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Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Parents guide

Lawrence of Arabia

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

None
80 of 116 found this to have none
At one scene in al aqaba we see a women picture in soldiers room, she is wearing a eastern dancing revealing clothes.
One man rips off another's clothes (the character is only shown shirtless/from the chest up), then comments on how "very fair" his skin is while touching his chest. The scene is suggestive, but menacing rather than erotic. However, it is strongly implied, without anything actually being shown, that the character whose shirt is ripped off is raped.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
51 of 83 found this moderate
A man is shot by a Turkish soldier. Blood is seen on his shoulder.
(At about 3:21:40 in one version) The hero shoots an enemy soldier in the head on screen in a scene that's extremely violent for a 1962 movie.
A man on a horse shoots another man and dies (non-graphic)
A father gives his child a gun to point at Lawrence and the Arab people.
A young character drowns in quicksand.
The Arabs raid a Turkish village.
Two scenes of the Arabs blowing up Turkish trains killing a lot of people (some blood is shown on corpses.)
A young character is injured, to avoid being tortured Lawrence shoots him in the head and dies (offscreen)
A man on a horse charges at the Turks. He and the horse are shot and killed and we briefly see the corpses of both covered in blood.

Profanity

Mild
48 of 74 found this mild
Around 10 uses of 'Bloody' and 2 uses of 'God'
Some mild language like 'Damn' and 'Hell'. A couple of racist words are also used.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
47 of 74 found this mild
There is drinking and smoking, but no drugs.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
40 of 80 found this moderate
The hero's crazed homicide of a surrendering enemy (in one version of the film) by shooting him in the head is disturbing.
The deaths of young characters may be distressing, as well as the scene of implied torture/assault and its aftermath, but the film is comparatively subdued.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • Goriginal rating
    • M2001, re-rating
    • PG1985, re-rating
  • Brazil
    • 14
  • Canada
    • PGManitoba/Ontario
    • GNova Scotia/Quebec
  • Denmark
    • 16
  • Ecuador
    • Not Ratedself-applied
  • Egypt
    • 13+self-applied
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Hong Kong
    • IIA
  • Iceland
    • 12
  • India
    • U
  • Indonesia
    • 13+streaming rating
    • 21+streaming rating
  • Ireland
    • PG
    • 12Blu-ray rating
  • Israel
    • 13self-applied
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G2009
  • Malaysia
    • U
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • 12DVD rating
    • 62020, re-rating
  • New Zealand
    • G
  • Norway
    • 161964, 1971
    • 12Netflix self-rating
    • 15director's cut
  • Philippines
    • R-13MTRCB
    • SPGTV rating
  • Poland
    • 16
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Korea
    • 121998, theatrical rating
    • 151989, video rating
  • Spain
    • AICAA
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Taiwan
    • 0+
    • 6+2024, re-rating
  • Thailand
    • u 15+self-applied
  • Turkey
    • 13Aself-applied
  • United Kingdom
    • PG
    • 12Blu-ray rating
    • A1962, original rating, passed with cuts
  • United States
    • Approved
    • PG1988, certificate #20334
  • United Arab Emirates
    • 13+self-applied

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