Vertigo
Movie • 1958 • Mystery
ReportA retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
This movie contains 21 potentially triggering events.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone stalked?
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Yueila
someone is followed by a private investigator
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takver
Yes, my God. John emotionally abuses Judy and eventually physically abuses her, manhandling her in the church tower. There is also a spousal murder, which we see on screen.
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Is rape mentioned?
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No, but worthy of note: There's a scene where a man follows a woman he doesn't know to her apartment. He knocks on her door and begs her to let him in so he can talk to her. She's naturally suspicious of him. Both characters allude to the possibility of SA--he says "I won't hurt you, I promise" and "You can leave the door open," while she says "I'm gonna yell in a minute" and "You don't look like Jack the Ripper."
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Is someone restrained?
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A man grabs a woman to prevent her from walking away, and holds her as she struggles.
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No, but worthy of note: A man who is secretly stalking a woman saves her from drowning. He brings her to his apartment while she is unconscious, undresses her from her wet clothes, and puts her in his bed. When she wakes up, she doesn't know where she is or what happened. The man is a stranger to her. Naturally she is uncomfortable at first, but she seems all right once he explains the situation. There's no suggestion that he abused her, but he's already obsessed with her by this point in the movie, and the erotic tones of the scene are clear.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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bellaparkinson
Woman jumps/falls into San Francisco Bay and is rescued but wakes up from being unconscious in a strange apartment, naked.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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denialol
Multiple people bloodlessly fall to their deaths. It can be disturbing.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Yueila
someone is taken to a place against their will, but I wouldn't call that a kidnap
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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The protagonist is a cop, but he's not a nice man.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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John experiences a state of "acute melancholy" after the events of the first half of the film, and is shown in an institution in one scene. We see the nurses and the doctor, but we don't see any restraints, medication, or distressed or abused patients.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Propane
The main character experiences panic/ anxiety attacks as a result of his vertigo.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Propane
There isn’t traditional body dysmorphia but one of the characters is forced against their will to change their appearance to look like someone else.
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Jumps in river/ocean - personally I find triggering. The entire movie is sort of based off it too
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Is there shakey cam?
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The movie where it was first created, the inward and outward zoom happens throughout the movie
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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A court official publicly shames a man for his debilitating fear of heights. A local historian tells a story about a woman who went "mad," while another woman angrily states she is "not mad." A woman calls herself "stupid" and an "idiot."
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Worthy of note: In the second scene of the movie, John is wearing a medical corset and is embarrassed about it, wondering if "a lot of men" wear them.
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Is there a large age gap?
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James Stewart was 50 and Kim Novak was 25. She’s infact the only person alive from this film
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Are there nude scenes?
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No nude scenes, although it’s suggested that a person is naked, covered by the sheets (only shoulders visible)
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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A lot of passionate kissing, nothing more explicit than that.
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Does someone drown?
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Propane
One of the characters almost drowns but is saved before dying.
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Is there gun violence?
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denialol
You see people shooting, trying to hit someone, but you don't see any impacts.
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