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I always thought they were more guidelines. In cinemas they're banned from seeing if they aren't the right age and they can't buy or rent dvds or videos etc. But in their own home they can watch anything. I mean, I'm probably the youngest member on here at 14 and I've seen all of those films you listed excluding Ilsa. It's down to the individual.
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Not a 100% sure of the current UK law but was the same as here. Cinemas/video shops/DVD retailers can be fined for renting/allowing access to/selling films to people under the BBFC cert.
As far as I know there have never been laws about what children are shown at homes. There only thing i can think of that would be similar is exposing children to pornography which can be a crime.
In Ireland they've changed the certs a lot in recent years to give parents more control over what they watch in the cinema. They now have a 15A cert which similar to the AMerican R except that its children under 15 not 17 who need an adult with them. Personally I think its a better idea as most parents know their children better - obviously it does have the downside in that parents will rarely preview a film that they are seeing in the cinema, so they don't knoew its content fully.