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 21 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abuse
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?
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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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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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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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DianaMalik
Falls into a pool, to be precise.
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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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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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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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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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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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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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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kidicarus
Norma threatens to kill herself multiple times.
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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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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sickness
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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
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Violence
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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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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 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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