Parents Guide for
River's Edge (1986) More at IMDbPro »

The fully nude corpse of a young woman is seen several times. Two characters have sex, although they are fully clothed and it is brief. A blow-up doll is seen several times, and a character mimes giving himself oral sex with it. Some sexual references.

A high-school girl is strangled to death (We only see the murder briefly in flashbacks) and we repeatedly see her nude corpse. A character is shot to death off screen and a boy beats his younger brother causing a nose bleed. Characters are threatened with guns and baseball bats including once in the commission of a robbery. An older man is beaten on the head causing bleeding. A store is broken into and robbed.

The F-word is used sixty-one times. The S-word is used thirty-one times. There are assorted vulgar insults and profanities peppering the dialog.

Characters, including a twelve-year-old, drink, smoke and use marijuana constantly. A high-schooler asks his mother for dope.

Although several scenes might be considered "intense," none of them are designed to make the audience jump.