Forrest Gump
Movie • 1994 • Comedy
ReportA man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
This movie contains 64 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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skillwithaquill24
Jenny leaves without telling Forrest goodbye.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Blackwidowr8r
Forrest's father is repeatedly mentioned as being "on vacation" but he did abandon them.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
58 supporters
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MovieWatcher10
Jenny's father is (sexuallly) physically abusive to her. Abuse isn't shown but implied.
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Is someone stalked?
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Blackwidowr8r
I wouldn't really say stalked, but Forrest is always trying to find Jenny. Not in a bad way though.
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hyperandrogenism
Jenny by her boyfriend, shown on screen. Jenny is also gaslit by her boyfriend.
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MovieWatcher10
Sort of? Jenny's past abuse left her an emotionally damaged and closed-off person. She cannot fully commit to her relationship with Forrest.
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hyperandrogenism
Jenny is abused by her father, close to the beginning of the movie
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Addiction
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suunde
Jenny does LSD and smokes pot on-screen, it is implied that she did heroin in one scene, the needles are shown but no actual heroin use is shown.
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Is there addiction?
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Smoking, alcoholism
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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MaximilianSchrader
A Vietnam veteran is shown to have become a drunk after being honorably discharged
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Animal
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JodieLiu
Some shrimps had been caught to die
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Are animals abused?
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JodieLiu
Some shrimps had been caught to die
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Are there bugs?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Shrimps is bugs.
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Assault
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bernadettem
YES Jenny gets slapped by a co-member of the black panther party.
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Is there pedophilia?
134 supporters
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Jenny’s father. Not shown on screen but talked about
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
20 supporters
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bernadettem
Bullies throw rocks at Forrest while he runs away.
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Is someone restrained?
30 supporters
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Blackwidowr8r
Very briefly. Jenny is grabbed off stage and she struggles to get out of Forrest's arms. It's about 5 seconds long.
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Crow75
Mentions of someone sexually assaulting and abusing his own daughters. Not shown on screen.
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Blackwidowr8r
No but Forrest thinks Jenny is when she's inside a car with a guy
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Bodily Harm
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Is there amputation?
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decaysick
Lieutenant Dan loses his legs in Vietnam, but you never see the actual amputation process
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
91 supporters
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Forrest gets shot in the buttocks but it is played more for humor than anything
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Brenna
A short, lighthearted scene where a woman faints after finding out she's been given a bunch of money.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Brenna
No, but there's a scene kind of similar to this in which a man who is wheelchair-bound is unable to stop the chair from rolling down a ramp, and it is implied that he crashes.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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thespianscreed
A woman contemplates jumping to her death from a building and there is a shot of the street far below, but she does not do so.
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Is there eye mutilation?
100 supporters
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Anonymous
There is a soldier with an eye injury in the hospital
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Is there excessive gore?
103 supporters
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Blackwidowr8r
Omg how have people said no lol there's a Vietnam scene where bodies get blown up. Bubba is shown with major wounds.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
113 supporters
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Blackwidowr8r
It's implied that Jenny's father r*ped her
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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DWe1
No, but someone is being saved from death under their own protest and feels like they should have sacrificed themselves for a while after.
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
25 supporters
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MovieWatcher10
A neurotypical, abled actor plays Forrest, the main character who used to be disabled and who has a cognitive disability. The child actor who plays young Forrest, wears leg braces.
A side character becomes an amputee later on in the movie but is also played by an abled actor.
A side character becomes an amputee later on in the movie but is also played by an abled actor.
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Is the r-slur used?
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Forrest is called "stupid" on a number of occasions
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Moominland
Forrest's mother dies
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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hyperandrogenism
When Forrest arrives in Vietnam, men are shown in makeshift shower stalls
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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ChloeMLHM
The gag mentioned is NOT graphic and it’s more like a gasp. He seems to be more uncomfortable than anything. Instead of gagging, he says, “oh, oh, oh!” But if you don’t like that, just fast forward through the scene when Jenny sits on the bed with Forrest in her white underwear. They’re at her college when this happens.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
66 supporters
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MovieWatcher10
No trans characters in this movie.
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
33 supporters
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Partykiller999
Jenny uses heroin
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Is there a hospital scene?
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hyperandrogenism
Forrest and Lieutenant Dan after they're injured, they're in a field hospital
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Does someone have cancer?
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Lisaict
Yes. Forrest’s mother died of cancer. Jenny has hepatitis.
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Mental Health
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Is autism misrepresented?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Forrest has a cognitive disability but no one is specifically labeled as having autism.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
54 supporters
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Some people argue that Forrest is autistic while some people argue that he's not so I don't know. However the r-slur and other words are thrown at him throughout the movie and he's bullied
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bernadettem
Jenny stands on top a ledge while under the influence, but ultimately decides to get off and slips a bit while doing so.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Anonymous
No, but a character does contemplate suicide by standing on a ledge
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Crow75
There's an attempted suicide by the female protagonist. She almost jumps down from a building, but decides otherwise in the last minute.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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bernadettem
Both Jenny & Lieutenant Dan likely suffer from PTSD, but there’s no specific mention of it or treatment.
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
1 supporters
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cassandrasaurusrdr
Scenes from the Vietnam war, very loud explosions.
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Is there screaming?
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TreyJ
Military commands and yelling as the soldiers are being attacked.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
1 supporters
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DecarinhaNoasfalto
Forrest goes to Jenny's quirky show, he watches her without her knowing but in a good way.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
1 supporters
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Hwifb
The f slur is used
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
1 supporters
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scamallmen
Forrest wore leg braces as a child, and was teased for it
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Are there usages of the n-word?
36 supporters
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Dravencour
A racist guy that Forrest talks to uses the word during the Alabama scene where people are fighting for desegregation of a school. He also uses the word "coon", which Forrest believes refers to raccoons, but which is another racist slur against black people.
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scamallmen
Forrest's relative, whom he's named after, was in the KKK
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Does the black guy die first?
1 supporters
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tangerines
Bubba is the first major character to die while fighting with Forrest in Vietnam.
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Is there hate speech?
32 supporters
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scamallmen
N word
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
51 supporters
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Anonymous
Female character is shown nude from behind.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
47 supporters
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Anonymous
Female character is harassed while performing in a "gentleman's club"
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hyperandrogenism
Jenny and her father, only mentioned close to the beginning when Forrest goes to Jenny's house and when Jenny goes to live with her grandparents
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Is there sexual content?
64 supporters
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MovieWatcher10
In the beginning of the movie, Forrest's mom does sexual favors with the school's principal in order for Forrest to remain at that school. No sex is shown, but Forrest is seen outside and he hears his mom and the guy have sex indoors.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
1 supporters
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BeeGhost
Forrest's Mom and Jenny
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
62 supporters
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Brenna
More bittersweet than anything
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
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Theres a few scenes where it looks like it comes close to it with characters walking across roads but no one gets hit
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
59 supporters
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hyperandrogenism
There are scenes of fighting in the Vietnam War
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Crow75
No but in the war part they show aircrafts throwinh napalm; many exlplosions, fire, many people die.
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Is there gun violence?
29 supporters
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hyperandrogenism
There is a lot of shooting in the scenes about the Vietnam War, including one actual firefight and where Forrest is shot (not graphic).
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