UK feature film classifications
Feature length productions. Trailers and advertisements are included here only until 1944; BBFC data includes these until 1986.
Records prior to 1931 are incomplete or lost.
Total is of both certificated films and those refused certificates.
Cut: films that were initially refused classification but were subsequently issued after re-editing.

	U	A	H				refused	cut	total
1931	1,031	243	—				34	147	1,308
1932	895	263	0				22	195	1,180
1933	762	298	0				25	233	1,085
1934	874	291	0				27	232	1,192
1935	1,019	231	1				16	140	1,267
1936	1,140	220	0				8	162	1,368
1937	922	218	0				9	176	1,149
1938	1,007	163	0				3	139	1,172
1939	1,009	323	5				6	164	1,343
1940	983	283	0				1	112	1,267
1941	1,005	234	2				0	80	1,241
1942	1,110	217	0				3	84	1,330
1943	822	205	0				1	75	1,028
1944	757	270	0				1	133	1,028
1945	165	301	3				0	0	469
1946	216	305	10				0	0	531
1947	187	255	2				0	0	444
1948	214	340	5				0	0	559
1949	280	301	0				10	0	591
1950	332	227	1				5	0	565
	U	A	X				refused	cut	total
1951	354	246	31				5	0	636
1952	407	164	24				3	0	598
1953	412	184	34				10	0	640
1954	347	154	28				8	0	537
1955	271	186	35				8	0	500
1956	257	213	51				6	0	527
1957	264	233	77				9	0	583
1958	261	197	71				12	0	541
1959	238	163	80				25	0	506
1960	199	181	98				10	0	488
1961	224	173	102				13	0	512
1962	171	168	102				11	0	452
1963	184	157	96				9	0	446
1964	172	127	112				18	0	429
1965	155	144	95				3	0	397
1966	132	114	111				7	0	364
1967	130	133	112				12	0	387
1968	99	124	169				9	2	401
1969	91	114	219				21	8	445
	U	A	AA	X			refused	cut	total
1970	104	84	77	212			25	11	502
1971	98	77	77	228			22	8	502
1972	78	81	77	222			30	8	488
1973	62	78	85	249			30	10	504
1974	72	80	93	268			27	6	540
1975	74	96	73	164			17	6	424
1976	53	73	74	187			15	1	402
1977	39	86	78	164			8	1	375
1978	35	81	66	138			4	0	324
1979	33	88	87	120			3	1	331
1980	25	82	84	124			4	0	319
1981	15	57	87	115			4	0	278
1982	17	54	115	139			1	0	326
	U	PG	15	18	R18		refused	cut	total
1983	23	95	100	137	33		2	0	390
1984	12	92	126	130	13		3	0	376
1985	16	88	144	103	0		1	0	352
1986	54	86	139	107	0		1	44	387
1987	31	85	132	96	0		0	36	344
1988	25	89	143	112	0		0	54	369
	U	PG	12	15	18	R18	refused	cut	total
1989	41	79	20	161	105	0	0	59	406
1990	34	80	50	144	115	0	1	45	424
1991	49	67	48	129	86	0	0	47	379
1992	38	99	34	124	76	0	0	28	371
1993	32	83	54	126	84	1	0	37	380
1994	46	92	60	122	81	0	0	21	401
1995	37	110	49	123	91	0	0	27	410
1996	42	98	65	166	75	0	0	21	446
1997	38	115	60	134	92	0	0	16	439
1998	56	109	40	174	69	0	0	14	448
1999	67	127	72	193	73	0	0	19	532
2000	63	112	88	175	86	0	1	12	525
2001	43	121	107	177	60	0	0	14	508
	U	PG	12A	15	18	R18	refused	cut	total
2002	71	143	122*	201	48	0	0	20	585
2003	61	132	152	186	51	1	0	11	588
2004	41	102	148	222	49	0	0	5	562
2005	63	100	153	218	55	1	0	7	590

*of which 48 were classified as 12 prior to introduction of 12A Source: British Board of Film Censors/Classification

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