Sunset Boulevard
Movie • 1950 • Drama
ReportA hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
This movie contains 25 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Weatherfish
Norma's reality is, at least.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
YES. It's literally the plot of the entire movie. An older woman becomes obsessed with a younger screenwriter and uses her wealth to force (emphasis on force) him into a relationship with her where he is a "kept man".
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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feckhead
Norma is also gaslit by Max
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Addiction
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Sarah Alden
high amount of cigarette smoking, however it is time-accurate and no other drugs are used.
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Is there addiction?
23 supporters
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Weatherfish
Lots of chain-smoking, if that counts.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Weatherfish
Some characters are shown drunk and it's likely Ms. Desmond has a habit of this, but it's not really portrayed as alcoholism.
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Animal
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TFMD
A pet chimp is already dead at the start of the film. We see the body lying on a table but the actual death is not shown.
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Is there a dead animal?
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kidicarus
A monkey's dead body is shown briefly early on in the film. There is also a burial for the monkey later on, but it is shown from a distance.
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Are there spiders?
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Weatherfish
No but there are some spiderwebs
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Assault
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TFMD
It's very ambiguous whether or not Norma and Joe have a sexual relationship. If they do, the power dynamic between them is such that consent would be questionable (she is manipulative and he is financially dependent on her, etc). However, there's definitely no sex or sexual assault depicted onscreen.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Anonymous
A woman is said to have slit her wrists. She is later seen in the hospital, with bandaged up arms, no visible blood.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Weatherfish
He falls as he is dying but it was the gunshot that killed him, not the fall
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Is there excessive gore?
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Anonymous
Despite the plot, there is no blood or gore whatsoever.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Anonymous
The main character is shot and killed. His corpse is shown at the beginning of the movie, and how he was shot is shown at the end of the film.
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Does someone die?
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Anonymous
A man is shot multiple times and falls into a pool, without any blood.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
It is not what you think of in terms of someone being thrown in a van, but a very poor character is more or less forced to stay against his wishes with a wealthy woman who becomes obsessed with him.
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Does someone cheat?
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TFMD
It's a complicated dynamic but Joe is romantically or quasi-romantically involved with two different women. Also, Betty breaks off a relationship with her fiance for him.
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Fear
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RyanS
Though they are not actually depicted on screen
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Gross
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Sarah Alden
character is seem being cared for in bed by a doctor however.
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Mental Health
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
While it isn't shown taking place on screen, we hear about a character's history with suicide and self harm and later see her with bandages on her wrists after hearing that she had just harmed herself, again.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
A mentally ill person commits murder.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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kidicarus
Norma threatens to kill herself multiple times.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Sarah Alden
is not gender related, is instead an older woman thinking herself to be a younger one. could possibly be triggering to some viewers experiencing gender dysphoria though.
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TFMD
A character attempts suicide, but survives. We don't see the act but we see her recovering in bed later with bandaged wrists. It seems part of her motivation is to prevent her companion from leaving her (and she does succeed in making him come back) which might be triggering to anyone who has experienced this kind of manipulation.
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Mulu
Camera flashes
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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DianaMalik
In a sense. Norma addresses "those wonderful people out there in the dark," while looking towards the camera, so it's clear she's addressing the audience.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Weatherfish
Yes, between a man in his 20s and a woman in her 50s-60s.
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Sex
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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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Weatherfish
Implied during a fade to black, but not depicted.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a stroke?
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VelvetBow
No. Strokes are mentioned only once: “I pegged him as slightly cuckoo, too. A stroke maybe.”
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
In theory, yes, but how said it is is open to interpretation as one of the characters is about to get everything that she wants.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Mulu
Car honking on several occasions
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Does a car crash?
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Weatherfish
No but a car gets a flat tire.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Sarah Alden
character does not technically drown, but it found dead in a pool in the first scene of the movie.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
Absolutely no blood or gore, characters just fall over with no sign of injury.
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Is there gun violence?
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TFMD
We see in the first scene that a character is dead from gunshot wounds. Near the end, we see the actual shooting. It's short and not very graphic, with little or no blood.
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