We read the script so movie night has no surprises.
Ratings tell you what a film got. We tell you what's actually in it — because we read the screenplay.
That means when we tell you there's a jump scare in the basement scene, or a character says the f-word three times, or a parent dies on screen, it's because PopcornAI found that moment in the script itself — not in a synopsis, a review, or a plot summary.
What Script Verified Means
Every movie carrying the Script Verified badge has been read from an actual screenplay or transcript. For titles where no script is publicly available yet — usually recent releases — we say so right on the page, and we add the full guide as soon as one surfaces.
We're adding more every day — working through the most requested titles first.
When a script is found, PopcornAI reads it scene by scene and extracts specific details: real lines of dialogue, named scenes, exact moments. Not general impressions from plot summaries.
Script read & verified
Movies with this badge have had a real screenplay or transcript read — not a synopsis, not a review, not a guess.
Where Our Data Comes From
Movie Facts
Title, runtime, director, cast, release date, MPAA rating, studio, and poster art come from TMDB — The Movie Database. Industry standard, verified, and updated regularly.
Content Analysis
What's actually in the movie comes from PopcornAI. It finds and reads actual screenplays and transcripts, then extracts specific content details — real scenes, real dialogue, not general impressions.
How Our Age Ratings Work
Our age recommendations are independent of MPAA ratings. They reflect thematic complexity, scary content, and appropriateness for different developmental stages.
Toddlers and early childhood
- •Gentle stories, no scary scenes, no conflict
- •Simple characters, happy resolutions
Preschool to early primary
- •Mild peril, brief scary moments, simple villains
- •Emotional themes like loss handled gently
Primary school
- •Moderate adventure and peril
- •Themes of loss, friendship, courage
- •Mild language occasionally
Late primary
- •More intense action and frightening scenes
- •Complex moral situations introduced
Middle school
- •Moderate violence, romantic themes
- •Mature emotional complexity
Early high school
- •Strong violence, adult themes, implied sexual content
Older teens
- •Graphic violence, explicit language, mature themes
Adults only
- •Explicit content across all categories
- •NC-17 or unrated films
Content Rating Scale
Each content category (violence, language, scary scenes, romance, substances, stimulation) is rated on a 5-level absolute scale.
Not present at all
Barely present, would not concern most parents (e.g. cartoon slapstick, a kiss)
Present but minor, most parents fine with it (e.g. Lion King stampede, mild peril)
Notable, parents of younger kids should be aware (e.g. Avengers battle sequences)
Significant content, strong parental consideration needed (e.g. Saving Private Ryan)
We rate on an absolute scale — not relative to genre. The same standard applies to every film from G-rated animation to R-rated adult cinema.
PopcornAI
PopcornAI is the engine that reads scripts and produces every content breakdown on the site.
For each film it searches publicly available screenplay and transcript databases, finds the actual script, reads it, and extracts specific details: real scenes, specific language, named characters in named situations. Not general impressions.
If no screenplay is found, we don't guess and we don't use plot summaries as a substitute for the real thing — the title waits for a script to become available before it gets a full guide.
Films we've read carry the same badge:
Built by Parents
PopcornCheck is built by Turning Sphere Technologies.
We made this because we needed it. If a movie is missing, a rating seems off, or you want to suggest something — we read every message.