To Kill a Mockingbird

Movie • 1962 • Crime  

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Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
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Does the dog die?
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atticus shoots a rabid dog
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Are there nude scenes?
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mxmint323
The movie's score swells at certain moments to increase tension.
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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mxmint323
Mr. Ewell is abusive towards his daughter.
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Is someone stalked?
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hereforonereason
Mayella is abused by her father
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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LafayetteinaHat
She’s 19, technically, but still lives at home, and still a young person being abused by her parents.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Avacado09
Mrs. Dubose is said to have an addiction to Morphine in the book, however I have not seen the movie
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chippyzippy
Bob Ewell is an alcoholic.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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a rabid dog is shot in one scene, although it’s for the safety of the main characters not for sport or fun
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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technically a rabid dog diee, although it’s implied to be a strat not a pet
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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the central conflict revolves around a rape trial
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Is someone restrained?
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chippyzippy
A central event is a rape trial, the accused Tom is innocent, though.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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chippyzippy
The film ends with Jem's broken arm.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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chippyzippy
Bob Ewell is killed, but it's honestly quite cathartic.

A few more mentions of Jem and Scout's dead mother than in the book, especially near the start, and you can tell they and Atticus miss her.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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chippyzippy
Some argue Boo Radley, an abused and shunned man, might have autistic or disabled traits.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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hereforonereason
He was Mayella's parent
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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boo radley, a local shut in implied to have severe social anxiety, autism, and/or ptsd from abuse is feared by local children and seen as a scary monster
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mxmint323
Racial slurs are used in-context for the sake of the narrative, as in the book. The movie takes a very positive view on Black equality.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Henley
tom dies while trying to escape a prison
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prosperolibre
The main story is about racism, so there are such statements and words.
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Leefyink
The movie ends on a light note but if you’re wondering if the case ends sad, the answer is YES.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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nerdy_queer
it doesn't show anything but people talk about someone being shot to their death
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