Once Upon a Time in America
Movie • 1984 •
ReportA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
This movie contains 48 potentially triggering events.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Paci
Not shown but the some of the Main characters as children don't seem to have their parents around
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The main characters are beaten around as children, and when they grow up they becomes bullies, rapists and thiefs
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Is someone stalked?
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geillis
A young boy watches a girl through a hole without her being aware. There is mention of a husband watching her wife have sex with various men through a hole.
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A main theme on the film is domestic violence and mistreatment of women and how the people involved on crimen in reality are unstable and gross
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geillis
A teenage girl is a prostitute.
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Addiction
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Sid
The film begins and ends in an opium den where Noodles smokes opium and acts very high
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Animal
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MyspaceNihilist
They show a chicken factory, but no actual animals, just the heaps of plucked feathers
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Assault
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CourtneyK
Yes. Violently. In the back of a driving car. Twice. Presumably vaginally and analy. While nudity is minimal, the actual acts are realistic and terrifying.
And of course, the rapist gets away with it. In fact, since she's like a mild obsession of his, he seems surprised she doesn't want anything to do with him and that she is upset. He (the rapist) even looks confused when the driver appears angry after hearing the entire rape.
Really hard scene.
And of course, the rapist gets away with it. In fact, since she's like a mild obsession of his, he seems surprised she doesn't want anything to do with him and that she is upset. He (the rapist) even looks confused when the driver appears angry after hearing the entire rape.
Really hard scene.
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Katla
Several times throughout the movie
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Max after getting beaten up
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Is someone buried alive?
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The remains of a burned corpse is shown. On a separate occasion, a person is tied up and doused in gasoline, and is threatened with burning, but escapes unharmed.
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Is there a hanging?
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lawfulgoodness
a man is tied up and a noose put around his neck while he is beaten for information, but he survives.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Max gets kicked in the testicles
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Someone is shot in the eye
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Is there excessive gore?
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It is extremely bloody, and one man is shot in the head, with some residual shown in his hat afterwards.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Anonymous
Not abducted but switched in the maternity ward
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Does a kid die?
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Dominic is shot and dies in Noodles’ arms
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Death
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Family
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Is there a shower scene?
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More a strip-tease scene, but it involves a pre-teen girl.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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No but there are a lot of moments where it looks like they’re about to. When Noodles smokes opium in the first scene he starts hiccuping and making groaning noises, when Max is beaten up by Bugsy he coughs uncontrollably, and there’s also a scene where a character is doused in petrol and it gets in his mouth and he starts gagging
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Sid
Verbal mention and a baby also needs changing at one point
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Sid
The cop pays an underage girl for sex, so definitely not
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Are needles/syringes used?
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No, all the opium is smoked
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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There’s nothing to suggest that Noodles and his friends are mentally ill
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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lawfulgoodness
The film is told in a nonlinear style, and some of the scenes briefly overlay one time period onto another.
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Is there misophonia?
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In the opening scenes, a phone rings continuously for about 5 mins. I was tearing my hair out.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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lawfulgoodness
One character's death is left ambiguous, but it is commonly interpreted as suicide.
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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lawfulgoodness
One character is released from prison, and several character's ask if he became a "pansy" while inside. He is offered and accepts a prostitute to prove he is not.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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lawfulgoodness
One character goes into surgery for a leg wound, and says he'll be a "gimp for life."
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lawfulgoodness
An Italian mobster intentionally mocks the Jewish gangsters by saying the food from their deli "is so bad a jew couldn't even eat it."
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Are there fat jokes?
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MyspaceNihilist
There's a character called fat moe
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Is there hate speech?
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Misogynistic speech, a lot.
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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As well as the rapes, the teenage boys and adults alike pay an underage girl for sex. There’s also quite a few scenes of the boys watching a girl through a hole in the wall, propositioning girls, exposing themselves, using sexual language and generally being randy teenage boys with no morals. Then as adults there’s the rapes, a weird scene of Noodles having sex with a woman pretending to be a corpse in a hearse, and more
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Sickness
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Ambiguous. We don’t know how many of the films events are real and how many are opium dreams, but it seems like Noodles is in danger as the film ends
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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It momentarily looks as if Max has drowned but he’s fine
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