Key acts from the 90s are the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and amendments to the Video Recordings Act. At this time, the BBFC had lots of extremely violent and drug-filled films to classify. The BBFC waited for the Bill to become an Act, before coming to decisions on Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Bad Lieutenant, Dirty Weekend and Menace II Society. Because of new rules, there were more cuts than there would have been before.
Controversial film Kids (Larry Clark, 1995) was a film that was criticised for being 'child pornography' by reviewers. The BBFC looked into the proof of age for the actors. Some scenes were minorly cut based around the Protection of Children Act as they were deemed 'indecent'.
In 1997 the BBFC's President Lord Harewood, stepped down after 12 years in the job. His replacement, Andreas Whittam Smith, announced his intention to steer the BBFC towards a greater 'openness and accountability'. This included the publication of the BBFC's first set of classification guidelines in 1998, following a series of public 'roadshows' in which public views were canvassed and the launching of a BBFC website.
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