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Quoting bigdaddyhorse:

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filmratings.com will tell you if a film has been submitted and what it got. If no entry for a title there, it's Not Rated. Unrated sounds the same, but means slightly different:

From the rules and forums, I thought that if a film was any alternate version of something that was rated at any point, it should be tagged "unrated".

If a film has never been submitted for rating in any form, it should be "Not Rated". Did the rules change on me again?

Are you sure they track absolutely every submission and cut? Many movies/cuts are actually rated several times before they release it.  The Avengers for example originally received a R rating.  So there are cuts of the Avengers that the MPAA had rated R but never been released.

Even if that was true, that would only be applicable to the US locality.  Canada actually doesn't have a national board, they are actually reviewed by each Province, but use the same rating system (except for Quebec)  Pain & Gain for example received a 14-A here in BC but a 18A in Ontario.  But the Blu-ray has it listed as 18A.  I also recall seeing Canadian versions listed as being 'Unrated' but in fact having a rating on the package for the alternate cut.

I agree with you about the difference between Not Rated & Unrated.  I was just saying that assumptions are being made, take the original example of Big.  The details on the Theatrical cut are in the bottom middle, but the logo for the PG rating is away from those details.  If the Filmratings.com database is complete and contains every single rating for every single cut of the movie than I'd agree that if the cut isn't listed than it'd be unrated.  But I'm not sure if that is the case.  By the packaging alone you can't tell, it might be pretty safe to assume that the PG applies to the Theatrical only but it still may be an assumption.  I know the various ratings board in Canada are hit and miss.