The importing, making, distributing or exhibiting of films in Singapore is governed by the Films Act of 1981.

Introduced in August 2008, the “Classify All-Content” policy has the Board of Film Censors classifying videos according to their content, regardless of edits.

In October 2003, the Board of Film Censors introduced sequential dual ratings for films, giving film distributors the option to screen two versions of the same movie (with different ratings), one after another with at least a week's break between the respective theatrical runs.