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Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

Parents guide

Gone with the Wind

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    None
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Mild
87 of 170 found this mild
A brothel madam is a main character. It is implied that Rhett is a customer of the brothel, and a good "friend," i.e. customer of madam and/or prostitutes.
Civil War period of dress for the women shows alot of cleavage and tight dresses. Several scenes show the women in their undergarments, although they are not very revealing.
A woman strips naked and she quickly covers herself up; we see a glimpse of what is actually a covered side of one breast.
References to adultery.
Two cousins marry. Though considered taboo now, it wasn't during the Civil War.
A woman is in love with a married man, and offers to have his children, though he refuses.
People sometimes kiss passionately, including scenes where a woman kisses a married man.
There is a scene in which a woman says that she is willing to "sell herself" for money if needed.
A man threatens to rape a woman, but it's nothing direct. Husband picks up his wife and carries her upstairs, implying marital rape, although she is seen waking up in bed the next morning in a happy mood.
Some other mild sexual references.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
59 of 101 found this moderate
Some war violence and mild blood.
Lots of scenes of the wounded, where hundreds of men lie dying, some with amputated limbs, and all with some blood (though not that graphic). One scene where a soldier has his leg amputated (offscreen, but shadows show the amputation occurring), we hear him screaming and yelling in pain, and a woman watching in disgust.
Cannons bombard a city, reducing it to rubble and ruins.
A soldier threatens to rape a woman, and she shoots him point blank in the face. There is quite a lot of blood splatter.
A city gets a report of fatalities at the most recent battle.
Characters are slapped or punched.
A woman is in pain when she is in labor.
Buildings are set on fire.
A man falls from a horse, breaking his neck and dying.
A child falls from a horse and breaks her neck.

Profanity

None
81 of 147 found this to have none
The racial slur "darkie" is used.
Manny said "Lord Have Mercy" while she saw Bonnie rides her pony.
One of the Yankee Rider called the two wounded soldiers "Southern Scum".
One use of "damn" in the classic line "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." (It was shocking at the time it was originally released.)

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
70 of 99 found this mild
Smoking and drinking were common in that time.
A man is drunk multiple times.
A man gets drunk and acts and talks relatively aggressive.
A young woman drinks in secret.
Men smoke cigars.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
58 of 98 found this moderate
A woman falls off stairs after she tried to hit a man.
Discussion of war and disturbing images of wounded soldiers and lists of the dead being disturbed.
There is a scene in which a woman comes along her dead mother's body, screaming.
There are several scenes in which a woman tries to escape soldiers and is severely frightened.
A very young girl falls from a horse and breaks her neck.
A woman dies in bed.
A woman shoots a man in the face, then drags his bleeding body away.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • Aoriginal rating
    • PG1984, re-rating
  • Belgium
    • KT/EA
  • Brazil
    • Livre
  • Canada
    • GBritish Columbia/Nova Scotia/Québec
    • PGCanadian Home Video Rating
    • PGManitoba/Ontario
  • Egypt
    • PG
  • Finland
    • K-16original rating
    • K-121970, re-rating
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Hong Kong
    • I2016
  • Iceland
    • L
  • India
    • U
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
  • Malaysia
    • P13
  • Mexico
    • B2014
  • Netherlands
    • AL
    • 6TV rating
    • 141969, re-release
  • New Zealand
    • PG
  • Nigeria
    • PG
  • Norway
    • 16
  • Peru
    • Apt
  • Philippines
    • PG
  • Poland
    • 12
  • Portugal
    • 17
    • M/16re-rating, R-14
    • M/12re-rating
  • Romania
    • A.G.
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Korea
    • 12
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • BtlDVD rating
    • 15original rating
    • 111985, re-release
  • Taiwan
    • 0+
    • 12+2019, festival rating
  • Thailand
    • Gself-applied
  • Turkey
    • Gself-applied
  • United Kingdom
    • PG
    • Aoriginal rating, passed with cuts
  • United States
    • PassedNational Board of Review
    • TV-PGTV rating
    • Gcertificate #5729
    • PGre-rating
    • Approved1939, certificate #5729

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