Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong violence, sexual content, language and some drug use
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Baby's father goes to change a baby boy's diaper and, after removing diaper, finds the baby was switched for a girl; baby's anatomy is seen.
  • Full frontal female nudity. Teenage Sex.
  • Two boys photograph a beat cop having sex with a teenage prostitute on a roof; male bare buttocks and thrusting seen. The two boys then proceed to have implied sex with her, one or possibly both being virgins.
  • The main character, when he's a boy. He spreads his legs and shows his penis to a girl, (not shown), then the girl shows him her vulva (not shown), he tries to grab it, but she stops him.
  • Full-frontal female nudity. Topless women. Woman's naked bottom. An older man has sex with a teen girl; his naked bottom is shown thrusting. Teen sex; strong material regarding teens and sex (a boy rubs up against a girl, shows her his privates -- not seen -- and "pays" her with pastries in exchange for sex). Man kissing/rubbing his face in a woman's cleavage. A man and woman kissing, making moaning sounds. Sexual artwork on walls. Strong sex talk, strong sexual situations.
  • No graphic adult male or female (genital) nudity shown, but some strong sequences of sexuality.
  • A nude woman lies in hearse as if dead, showing full frontal nudity including pubic hair and labia majora (pudendal cleft). Man climbs on top and it's implied they then had sex.
  • A teenage girl prostitutes herself. She is shown having sex with other teenagers and older men
  • Near the beginning, a man waves a gun in the faces of a couple making out. He then takes off the top of the woman and rubs her nipple with the gun barrel, seen graphically.
  • Robbery/rape victim later meets the gang. They then playfully expose their genitals so she can decide who was her rapist. No nudity is seen. She ends up fondling and kissing some of them after they have redressed.
  • While a young boy watches through a peep hole, a young woman removes her costume and full rear nudity is seen.
  • During a robbery, a man rapes a woman by throwing her down against a table face down. She moans loudly during the rape; thrusting is seen. No explicit nudity. It is implied she is a masochist and enjoys such treatment.
  • When a man looks through a peephole at an adult club women's breasts can be seen just for a brief second.
  • Sexual dialogue and nude pictures.

Violence & Gore

  • There are two very disturbing rape scenes. The first one is brief, the second one goes on for several minutes.
  • There is a rape scene in a car, we see the woman's breasts and a view of her perineum/vulva as she is lifted up by the rapist is clear though darkened. This scene is very disturbing.
  • A man is shot in the eye. Subsequently, the car with the dead man is raided with bullets by a couple of guys in another car. Later, a man who escaped is shot and killed. Very graphic and disturbing for young viewers.
  • A boy of 11 or 12 gets shot in a gang dispute.
  • Film per tutti.
  • No age rating. It was an all public in France until 2015, due to all moral panic that came from nowhere.
  • A man is punched a few times onscreen, his face is completely dripped in blood (shown for a bit). One of the attackers is later shot in the head, we see a bloody bullet wound with blood dripping down shortly. Only really bloody bit in a 4 hour movie
  • Two teens are beaten by a bunch of gangsters, not bloody but very prolonged and brutal, including heavy blows by brass-knuckles and kicks. One of them gets a chain attached to a pull-cart snared around his neck.
  • A woman is shot twice in chest, a bloody bullet wound is briefly visible before she dies.
  • A character is shot through the eye. Very sudden and bloody.
  • Various other scenes of strong violence. However never much blood is shown.

Profanity

  • Cunt is said once during the latter half.
  • 22 uses of "fuck", 13 uses of "shit", 3 uses of "damn", 10 uses of "ass", 4 uses of "pussy", 3 uses of "cock" and a few uses of "bitch", "schmuck", "pansy", "bastard", and "hell". Also, 8 religious exclamations. There are also many uses of derogatory terms for people of Jewish, Italian, and Irish decent.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There are two long scenes in a Chinese club where large groups of people smoke drugs
  • A main character is addicted to opium.
  • Several instances of opium smoking, limited to a couple of scenes.
  • Sporadic instances of smoking and drinking.
  • The main characters are involved in the Prohibition business, so pretty much all of the drinking is illegal.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • All violent scenes are realistically graphic, and the rape scenes are very disturbing.
  • Besides the violence and the intense scenes, this is a very melancholic and emotional film from beginning to end.
  • A teenage prostitute is seen having sex with an older man, but no nudity from her, just the man's bare butt.

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Sex & Nudity

  • One brutal rape occurs after a dinner date in the back of a limousine. He rips her clothing off and rapes her over her screams. Thrusting is seen. Bare breasts and female bare buttocks are shown. Extended, emotional and disturbing scene.

Violence & Gore

  • An antagonist shoots one of the main characters, until he is stabbed by Noodles several times. A police officer intervenes, and then he is stabbed also. The antagonist stumbles and falls backwards, and we see blood seeping out of his abdomen. Very disturbing. Also, we can see the knife the antagonist used to stab the victims.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The rape scene of Deborah is very disturbing.

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