North by Northwest (1959) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Sex and being lovers is mentioned throughout the movie.
  • A man wears as little as a towel and boxers.
  • Some passionate kissing scenes.
  • The main lead male and female characters have a dialogue in their first meeting in which nearly all of the lines could be construed as propositioning. However, every line is a double entendre, and the sexual meaning would most likely go over the heads of those under middle-school age.
  • The two leads kiss several times, and it's strongly implied that they have sex/fornicate on the first day they know each other.

Violence & Gore

  • There is very little, if any, blood.
  • Several shootings, all of them bloodless. There are several attempts on the main character's life.
  • A man is stabbed by a thrown knife.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A character is shown drunk.
  • Some scenes showing characters smoking and drinking.
  • The main character is forced to drink bourbon to excess. Not shown.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • The movie ends with a notorious sexual-innuendo visual joke that would completely go over the heads of children.
  • Sex is implied in the last scene of the movie.

Violence & Gore

  • A villain attempts to cause the two leads to fall to their deaths off of Mt. Rushmore by stepping on the man's hand, but is shot by law enforcement.

Profanity

  • 'Damn' is used during a court case.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The Main character, Roger, Runs from a pursuing Crop duster that is trying to attack him. It misses at first and goes for a full turn around to try and attack him again, only for Roger to quickly prone under a truck and the plane ends up crashing into an oil tank, causing it to explode, Roger and two workers run.

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