That’s a great question! Let’s explain.
Editing is the process of making something presentable. When someone edits, it means they correct, fix, adapt, arrange, cut, and revise material before it’s ready to be presented. Many forms of media go through the editing process including newspapers, magazines, books, music, and movies.
When a new movie comes out, it has already gone through an editing process. The term “edited movies” refers to movies that are re-edited. In other words, they go through the editing process a second time.
The most common form of an “edited movie” is a movie that has been re-edited specifically for content. This means the movie goes through the editing process a second time in order to remove offensive content. The offensive content typically removed includes gore, nudity, profanity, etc. Edited movies can act like a type of parental control and provide people the opportunity to watch movies without offensive content.
