foreign indicates the movie is in another language with english subtitles.

FORMAT:
35mm film has a different aspect ratio than normal televisions. thus, when a movie is released on video they have a choice of how to deal with this--cut off the sides of the movie so it fits the screen, but losing some of the original shot, or show the full shot. cropping the image results in "pan and scan" where they select the "most important" part of each frame and crop out the rest to fit your screen ("this movie has been modified to fit your screen"). not cropping results in "letterbox" (LBX) or "widescreen" format--when they force the entire width of the original print to fit the screen horizontally, it doesn't fill it vertically, thus there are black bars running across the top and bottom of the screen. soapbox: in certain movies the framing of the shot and the whole cinematography is an important part of the movie, and thus some cineastes cringe to see the directors vision butchered. on the other hand, many people find the black bars annoying. fair warning, at any rate.

CODE:
the "Hays Code" was a set of ethical guidelines movies had to follow starting in 1930. it banned a lot of flesh, but also restricted certain plots--such as the "bad guys" were no longer allowed to win, crime couldn't pay, etc. it was eventually replaced by the current MMPA rating system.