 Violence must be kept to a minimum in G-rated films and must not be intense in PG-rated films.Depictions of intense violence are permitted under the PG-13 rating, but violence that is both realistic and extreme or persistent will generally require at least an R rating.<ref name="rating rules"></ref>

Snippets of language that go "beyond polite conversation" are permitted in G-rated films, but no stronger words are present.Profanity may be present in PG rated films, and use of one of the harsher "sexually-derived words" as an expletive will initially incur at least a PG-13 rating.