Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • The film has a few incidences with scantily dressed women. There is a scene in with a prostitute.
  • A teenager announces to a home intruder that she has a "scorching case of herpes".
  • A teen tells another teen to "blow" himself.
  • Brief non-sexual nudity, showing both boobs in their entirety, though it's just a drawing Ferris makes on his computer.
  • A drawing of a nude woman is seen on a computer screen. Both breasts are shown but this is only for a few seconds and it is really easy to miss. Occurs at 15:20-15:35.
  • Some sex references throughout the film.
  • In a few parts of the film, there can be seen a small picture of a woman's bare chest on Ferris' dresser drawer.
  • A man and woman start kissing heavily.
  • A girl teenager asks a guy teenager if he saw her changing into her swimsuit. He says he did, meaning he saw her totally naked, but she says she isn't embarrassed (though we don't see anything).
  • A teenager poses as his girlfriend's father in order to sneak her out of school. In view of the principal, they kiss passionately; the principal only responds "so that's how it is in their family."
  • A Nurse-O-Gram calls at a house and, when the door is answered, sings, "I've come to restore your pluck because I'm the nurse who likes to f---" before the door slams shut.
  • At one point Ferris says of Cameron, "He'll marry the first chick he lays..."

Violence & Gore

  • A character is seen with a bloody nose for a portion of the movie.
  • A character is seen with a bloody face for a portion of the film. There is also slight violence but most of it is just played for laughs.
  • Ferris smacks Cameron over the head.
  • Jeannie kicks Mr. Rooney thrice in the face, leaving him with a bloody nose.
  • It is implied in one scene that Mr. Rooney smashed a flower pot on a dog. The dog then bites his leg.
  • We hear a dog mauling Mr. Rooney offscreen.

Profanity

  • 1 use of "fucker", 23 uses of "shit", 10 uses of "ass" (3 used with "hole"), 9 uses of "goddamn", 2 uses of "dickhead", 4 uses of "son of a bitch", 2 uses of "piss", 1 use of "slut", 1 use of "whore", 2 uses of "bastard", 3 uses of "damn", 6 uses of "hell", 2 uses of "crap", 1 use of "bonehead", 1 use of "testicle", the word "nuts" is used once as a slang term for "testicles". The word "screwed" is used twice. And the middle finger gesture is used once.
  • Close to 60 profanities throughout including 1 use of "fucker" in nonsexual content. The term 'bullshit' and 'dick' is both used twice. And over twenty uses of "shit".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A scene at a restaurant where rich people are drinking wine and smoking.
  • A scene at a pizza place where people are drinking beer.
  • When Ferris' sister Jeanie is at the police station, there is a punk kid whose eyes are bloodshot and he asks Jeanie if she is there because of drugs.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • It is implied that Cameron does not like his dad and his dad stops him from doing things. His emotions are revealed more towards the end in a slightly upsetting scene where Cameron repeatedly kicks his dad's Ferrari and says things about his father.

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