14A - "Suitable for viewing by persons 14 years of age or older. Persons under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. May contain violence, coarse language, and/or sexually suggestive scenes."
This category is designed to include films that are appropriate for audiences 14 years of age or older, but which may be considered by some adults to be appropriate for viewing by the minors in their care in the company of an adult.
At this classification level there are often elements of frequent coarse language, particularly use of the sexual expletive, such as in The Damned United (2009) or Trailer Park Boys: Countdown To Liquor Day (2009).
There may be elements of nudity or implied sexual activity, such as in Funny People (2009) or Broken Embraces (2009). Sexual situations are evaluated according to the level of detail and the context of each individual scene, rather than by the specific body part or activity represented in the scene.
Elements of crude humour and crude sexual language may also appear at the this level, such as in The Ugly Truth (2009), I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) and Year One (2009). These elements are evaluated by both detail and frequency.
Violence that is frequent but does not involve gory wounds or serious threat often warrants inclusion in this category, such as in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Terminator Salvation (2009). Violence that includes bloody wounds or serious threat, but which is mitigated by historical context, such as in Passchendaele (2008), and Defiance (2008), can also appear in this category.
Some horror films, such as Drag Me To Hell (2009), Paranormal Activity (2009), or The Uninvited (2009), can also be found in this category as the film may be frightening but the depictions tend to lack graphic detail and gore.


