Aditya 369 is a 1991 India comedy adventure by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Mohini and Amrish Puri
BBFC cuts for animal cruelty were
required for 2025 UK cinema release.
Summary Notes
Children investigating a robbery discover a time machine. A couple trying to rescue them gets trapped, leading to adventures in 16th
century India under Krishnadevaraya's reign and a distant future world.
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133:14s
UK: BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, brief references to sex, suicide and sexual
violence
2025 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 04/04/2025)
The BBFC commented:
This work had compulsory cuts made. Cuts were required to scenes involving illegal horse falls staged for the film.
8 Vasanthalu is a 2025 India drama by Phanindra Narsetti Starring Ananthika Sanilkumar, Ravi Theja Duggirala and Mettu Nishesh
The BBFC notes that the film was cut
to try and obtain a 12A rating for 2025 cinema release. However it ended up with a 15 rating anyway.
Summary Notes
After losing her army father, writer/martial artist Shuddhi grows up in
Ooty with her mother. She channels grief through writing, then experiences love and heartbreak with Varun, leading to personal transformation.
Versions
cut:
run:
138:22s
pal:
132:50s
UK: BBFC 15 rated for strong bloody violence, sexual threat for strong bloody violence, sexual threat after
BBFC cuts:
Company chose to remove a scene of sexual threat, and to remove elements of strong and bloody violence, in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
Game Changer is a 2025 India action thriller by S. Shankar Starring Ram Charan, Kiara Advani and Sankalpa Banerjee
BBFC category cuts were required for
a 12A rated cinema release in 2025
Summary Notes
An honest IAS officer's fight against a corrupt political system through fair and transparent elections.
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163:35s
pal:
157:02s
UK: BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, threat, references to suicide and sexual
violence with a trigger warning for moderate violence, threat, references to suicide and sexual violence after BBFC cuts:
2025 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 09/01/2025)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to strong violence in order to achieve their requested 12A rating. An uncut 15 classification was available.
uncut
run:
164m
pal:
157m
Australia: Uncut and ACB MA 15+ rated for strong violence:
Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence with
bloody detail, brief sexual and drug references, suicide inferences:
2025 2G Entertainment cinema release (2025 rated 08/01/2025)
Good Bad Ugly is a 2025 India action thriller by Adhik Ravichandran Starring Trisha Krishnan, Ajith Kumar and Simran
The film was cut in India for a UA16+
rating. In the UK the film is available in 2 cinema versions. BBFC 15 eated version sare uncut while the BBFC 12A rated version is cut.
Versions
cut:
run:
138:21s
pal:
132:49s
UK: BBFC 12A rated for violence, threat, bloody images, brief sexual threat, strong language after BBFC
cuts:
2025 TGS ENTERTAINMENT cinema release (rated 14/04/2025)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to reduce the instances of strong language, as well as bloody detail in sequences of violence, and to remove drug misuse and sexualised dancing, in order to achieve a 12A. An
uncut 15 was available to the distributor.
uncut
run:
137:37s
pal:
132:07s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, language, drug misuse, brief sex references:
2025 TGS ENTERTAINMENT cinema release (rated 10/04/2025)
uncut
run:
137:01s
pal:
131:32s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, language, drug misuse, brief sex references:
2025 TGS ENTERTAINMENT cinema release (rated 08/04/2025) titled Good Bad Ugly - International Version
uncut
run:
138m
pal:
132m
Australia: Uncut and ACB MA 15+ rated for strong violence:
2025 Home Screen Entertainment cinema release (rated 06/04/2025)
v Housefull 5
- 2025 India comedy mystery thriller by Tarun Mansukhani
Housefull 5 is a 2025 India comedy mystery thriller by Tarun Mansukhani Starring Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh
Exists with alternative endings in
versions named A and B. BBFC category cuts were required for at least the A version for a 15 rated 2025 cinema release.
A Version
cut:
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163:03s
pal:
156:32s
UK: BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail after BBFC cuts:
2025 Bakrania Media cinema release (rated 02/06/2025) titled Housefull 5 A
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to strong violence in order to achieve their requested 12A rating.
uncut
run:
163m
pal:
156m
Australia: Uncut and ACB M rated for violence:
2025 Mind Blowing Films cinema release (rated 04/06/2025)
B Version
uncut
run:
163:03s
pal:
156:32s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail:
2025 Bakrania Media cinema release (rated 04/06/2025) titled Housefull 5 B
uncut
run:
163m
pal:
156m
Australia: Uncut and ACB M rated for violence:
2025 Mind Blowing Films cinema release (rated 04/06/2025) titled Housefull 5 (modified Version)
Kudumbasthan is a 2025 India comedy by Rajeshwar Kaliswamy Starring Prasanna Balachandran, Jensan Diwakar and Kovai Gurumoorthy
Mandatory BBFC cuts for animal
cruelty were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2025.
Summary Notes
A lower-middle-class man faces mounting debts and family tensions after losing his job. With a pregnant wife
and disapproving in-laws, he must overcome financial struggles and personal conflicts while trying to rebuild his life.
Versions
mandatory
cut:
run:
153:05s
pal:
146:58s
UK: BBFC 12A rated for brief moderate violence, sexual violence references for brief moderate violence,
sexual violence references after BBFC cuts:
2025 Big Films cinema release (rated 31/01/2025)
The BBFC commented:
This work required compulsory cuts. Cuts were required to a sequence of animal cruelty depicting a cock fight.
Marching Powder is a 2025 comedy thriller by Nick Love Starring Stephanie Leonidas, Danny Dyer and Philippe Brenninkmeyer
BBFC cuts were required for 2025
cinema and video release.
Summary Notes
Middle-aged Jack, arrested for drugs, strives in 6 weeks to repair marriage, curb bullying in-law, and guide stepbrother Kenny Boy, but his
efforts fail as life spirals out of control.
Versions
cut
run:
96:03s
pal:
92:12s
UK: cut and BBFC 18 rated for very strong language, sex references:
2025 True Brit Entertainment cinema release (rated 21/02/2025)
The BBFC commented:
Company was required to make a compulsory change to one scene to remove a potentially indecent image involving a child. The original version of the scene showed a child in the same shot as some
explicit material playing on a laptop behind him. Company addressed this issue by substituting the images on the laptop screen with non explicit images. Cut made in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978. No footage was removed as the cuts
were made by digital substitution.
uncut
run:
96:03s
pal:
92:12s
Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 18 rated for very strong drugs and language, strong
violence and sexual content:
2025 True Brit cinema release (2025 rated 04/02/2025)
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha is a 1989 India historical drama by T. Hariharan Starring Mammootty, Madhavi and Devan
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2025.
ummary Notes
The film offers an alternative version of the fight between two legendary Chekavars from Chanthu's perspective.
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cut:
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169:50s
pal:
163:02s
UK: BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, bloody images, suicide with a trigger
warning for moderate violence, bloody images, suicide after BBFC cuts:
Pintu Ki Pappi is a 2025 India comedy romance by Shiv Hare Starring Ganesh Acharya, Ali Asgar and Sunil Pal
BBFC category cuts were required for
a 12A rated cinema release in 2025.
Versions
cut:
run:
134:30s
pal:
129:07s
UK: BBFC 12A rated for moderate violence, injury detail for moderate violence, injury detail after BBFC
cuts:
2025 Bollywood Films cinema release (rated 04/03/2025)
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to make cuts, to remove bloody detail during violence, in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
uncut
run:
135m
pal:
130m
Australia: Uncut and ACB M rated for violence:
2025 Shree Forum Films Star cinema release (rated 03/03/2025)
Radio Voice is a 2025 Nigeria drama by Isioma Osaje Starring Richard Mofe-Damijo, Nancy Isime and Timini Egbuson
BBFC cuts were required for a 15
rated cinema release in 2025.
Summary Notes
A sex worker, widower and the staff of a has-been Radio station collide in this riveting tale of second chances and redemption.
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cut:
run:
92:44s
pal:
89:01s
UK: BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong language, sex references, sexually abusive behaviour with
a trigger warning for strong language, sex references, sexually abusive behaviour after BBFC cuts:
2025 Independent Film Exhibition Consultancy cinema release (rated 19/05/2025)
The BBFC commented:
This work had a compulsory cut to remove an image of sexual activity occurring in a shot that also featured a child.
Robinhood is a 2025 India comedy film by Venky Kudumula Starring Sreeleela, Nithiin and David Warner
BBFC category cuts were required for
a 12A cinema release in 2025.
Summary Notes
A modern Robin Hood switches from stealing to protecting when circumstances make him the reluctant bodyguard of a high-profile client.
Versions
cut:
run:
154:23s
pal:
148:12s
UK: BBFC 12A rated for moderate violence, threat, injury detail, drug misuse, strong language for moderate
violence, threat, injury detail, drug misuse, strong language after BBFC cuts:
2025 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 27/03/2025)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to strong violence in order to achieve their requested 12A rating. An uncut 15 classification was available.
Ronth is a 2025 India drama by Shahi Kabir
Starring Arun Cherukavil, Sudhi Koppa and Krisha Kurup
BBFC category cuts were made for a 12A rated cinema release in 2025.
Summary Notes
Two patrol officers face mounting tensions during a night shift as they navigate dangerous calls while confronting their strained partnership and personal demons.
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cut:
run:
120:24s
pal:
115:35s
UK: BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for suicide, domestic abuse, threat, violence, injury detail,
language with a trigger warning for suicide, domestic abuse, threat, violence, injury detail, language after BBFC cuts:
2025 TGS ENTERTAINMENT cinema release (rated 17/06/2025)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make a cut to reduce the detail in a scene involving a suicide. An uncut 15 was available to the distributor.
uncut
run:
121m
pal:
116m
Australia: Uncut and ACB M rated with a trigger warning for mature themes and a suicide scene:
2025 Home Screen Entertainment cinema release (rated 20/06/2025)
Sankranthiki Vasthunnam is a 2025 Action, Comedy Film by Anil Ravipudi Starring Meenaakshi Chaudhary, Aishwarya Rajesh and Venkatesh Daggubati
There are no censorship issues with this film.
BBFC Notes
A former cop encounters romantic complications with his wife and ex-partner when asked to help with a kidnapping case in this zany Telugu-language action comedy, which features
moments of hard-hitting and bloody violence.
Versions
cut:
run:
142m
pal:
136:00s
UK: BBFC 12A rated for moderate violence, threat, bloody images, infrequent strong language for moderate
violence, threat, bloody images, infrequent strong language after BBFC cuts:
2025 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 09/01/2025)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to strong violence in order to achieve their requested 12A rating. An uncut 15 classification was available.
Sex Rider: Wet Highway is a 1971 Japan erotic action film by Koretsugu Kurahara Starring Mari Tanaka, Ken Yoshizawa and Ken Mizoguchi
BBFC cuts were required for an 18
rated Blu-ray in 2025.
Summary Notes
Unhappily headed into marriage, a woman parties and accidentally hits a man with her car. He pretends to be dead and she drags him into a boat,
hoping to dump his body into a lake. Complications ensue.
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67:45s
pal:
65:02s
UK: BBFC 18 rated for strong sex, sexual violence for strong sex, sexual violence after BBFC cuts:
Cuts required to remove images in potential violation of the Protection of Children Act 1978.
Thanks to Mike who adds:
At 37-38 minutes,
the hero of the film is telling a female acquaintance about his childhood and the fact that he was admired for his beauty even before he was 2 years old.
We cut to a scene in which a maid, his mother and his aunt are bathing him
as a child. He is unclothed and the three women are making admiring remarks about his body, including his dimensions. The BBFC let the dialogue pass, but they cut a frontal close-up of the boy. The nudity is innocent and non-sexualised in itself, but the
zoom in risks making the image a PCA concern.
That's quite an unusual type of Protection of Children Act (PCA) cut. The only other cuts which I can recall which were due to the camera getting too close to a scene of natural nudity
were in one scene of Emanuelle's Sweet Revenge, and the pre-credit baptism scene in The Ages of Lulu.
There is a follow-up scene in the Pecas film in which the maid strips down to her underwear and lifts the child out of the bath
and hugs him. The nudity of the young actor is still natural, but it becomes potentially sexualised due to the physical contact and the sexual element of the maid losing her clothes in a provocative manner.
Overall the PCA cuts
amount to around 5 seconds.
cut:
run:
86:00s
pal:
82:34s
UK: BBFC X (18) rated after BBFC cuts:
1975 Border Films cinema release (rated 13/05/1975)
banned
UK: Banned by BBFC
1975 Border Films cinema release (rated 12/02/1975)
Shin
is a 2023 Iraq drama by Mohammed Mustafa Starring Halwest Muhammad, Rubar Khalid and Shamal Abarash
Mandatory BBFC animal cruelty cuts
were required for cinema release in 2025.
Summary Notes
The story of the movie talks about the problems of the Kurdish society and the problems of a family and how they fight for their
lives.
Versions
cut:
run:
91:10s
pal:
87:31s
UK: BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong violence, injury detail, domestic abuse with a trigger
warning for strong violence, injury detail, domestic abuse after BBFC cuts:
2025 Birmingham Kurdish Film Festival cinema release (rated 05/02/2025)
The BBFC commented:
This work required compulsory cuts. Cuts were required to a sequence of animal cruelty depicting a cock fight.
v Sky Force
- 2025 India action thriller by Abhishek Anil Kapur
Sky Force is a 2025 India action thriller by Abhishek Anil Kapur, Sandeep Kewlani Starring Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur and Sara Ali Khan
BBFC category cuts were required for
a 12A rating for 2025 cinema release.
Summary Notes
Skyforce unravels a gripping tale inspired by true events from one of the deadliest air strikes between India and Pakistan. A hero
lost, a comrade's quest for truth-an epic tribute to bravery, sacrifice, and unbreakable courage.
Versions
cut:
run:
123:46s
pal:
118:49s
UK: BBFC 15 rated for strong violence for strong violence after BBFC cuts:
2025 Bollywood Films cinema release (rated 20/01/2025)
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to make cuts to reduce bloody detail during scenes of violence to achieve a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
v Smurfs
- 2025 Italy/US comedy animation by Chris Miller
Smurfs is a 2025 Italy/Belgium/US comedy animation by Chris Miller
Starring Rihanna, James Corden and Nick Offerman
BBFC category cuts were made for a U rated cinema relase in 2025.
Summary Notes
When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him.
Versions
cut:
run:
91:51s
pal:
88:11s
UK: BBFC U rated for very mild violence, threat, language, rude humour for very mild violence, threat, language,
rude humour after BBFC cuts:
2025 Paramount Pictures UK cinema release (rated 23/06/2025)
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to slightly increase the duration of a bleep on the soundtrack so that the mild bad language which was partially disguised behind the bleep could not be made out. This change was made to
obtain a U classification. An uncut PG classification was available.
uncut
run:
92m
pal:
88m
Australia: Uncut and ACB G rated for very mild themes, coarse language and some scenes may scare very
young children:
2025 Paramount Pictures Australia Blu-ray (rated 12/06/2025)
uncut
run:
91:51s
pal:
88:11s
Ireland: Uncut and IFCO G rated for mild animated violence and threat, occasional rude
humour and an instance of mild language:
The Sons of Great Bear is a 1966 East Germany/Yugoslavia western drama by Josef Mach Starring Gojko Mitic, Jirí Vrstála and Rolf Römer
BBFC animal cruelty cuts were
required for 2025 Blu-ray release.
Summary Notes
Whites expel Dakotas from Black Hills after finding gold, defying treaty. Chief's son Tokei-ihto rejects barren reservation after his
father's murder. Out of prison, he leads tribe's flight to Canada, confronting murderer Red Fox.
Versions
cut:
run:
91:41s
pal:
88:01s
UK: BBFC 12 rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, discrimination with a trigger warning
for moderate violence, discrimination after BBFC cuts:
2025 Eureka Entertainment Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
The BBFC commented:
Compulsory cuts required to remove scenes of unsimulated animal cruelty (horses being caused to fall using trip wires)..
v Thandel
- 2025 India action romance by Chandoo Mondeti
Thriller: A Cruel Picture is a 1973 Sweden action thriller by Bo Arne Vibenius (as Alex Fridolinski). Starring Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf and Despina Tomazani.
The Original/Festival Version including director approved hardcore inserts was banned by the Swedish films censors for cinema release
and was subsequently significantly cut to obtain a cinema release. The film was also heavily cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This US Version was banned by the BBFC from a 1974 cinema release. Heavy cuts were then made to obtain an X rated UK cinema
release in 1976. The Original Version was submitted to the BBFC in 2026 but the BBFC cut the hardcore inserts for a cut 18 rated Blu-ray release. There are several other versions featuring a mix of material from the above versions.
Summary Notes
Gorgeous Swedish cult siren Christina Lindberg plays Frigga who cannot speak after a childhood trauma. A rather shady character kidnaps her and after getting her hooked on heroine, he forces her to work as a
prostitute, and gouges her eye out when she refuses her first client. Frigga saves her money and pays for lessons in martial arts, before taking her revenge on those cruel customers and her pimp.
As the title suggests this
is one viciously bleak film. From the barren wind swept Swedish landscape and eerie electric score to the hard core sex scenes and eye gouge scene which was created using a real cadaver, Thriller is a truly potent cult shocker.
Lindberg is a truly striking and unforgettable cult figure, carrying a shotgun and dressed all in black she is enigmatic and certainly makes shameless plagiarizer Tarantino's work look pale by comparison.
A long standing rumor
surrounding the film was that a real corpse was used for the scene where Madeleine's eye is taken out with a scalpel. In a March 2006 interview, Christina Lindberg confirmed this. The body was of a young girl who had committed suicide. Makeup was added
to the eye, and the shot was filmed in the hospital that had received the body.
Original Version/Festival Version
uncut Festival Version
run:
108:14s
pal:
103:54s
US: The Original Version is uncut and MPA Unrated:
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Includes the hardcore inserts plus an approximately 50-second sex scene featuring the real Christina
Lindberg ( not her double for the Hardcore scenes!) There is also extra exit music.
cut
cut:
run:
108:08s
pal:
103:48s
UK: The Original Version was BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence for sexual violence after BBFC cuts:
2025 Screenbound Pictures Blu-ray (rated 28/07/2025)
The BBFC commented:
Compulsory cuts required to remove material that may cause harm to viewers by making sexual violence look appealing (explicit shots of unsimulated sexual acts edited into two scenes of sexual
violence). An uncut classification was not available.
The Classifiers discussed Thriller: A Cruel Picture, a Swedish crime drama, from 1973, in which a woman is forced into prostitution and later seeks violent revenge against her abusers
The film was previously
submitted to the BBFC, in a pre-cut version, for cinema release in 1974 and found unsuitable for classification. It was resubmitted in 1975 203 following a change in BBFC leadership 203 and classified X in 1976 after further cuts were made to scenes of
violence and sexual violence. It has not previously been classified for home video release
The film has now been submitted for a video rating, in its original uncut version.
The Classifiers focused in
particular on two scenes of sexual violence, which depict the protagonist participating in sex work with male and female clients while under the control of a pimp who has forcibly addicted her to heroin. The scenes include explicit images of unsimulated
masturbation, vaginal and anal penetration, and ejaculation.
The BBFC supports adults' right to choose their own entertainment as long as it remains within the law and is not potentially harmful. However, where a film or video
raises issues or concerns that cannot be addressed by classification at a particular category, we may require cuts or other changes as a condition of classification.
Our Classification Guidelines state that such cuts may be
required to portrayals of sexual violence that make rape, other non-consensual sexually violent behaviour or sadistic violence look appealing.
The Classifiers noted that the volume and detail of the real sexual activity in
Thriller: A Cruel Picture far exceeds previous, and very rare, precedents for unsimulated (or apparently unsimulated) sexual activity during scenes of sexual violence in films classified by the BBFC. They unanimously agreed that the nature and quantity
of the explicit and unsimulated images, in the context of scenes of sexual violence, is such that their effect is to eroticise rape in a manner that poses a risk of harm to viewers under the Video Recordings Act 1984.
The
Classifiers determined that the scenes breached the BBFC's Guidelines and policy on depictions of sexual violence, and that cuts were therefore required to remove all explicit imagery in order to make the film suitable for classification at 18.
Swedish Version/Synapse Version
uncut
cut:
54s
run:
106:36s
pal:
102:20s
US: The Swedish Version is MPAA Unrated but shortened for:
The uncut version includes hardcore inserts of penetration and ejaculation, however it is missing an approximately 50-second sex scene featuring the real Christina Lindberg ( not her double for the Hardcore scenes!)
banned
run:
107m
pal:
103m
Sweden
Sweden: The Original Version was banned in Sweden for 1973 cinema release
From IMDb.
The original running time was 107 minutes. After being banned by the Swedish film censorship board, it was cut down to 104 minutes and then 86 minutes, but still banned. It was finally released after being cut down to
82 minutes.
Vengeance Version
Vengeance Edition
cut:
3:36s
run:
103:01s
pal:
98:54s
US: The Vengeance Edition is cut
The US Synapse DVD identified as the Vengeance Edition is missing the
hardcore scenes, and has a shortened eye gouging scene, but contains the rest of the violence.
US: The Extended US Version is uncut and MPA Unrated:
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US R Rated Version
cut
cut:
run:
82m
pal:
79m
US: Cut for a US R rating
cut
cut:
run:
79:39s
pal:
76:28s
UK: Passed X after heavy BBFC cuts for:
1976 cinema release
Presumably this is based on the US Version: This was heavily cut to try and obtain distribution in the US. Madeleine was re-named to Frigga, the hardcore sex-scenes were all cut, and several scenes including violence were censored as well. Overall,
about 25 minutes of the movie were taken out.
Through and Through is a 1973 Poland crime drama by Grzegorz Królikiewicz Starring Franciszek Trzeciak, Anna Nieborowska and Irena Ladosiówna
The BBFC required animal cruelty cuts for 2025 Blu-ray release.
Summary Notes
A struggling illustrator and his wife, disliked by his family, drift between jobs before attempting mail fraud. Their scheme leads to the murder of their elderly, disabled landlords.
Versions
cut:
cut:
run:
74:12s
pal:
71:14s
UK: BBFC 15 rated for strong violence for strong violence after BBFC cuts:
2025 Radiance Films (rated 30/05/2025) (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released
on 18th August 2025
The BBFC commented:
A shot in the film was reframed to remove the sight of a bird being cruelly mistreated..
To Kill a War Machine is a 2025 UK documentary by Hannan Majid, Richard York Starring Huda Ammori, Richard Barnard and Shezana Hafiz
Originally uncut and BBFC 15 rated for a 2025 cinema release, but was banned a month later following the UK government ban of the
campaign group Palestine Action.
Summary Notes
A documentary about the activist group Palestine Action.
Versions
banned
run:
78:17s
pal:
75:09s
UK: Banned by BBFC
2025 Rainbow Collective cinema release (rated 05/06/2025 but banned from 04/07/2025)
The BBFC commented:
To Kill a War Machine is a British documentary about the group Palestine Action, who were proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000 with effect from 5 July 2025. The film was originally classified
15 uncut for cinema release on 5 June 2025, before the group was proscribed. Given the proscription of the organisation, and in accordance with legal advice, further distribution or exhibition of To Kill a War Machine is likely to constitute an offence
under the Terrorism Act 2000. As such, the classification for this film was revoked on 4 July 2025. BBFC Guidelines and policy state that we will not classify material which is in breach of the criminal law.
The film makers, Rainbow
Collective, also took down an online release, saying in a statement:
Following the vote in the House of Commons on 2nd July 2025 to proscribe Palestine Action, Rainbow Collective have taken the difficult decision to
temporarily take down the online version of our film, To Kill a War Machine and authorise no further screenings of the film until further notice.
As filmmakers with 20 years of experience documenting movements for social justice
around the world, we produced To Kill a War Machine independently, within the law and had it certified for cinema release by the BBFC. The film itself does not become illegal, as it was produced and edited prior to proscription. However, future
distribution of anything which could be interpreted as showing sympathy for or inviting support for a proscribed organisation will become illegal.
It has always been Rainbow Collective's intention to tell critical and truthful
stories with integrity. We never want our documentaries to expose our audiences or communities to danger from the state and, as such, the film will remain unavailable until we have absolute legal assurance that it can be distributed within the law.
Mike comments:
This seems to be the first documentary caught by the Terrorism Act 2000. The Act was mainly directed at the time at material published by proscribed organisations themselves or their
supporters, and then later, when internet communication advanced, it started to be applied to social media posts.
It's been claimed that the legal problems for To Kill a War Machine stem from the fact that it's one-sided. It
showcases the views of Palestine Action, allows them to defend their position and tactics at length, and doesn't include opinions from dissenting sources. That's not quite true though. Even if it had been more balanced it would still have breached the
Terrorism Act, which makes illegal speech which expresses an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation. Even a single opinion is enough, regardless of whether it's challenged and alternative perspectives offered.
An interesting parallel is with the 2003 documentary Jenin Jenin (Mohammad Bakri), which dealt with armed confrontations between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin. It takes the Palestinian side
and doesn't consider opposing views from Israelis. This was never submitted to the BBFC but has occasionally been publicly shown in the UK. Had it been intended to defend the views of a proscribed organisation it would have been just as illegal to
publish/show as To Kill a War Machine. But it was designed to support the position of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, which is of course not on the banned list.
uncut
run:
78:17s
pal:
75:09s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for images of real dead bodies and injury, criminal behaviour:
2025 Rainbow Collective cinema release (rated 05/06/2025 but banned from 04/07/2025)
Tourist Family is a 2025 India comedy drama by Abishan Jeevinth, Harish Durairaj, Madhan Starring Aareesh, Arunja and Harish Ayyappan
BBFC category cuts were required for
a 12A rated cinema release in 2025.
Summary Notes
A quirky Sri Lankan family seeking a fresh start in India transforms a disconnected neighborhood into a vibrant community with their
infectious love and kindness.
Versions
cut:
run:
126:13s
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121:10s
UK: BBFC 12A rated for infrequent strong language, moderate violence, injury detail for infrequent strong
language, moderate violence, injury detail after BBFC cuts:
2025 TGS ENTERTAINMENT cinema release (rated 29/04/2025)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to strong language in order to achieve their requested 12A rating. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 15 classification was available.
