pärchen (1969)
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Hate Your Neighbour (1968)
Hero, The (1971)
Honeymoon Killers, The (1970)
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (1970)
I Am a Nymphomaniac (1971)
Iguana with the Tongue of Fire. The (1971)
Isabella, the Gypsy Duchess (1969)
Josephine Mutzenbacher (1970)
Language of Love (1969)
Loving and Laughing (1971)
Lustful Vicar, The (1970)
Mark of the Devil (1970)
Mark of the Devil (1970) – MOD.
Matchless Conqueror, The (1971)
Night of Fear (1972)
Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill, The (1966)
Nudest Show on Earth, The (197?)
Oblong Box, The (1969)
Private Parts (1972)
Schoolgirls’ Report, The (1970)
Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet, The (1969) – MOD.
Sexy Dozen, The (1968)
Skyjacked (1972) – Regulation 40 appeal
Slaves of Love (1969)
Sugar Cookies (1973)
Sugar Cookies (1973) – MOD.
Super Fly (1971)
Town Called Bastard, A (1971)
Tropic of Cancer (1970)
Vampire Circus (1972)
Vampire Circus (1972) – MOD.
Vengeance (1970)
Without a Stitch (1968)
200 Motels (1972)
1972 – Censored R rating
As the Naked Wind from the Sea (1968)
Au Pair Girls (1972)
Bedroom Mazurka (1970)
Bedside Dentist (1971)
Black on White (1968)
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
C.C. and Company (1970)
Daddy, Darling (1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
Fear Has 1000 Eyes (1970)
Image Lovers (1972)
Initiation (1970)
Love Maniacs, The (197?)
Monique (1970)
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Nightcomers, The (1972)
Portraits of Women (1970)
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Prostitution Italian Style (1971)
Swedish Fly Girls (1972)
Town Called Bastard, A (1971)
Wild Damned Nature, The (1972)
1972 – Censored M rating
Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Fellini – Satyricon (1970)
Hands of the Ripper (1971) – From RR
Hero, The (1971 ) – From RR
Vengeance (1970) – From RR
1972 – Censored NRC rating
Matchless Conqueror, The (1971) – From RR
1972 – Classified with Special Condition
Devils, The (1971) – R – Regulation 40 appeal – Advertising warning & approval
1972 – Films Board of Review
Anybody’s (1970) – MOD – RR confirmed
Black on White (1968) – Cuts confirmed
Blindman (1971) – RR MOD. to R MOD.
Clay Pigeon (1971) – MOD. – RR to R
Cold-Blooded Beast, The (1971) – RR confirmed
Dear Irene (1971) – Festival screening only
Decameron, The (1971) – R cuts dismissed
Demons of the Mind (1972) – RR confirmed
Grimms Märchen von lüsternen Pärchen (1969) – RR confirmed
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (1970) – RR to R
Isabella, the Gypsy Duchess (1969) – RR to R
Lustful Vicar, The (1970) – RR confirmed
Night of Fear (1972) – RR to R
Private Parts (1972) – RR confirmed
Schoolgirls’ Report, The (1970) – RR confirmed
Sexy Dozen, The (1968) – RR to R
200 Motels (1972) – RR confirmed
1972 – Film Festival issues
Dear Irene (1971)
YEAR-1971 – Post Nov. 15
1971 – Post Nov. 15 – Banned – RR
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) – MOD.
Big Doll House, The (1971)
Daddy, Darling (1970)
Death at Owell Rock (1967)
Fear Chamber (1968)
Five Savage Men (1970)
Flesh (1968)
Grimms Märchen von lüsternen Pärchen (1969)
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (1969)
I, a Woman No. 2 (1968)
Love by Rape (1970)
1971 – Post Nov. 15 – Censored R rating
Bedroom Mazurka (1970)
Gay Deceivers, The (1969)
Joe (1970)
Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970)
Nana, Girl of Pleasure (1970)
Panic in Needle Park, The (1971)
1971 – Post Nov. 15 – Censored M rating
Countess Dracula (1971)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
1971 – Post Nov. 15 – Films Board of Review
Big Doll House, The (1971) – RR confirmed
Fear Chamber (1968) – RR confirmed
YEAR-1971 – November 15
Nov. 15 – New rating system introduced.
G – For General Exhibition
NRC – Not Recommended for Children
M – For Mature Audiences Only
R – Restricted Exhibition—No persons between the ages of 6 and 18 (2 and 18 in South Australia) will be admitted to cinemas showing ‘R’ certificate films.
RR – Refused Registration (same as Refused Classification)
This replaced the previous system that was advisory, and not legally restricted.
G – General Exhibition
A – Not Suitable for Children (broadly equivalent to NRC or PG)
SOA – Suitable only for Adults (broadly equivalent to M, and known as AO until July 1970)
RR – Refused Registration (same as Refused Classification)
Note – Some films were examined in October and early November 1971 and passed for registration under the R (Restricted) classification. However, the R certificates were not issued until 15 November 1971, on which date the new classification system became operative.
YEAR-1971 – Pre-Nov.15
1971 – Pre-Nov. 15 – Banned – RR
Blood and Lace (1971)
Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
Do You Want to Remain a Virgin Forever? (1969)
Girly (1970)
Glass Houses (1971)
Groupie Girl (1970)
Hard Ride, The (1971)
Honeymoon Killers, The (1970)
House of Dark Shadows (1970) – MOD.
Incredible 2-Headed Transplant, The (1971)
In the Labyrinth of Love (1969)
Joe (1970)
Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970)
Making It (1971)
Nana, Girl of Pleasure (1970)
Nathalie After Love (1970)
Obsessions (1969)
Percy (1971) – Regulation 40 appeal
Performance (1970) – MOD.
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Saturday Morning (1971)
Scavengers, The (1970)
Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet, The (1969)
Scratch Harry (1969)
Student Nurses, The (1970)
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
Terror of the Vampires (1971) – MOD.
Traveling Executioner, The (1970)
Vanishing Point (1971)
YEAR-1971 – Pre-Nov. 15 – Censored SOA rating
Alex in Wonderland (1970)
America our Home (1970)
Anna (1970)
Believe in Me (1971)
Billy Jack (1971)
Black on White (1968)
B.S. I Love You (1971)
Cactus in the Snow (1971)
Deserter, The (1971)
Doctors’ Wives (1971)
Finishing School (1969)
Fools (1970)
Fury of the Avenger (1970)
Hippie Revolt, The (1967)
House of Dark Shadows (1970)
I, a Woman (1965)
I Love My Wife (1970)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Little Big Man (1970)
Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
Little Murders (1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker, The (1971)
Nathalie After Love (1970)
Obsessions (1969)
Owl and the Pussycat, The (1970)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Quiet Place to Kill, A (1970)
Return of Count Yorga, The (1971)
Road to Salina (1970)
Secret Africa (1969)
Secret Report on Prostitution (1970)
Seven Women Per Head (1970)
Seventeen (1965)
Shaft (1971)
Shoot Out (1971)
Ski Bum, The (1971)
Summer of ’42 (1971)
Swedish Love Story, A (1970)
Touch, The (1971)
Vampire Lovers, The (1970)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Watermelon Man (1970)
Ways of Katmandu (1969)
YEAR-1971 – Pre-Nov. 15 – Censored A rating
Africa Erotica (1971)
Andromeda Strain (1971)
Bunny O’Hare (1971)
Burn (1969)
cieca di Sorrento, La (1963)
Colpo di Stato (1969)
Colt, Five Dollars and Carrion, A (1967)
Creatures the World Forgot (1971)
Figures in a Landscape (1970)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Day of Anger (1967)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
Girl in Lovers Lane, The (1960)
Hell’s Creatures (1968)
Homer (1970)
Husbands (1970)
Jenny (1970)
Jungle of the City, The (1970)
Lawman (1970)
Light at the Edge of the World, The (1971)
Living Sword, The (1971)
Love Story (1970)
Man Called Sledge, A (1970)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
McKenzie Break, The (1970)
Mort, La (19??)
No Blade of Grass (1970)
Pleasures of the Bath (1968)
ragazza del prete, La (1970)
Red Sun (1971)
Revolutionary, The (1970)
Ringo, the Lone Rider (1968)
Rio Lobo (1970)
Say Hello to Yesterday (1971)
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Soldier Blue (1970)
Some Came Running (1958)
Sword of El Cid, The (1962)
Teenage Outlaws (1967)
To Commit a Murder (1967)
Trog (1970)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
Zachariah (1971)
YEAR-1971 – Pre-Nov. 15 – Censored G rating
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
Don’t Drink the Water (1969)
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
Le Mans (1971)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1971)
Miss Stone (1958)
YEAR-1971 – Pre-Nov. 15 – Censored for Unknown rating
Wind from the East (1970) – MOD. – Rating unknown
YEAR-1971 – Pre-Nov. 15 – Classified with Special Condition
Joe (1970) – 1971 Sydney & Melbourne Film Festival only
YEAR-1971 – Pre-Nov. 15 – Films Board of Review
Black on White (1968) – No decision
Doctors’ Wives (1971) – Cuts confirmed
Girly (1970) – RR confirmed
House of Dark Shadows (1970) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Joe (1970) – Festival screening only
Little Big Man (1970) – Cuts confirmed
Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970) – RR confirmed
Nathalie After Love (1970) – MOD. – RR to SOA
Percy (1971) – RR confirmed
Performance (1970) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) – RR confirmed
Traveling Executioner, The (1970) – RR confirmed
Vanishing Point (1971) – RR confirmed
Watermelon Man (1970) – Cuts confirmed
YEAR-1971 – Event
Jan. 4 – Films Board of Review established.
YEAR-1970 – Post May
1970 – Post May – Banned – RR
Angel Unchained (1970)
As the Naked Wind from the Sea (1968)
Bastard, The (1968) – MOD.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Black Sunday (1960)
Bloody Mama (1970) – MOD.
Camille 2000 (1969)
Carmen, Baby (1967)
C.C. and Company (1970)
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
De Sade (1969)
Devil’s Angels (1967)
Eva, the First Stone (1969)
Fuego (1969)
Futz (1969)
Gay Deceivers, The (1969) – MOD.
Glass Cage, The (1964)
God Forgives… I Don’t! (1967)
House of Dark Shadows (1970)
I Love Blue (1968)
Incredible Invasion, The (1971)
Invasion (1970)
Like Night and Day (1969)
Love in Cold Blood (1969)
Loving Feeling (1968)
Man Called Sledge, A (1970)
Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart, The (1970)
Married Couple, A (1969)
More (1970)
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Mystery and the Pleasure (1966)
Paranoia (1969)
Performance (1970)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Rather Complicated Girl, A (1968)
Run, Angel, Run! (1969)
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
Scream and Scream Again (1970) – MOD.
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Traveling Executioner, The (1970)
Venus in Furs (1969)
Wages of Sin (1969)
YEAR-1970 – Post May – Censored SOA rating
Baby Maker, The (1970)
Bad Women of Perra , The (19??)
Change of Mind (1969)
Christine Jorgensen Story, The (1970)
Come Play with Me (1968)
Corridor, The (1968)
Cover Me Babe (1970)
Crescendo (1970)
Darker Than Amber (1970)
Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)
False Witness (1970)
Fellini – Satyricon (1970)
Getting Straight (1970)
Girls of Shame (1969)
God Forgives… I Don’t! (1967)
Grasshopper, The (1969)
Happy Ending, The (1969)
Hello-Goodbye (1970)
Hornets’ Nest (1970)
How, When and with Whom (1969)
I, a Woman (1965)
Ideal Marriage, The (1968)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Landlord, The (1970)
Libertine, The (1968)
Like Night and Day (1969)
Macho Callahan (1970)
Man Who Had Power Over Women, The (1970)
Moonshine War, The (1970)
Move (1970)
Music Lovers, The (1970) – MOD.
Naked Bunyip, The (1970)
Naked to Hell (196?)
Natural Child (1966)
Paddy (1970)
Premature Burial (1962)
Prologue (1970)
Sabina and Her Men (1966)
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
Seventeen (1965)
Swedish Fanny Hill (1968)
Tale of the Cock (1969)
There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
Women in Love (1969)
YEAR-1970 – Post May – Censored AO rating
Adventurers, The (1969)
Blow Hot, Blow Cold (1969)
Born Losers, The (1967)
Brotherly Love (1970)
Kremlin Letter, The (1970)
My Lover My Son (1970)
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969)
Wedding Night (1970)
Zabriskie Point (1970)
YEAR-1970 – Post May – Censored A rating
Adalen 31 (1969)
Barquero (1970)
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
Bullet for Pretty Boy, A (1970)
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
Chisum (1970)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)
Crimson Pirate (1969)
El Condor (1970)
Electric Chair, The (1969)
Executioner, The (1970)
Eyewitness (1970)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
Halls of Anger (1970)
Hercules Against the Mongols (1963)
Hours of Love and War (1970)
Invincible Six, The (1970)
Island of Terror (1966)
Jeff (1969)
Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, The (1970)
Love in the Pacific (1970)
Machine Gun McCain (1969)
Magic Christian, The (1969)
Mark Donen Agente Zeta 7 (1966)
Number One 1969)
Professional Gun, A (1968)
Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance (1967)
Sabata (1969)
Strawberry Statement, The (1970)
Super Colt 38 (1969)
Woodstock (1970)
Yojimbo (1961)
To Victory and Further (1966)
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Vendetta for the Saint (1969)
Visibility Zero (1970)
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
YEAR-1970 – Post May – Censored G rating
Cat, The (1966)
Challengers, The (1970)
Don’t Drink the Water (1969)
King of Kings (1961)
Toomorrow (1970)
YEAR-1970 – Post May – Appeal
Angel Unchained (1970) – RR confirmed
Bastard, The (1968) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Black Sunday (1960) – RR confirmed
Bloody Mama (1970) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Camille 2000 (1969) – RR confirmed
Carmen, Baby (1967) – RR confirmed
Chisum (1970) – Part Cuts confirmed
Devil’s Angels (1967) – RR confirmed
Getting Straight (1970) – Cuts confirmed
God Forgives… I Don’t! (1967) – RR confirmed
House of Dark Shadows (1970) – RR confirmed
I Never Sang for My Father (1970) – Cuts confirmed
Loving Feeling (1968) – RR confirmed
Myra Breckinridge (1970) – RR confirmed
Mystery and the Pleasure (1966) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Naked Bunyip, The (1970) – Cuts confirmed
Owl and the Pussycat, The (1970) – Cuts confirmed
Performance (1970) – RR confirmed
Pit and the Pendulum (1961) – RR confirmed
Scream and Scream Again (1970) – MOD. – RR confirmed
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) – RR confirmed
Wages of Sin (1969) – RR confirmed
Women in Love (1969) – Cuts confirmed
YEAR-1970 – Film Festival issues
Like Night and Day (1969)
Married Couple, A (1969)
YEAR-1970 May
FILM CENSORSHIP BULLETIN No. 1 published,
beginning with May 1970 decisions.
Titles above are ordered by year of decision,
not by production.
Unless the date of submission is known,
then titles below are ordered by year of
production, not by decision.
A lack of published decisions means the
information below is incomplete.
All additional information, are most welcome.
YEAR-1970 – Pre-May
1970 – Pre-May – Banned – RR
Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth, An (1967)
1970 – Other
Billabong (196?/7?) – Chipp’s Reel screening
1970 – Event
Jul. – Film Censorship Board begins to refer to AO rating as SOA (Suitable only for Adults).
YEAR-1969
1969 – Banned – RR
Babysitter, The (1969)
YEAR-1969 – Censored AO rating
Big Cube, The (1969)
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Goodbye Columbus (1969)
Last Summer (1969)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Rosemary’s Baby (1969)
1969 – Censored A rating
Age of Consent (1969)
Color Me Dead (1969)
Damned, The (1969)
Medium Cool (1969)
1969 – Censored for Unknown rating
Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969)
YEAR-1968
YEAR-1968 – Censored AO rating
Barbarella (1968)
Benjamin, the Diary of an Innocent Young Boy (1968)
Candy (1968)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968) – There were two versions of this movie, with/without female nudity. For Australian Cinemas, NO female nudity version.
Her Private Hell (1968)
If…. (1968)
I Love You, Alice B Toklas! (1968)
Killing Of Sister George, The (1968)
Magus, The (1968)
Therese and Isabelle (1968)
1968 – Censored A rating
Dunwich Horror, The (1970)
Sin with a Stranger (1968)
Stuntman (1968)
1968 – Censored for Unknown rating
Black Veil For Lisa, A (1968)
YEAR-1967
YEAR-1967 – Banned – RR
Incident, The (1967)
Ulysses (1967)
YEAR-1967 – Censored AO rating
Fox, The (1967)
Graduate, The (1967)
Poor Cow (1967)
Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan (1967)
1967 – Censored for Unknown rating
Upkar (1967)
YEAR-1966
YEAR-1966 – Banned – RR
Night Games (1966)
YEAR-1966 – Censored AO rating
Fountain of Love, The (1966)
Galia (1966)
Game Is Over, The (1966)
How I Learned to Love Women (1966)
YEAR-1966 – Censored A rating
Blow-Up (1966)
Torn Curtain (1966)
YEAR-1966 – Censored for Unknown rating
Night Games (1966)
Persona (1966)
YEAR-1965
YEAR-1965 – Film Festival issues
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
YEAR-1964
YEAR-1964 – Censored AO rating
Ronde, La (1964)
YEAR-1964 – Censored A rating
Slave Trade in the World Today (1964)
1964 – Censored for Unknown rating
Fanny Hill (1964)
Sinderalla and Her Golden Bra (1964)
YEAR-1963
YEAR-1963 – Censored AO rating
Birds, The (1963)
YEAR-1963 – Censored for Unknown rating
Silence, The (1963)
YEAR-1962
YEAR-1961
YEAR-1961 – Censored A rating
Pugni, pupe e marinai (1961)
YEAR-1960
YEAR-1960 – Censored AO rating
Peeping Tom (1960)
Two Women (1960)
Virgin Spring, The (1960)
YEAR-1960 – Censored for Unknown rating
Girl in Lovers Lane, The (1960)
YEAR-1960 – Not Censored for AO rating (uncut)
Psycho (1960) – AO (Australian Version is 108 minutes and 51 seconds) – There were two widely seen modified versions of the movie. PSYCHO original 1960 version, is 108 minutes and 51 seconds. PSYCHO restored version re-issued September 2020, is 109 minutes and 04 seconds. From 46:52 minutes – The famous shower scene is identical in both versions (2 minutes and 38 seconds).
YEAR-1959
YEAR-1959 – Censored A rating
European Nights (1959) to obtain the classification rating of (A) SUITABLE ONLY FOR ADULTS – CHILDREN UNDER 16 NOT ADMITTED
YEAR-1959 – Censored A rating
FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) to obtain the classification rating of (A) SUITABLE ONLY FOR ADULTS – CHILDREN UNDER 16 NOT ADMITTED
YEAR-1958
YEAR-1957
YEAR-1956
YEAR-1955
YEAR-1954
YEAR-1953
YEAR-1952
YEAR-1951
YEAR-1950
YEAR-1949
YEAR-1948
1948 – Event –
THE SUN – PAGE 3 – Tuesday 20th January 1948 –
* * * WHY FILMS ARE CUT BY CENSOR * * *
* In Sydney Australia, on Monday, The Commonwealth Film Censor (Mr. Alexander), explained (fully) today that there was no irrevocable film ban on expletives, such as “bloody” if they were used naturally, and without emphasis and were essential to the humour of the dialogue.
1948 – Event –
Thursday 22nd April 1948 – Any film that would normally be classified as HORROR will now be refused registration. This is still subject to the existing right of appeal against the decisions of the Censorship Board.
– Any film that would normally be classified as ‘Horror’ will now be refused registration This is still subject to the existing right of appeal against the decisions of the Censorship Board.
YEAR-1947
YEAR-1946
YEAR-1945
YEAR-1944
YEAR-1943
YEAR-1942
YEAR-1941
YEAR-1940
YEAR-1939
YEAR-1938
YEAR-1937
YEAR-1936
YEAR-1935
YEAR-1934
YEAR-1933
YEAR-1932
YEAR-1931
YEAR-1931 – Event – BANNED –
The Blonde Captive (1931) A Columbia Pictures film, with Racial Themes deemed by the Australian government, to be prejudicial to Aboriginal Australians. False claims made during the film, that some Aboriginal Australians in the outback were actually neanderthals, also deemed by the Australian government to be harmful to their ongoing anthropological research.
YEAR-1930
YEAR-1929
YEAR-1928
YEARS-1928–1941 (chronological) Mr. Creswell O’Reilly was hired as the Chief Censor around this time, and many films were banned, and yes, the Chief Censor BANNED all these films –
Dawn, Klondike Annie, Compulsory Hands, Applause, Cape Forlorn, All Quiet on the Western Front, Gang Bullets,
YEAR-1927
YEAR-1926
YEAR-1925
YEAR-1924
YEAR-1923
YEAR-1922
YEAR-1921
YEAR-1920
YEAR-1919
YEAR-1918
YEAR-1917
YEARS-1911-1912
YEAR-1911-1912 – Event – BANNED all films about bush-ranging, such as THE TIDE OF DEATH (1912) the Australian silent film, written and directed by Raymond Longford, and based on an original story by Raymond Longford, and long considered to be a lost film, and was released on 13th April 1912. The Australian censors, were very concerned about the effects of such films, on female audiences. The sympathetic telling of the bushrangers’ stories, were also deemed to hold the police, up to ridicule.
The bushranger ban was a ban on films about bushrangers that came into effect in parts of Australia during 1911 and 1912. Films about bushrangers had been the most popular genre of local films ever since The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906).
Australian Governments were worried about the influence this would have on the population, and bans against films depicting bushrangers were introduced in South Australia (1911), New South Wales (the 1912 amendment to the New South Wales Theatres and Public Halls Act (1908) and in Victoria (1912). Government decision had a considerable impact on the local Australian Film Industry, as it meant filmmakers could no longer work in that popular genre. Australian film production in years 1911 and 1912, was one of the highest in the world, and the local Australian Film Industry went into immediate decline.
FAQ Abbreviations –
1917-2025 Australian Ratings are –
MOD. – Modified (Censored)
AO – Adults only
G – General
M – Mature
MA/MA15+ – Mature Accompanied
NRC – Not Recommended for Children
PG – Parental Guidance
R/R18+ – Restricted
RC – Refused Classification
RR – Refused Registration
SOA – Suitable only for Adults
X/X18+ – Restricted 18+
Extra – Indicates bonus extras content on a dvd/blu-ray discs.
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FAQ Abbreviations –
1917-2025 Australian Ratings are –
MOD. – Modified (Censored)
AO – Adults only
G – General
M – Mature
MA/MA15+ – Mature Accompanied
NRC – Not Recommended for Children
PG – Parental Guidance
R/R18+ – Restricted
RC – Refused Classification
RR – Refused Registration
SOA – Suitable only for Adults
X/X18+ – Restricted 18+
Extra – Indicates bonus extras content on a dvd/blu-ray discs.
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