Fight Club

Movie • 1999 • Drama  

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A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
This movie contains 66 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
183 supporters
Yes
3
No
79
7
Hamarhemmo
There are no dogs in the movie :)
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Abandonment
Yes
15
No
1
Yes
19
No
5
4
nrerie
Two characters talk about one of their parents abandoning them as a young child. So the idea is mentioned, but it isn't shown as it happens or very significant to the plot.
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Is an animal abandoned?
51 supporters
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0
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16
Abuse
Yes
0
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14
2
Two characters mention that their fathers walked out on them but no mention of abuse.
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0
No
16
Is someone stalked?
15 supporters
Yes
45
No
5
3
wellndandy
By Tyler (kind of)

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Is there domestic violence?
50 supporters
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Yes
4
No
39
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
42 supporters
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0
No
10
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mimicamila
in an insanely metaphorical sense, yes
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Yes
71
No
1
4
Jethro
The narrator is gaslighted by Tyler throughout the film
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Is someone abused with a belt?
8 supporters
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0
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10
Is a child abused?
64 supporters
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0
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52
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HankT
no, but marla mentions having sex when she was a child so it might be implied
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Addiction
6
cvestick
In one scene, a character calls another character and informs them that they have overdosed on xanax
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Is there addiction?
7 supporters
Yes
67
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0
6
HoppipHarvest
Addictions and unhealthy habits are a major thing in this movie. No drug addictions, though.
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Yes
4
No
45
4
HankT
characters drink alcohol but theres no addiction or abuse involved
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
66 supporters
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Yes
1
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17
Does a horse die?
50 supporters
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0
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58
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
92 supporters
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0
No
55
Are animals abused?
108 supporters
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3
No
55
Yes
1
No
54
Is there a dead animal?
60 supporters
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0
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45
Is an animal sad?
42 supporters
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0
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10
Are rabbits harmed?
35 supporters
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0
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14
Does a cat die?
95 supporters
Yes
0
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58
1
wellndandy
No cats in this films, or at least none on the screen for more than a second

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Does a pet die?
83 supporters
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Yes
1
No
23
Does a dragon die?
17 supporters
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0
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53
Are there spiders?
27 supporters
Yes
16
No
43
2
McKenzieWilkes
I just watched for the first time and didn’t catch any spiders at all, so not sure why so many people said yes.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
3 supporters
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0
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15
Are there snakes?
12 supporters
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Yes
1
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50
Are there sharks?
6 supporters
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0
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14
Are there bugs?
17 supporters
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Yes
2
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45
Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
8 supporters
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0
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13
Is someone drugged?
16 supporters
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2
No
14
1
not from someone else but Marta drugs herself - we only see the empty pill cases
it's after 47minutes ( about the call
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Is there pedophilia?
61 supporters
Yes
6
No
14
4
SiRenfield
Brief but still disturbing comment about a character being a victim of CSA
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Is someone held under water?
10 supporters
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0
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17
Is rape mentioned?
42 supporters
Yes
7
No
11
1
theobsessor
sort of? character mentions csa
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Yes
3
No
13
1
Not a bully, but people are beat up
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Yes
33
No
0
2
Anonymous
there is talk of restraints, restraint to chairs, and people are physically held down during fights
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Yes
10
No
39
12
scandalousliv
No but towards the end of the film the main character is held down by his legs and has his trousers forcibly removed. This isn’t a sexual thing but it did trigger me.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
7 supporters
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Yes
11
No
0
Yes
1
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14
8
HankT
no but near the end (in the police interrogation room) the main character is held down and has his pants pulled off (they are trying to castrate him, NOT rape him.)
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Bodily Harm
Yes
49
No
0
1
theobsessor
shaving
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Yes
16
No
0
3
mikamick
A chemical burn occurs and the character in question writhes in pain for quite a while. There are visible scars on a characters' hands from the same chemical burn.
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Are there dislocations?
5 supporters
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Yes
7
No
1
Yes
7
No
1
0
Narrator is shot in the neck
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Yes
44
No
1
2
HankT
characters choke on blood/gasp for air during fights
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Is there decapitation?
14 supporters
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0
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14
Is there cannibalism?
22 supporters
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0
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40
6
HoppipHarvest
No, but a character does make soap from human fat from liposuction patients and sell it to those patients.
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Is someone crushed to death?
15 supporters
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0
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19
Is someone choked?
12 supporters
Yes
5
No
7
0
hlc2004
During some of the fight club scenes, some men choke each other during said fight.
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Yes
37
No
17
9
Yolandad
Chemically burned, not with fire
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Is someone buried alive?
13 supporters
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1
No
36
Is there body horror?
27 supporters
Yes
12
No
10
1
SebMDA666
There’s very realistic violence, bloody faces and all, but I wouldn’t say necessarily body horror
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Is there amputation?
12 supporters
Yes
1
No
32
2
wellndandy
Mention of it, in the support group
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Yes
6
No
42
4
Hanna98
No squashing but several characters receive blows to the head.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
12 supporters
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0
No
19
Is there a hanging?
21 supporters
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0
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44
Yes
0
No
19
2
HankT
scenes of characters choking on blood,but no one dies.
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Yes
71
No
0
4
estef
While the protagonist washes his teeth, he reaches into his mouth and pulls out a tooth that was already falling off. Also, the blond guy looses several teeth when the protagonist punches him repeatedly in the head during a fight.
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2
weezerfan42
Im not sure if they were unconscious but there are a few scenes where people were beat up and possibly knocked out.
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Does someone break a bone?
13 supporters
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Yes
52
No
0
Does someone have a seizure?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
42
8
AnonymousTriggerWarnings
Multiple threats and attempts
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Yes
3
No
41
4
HankT
no, but a character gets chemical burn on his hand.
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Is someone tortured?
54 supporters
Yes
63
No
2
5
Jethro
The narrator is psychologically tortured by Tyler
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Yes
22
No
0
3
Yikes
The Narrator does, near the end of the movie, I believe.
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Does someone fall to their death?
6 supporters
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Yes
1
No
32
Yes
11
No
37
4
estef
Several black eyes, but no eye mutilation.
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Is someone stabbed?
5 supporters
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0
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10
Yes
36
No
2
4
clownish
(Spoilers for someone's death not a main character) at the scene where robert paulson is brought in after being shot in the head someone takes his mask off his head and you can see his literal brains spilling out of his head
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
20
Does a kid die?
25 supporters
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Yes
0
No
42
Yes
6
No
18
7
HankT
a character mentions having sex as a child
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
7 supporters
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Yes
0
No
10
Death
1
HankT
spoilers----


The narrator shoots himself to kill tyler. He survives the gunshot however.
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Does a major character die?
1 supporters
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Yes
15
No
0
Does a non-human character die?
15 supporters
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Yes
0
No
15
Does someone die?
9 supporters
Yes
17
No
0
0
hlc2004
A character named Robert Paulson gets shot in the head during a mission by the police.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
22 supporters
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Yes
0
No
24
Yes
0
No
10
Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
23
No
1
5
Marla on some prescriotion meds. She doesn't die though.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
5 supporters
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Yes
43
No
1
Does a parent die?
6 supporters
Yes
2
No
43
2
HankT
all characters parents are absent in the movie, Tyler and the narrator have a brief discussion about their fathers.
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
Yes
6
No
30
7
boychrist
In a very specific sense there's a strange love triangle between the Narrator, Tyler, and Marla.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
32
Does a family member die?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
13
Fear
Are there jumpscares?
28 supporters
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Yes
0
No
38
Yes
3
No
32
2
Jethro
Not literal possession but some scenes can seem like it
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Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
40
Are there clowns?
9 supporters
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Yes
0
No
42
Are there natural bodies of water?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
12
Is trypophobic content shown?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
14
Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
4 supporters
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Yes
2
No
10
Yes
26
No
14
4
yakamozwretch
There’s a scene where Tyler is bathing with the narrator sitting in the bathroom
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Are there mannequins?
4 supporters
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Yes
0
No
16
Gross
Yes
3
No
21
6
No, but there is a scene when Tyler is a waiter and he urinates into food. Was very triggering to me.
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Does someone vomit?
56 supporters
Yes
63
No
2
20
nunyabiz
It may be brief, but it's still extremely graphic and should be skipped if you have emetophobia. It's when Brad Pitt is shaking his bloody face all over the owner of the club. When he is doing this, and yelling "You don't know where I've been!" Skip forward until the owner and his goons leave the basement.
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Is someone eaten?
18 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Is there on-screen pooping?
20 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Does someone spit?
8 supporters
Yes
46
No
0
6
Jethro
People spit blood
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Is there audio gore?
28 supporters
Yes
19
No
11
1
HankT
sounds of people being beat up and blood splattering are heard

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Is there farting?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Large-scale Violence
Yes
3
No
19
6
feckhead
No, but the acts of terrorism committed by Project Mayhem and the scenes of high-rise buildings crumbling in a similar manner to the WTC may be triggering for people affected by this
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
14 supporters
Yes
0
No
29
8
Jethro
The cops are shown to be corrupt and do not help the main character when he goes to them, they also attempt to castrate him
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Is there incarceration?
4 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
24 supporters
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Yes
0
No
13
Are there transphobic slurs?
28 supporters
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Yes
0
No
14
Yes
0
No
10
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Is there bisexual cheating?
16 supporters
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Yes
0
No
14
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
2 supporters
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Yes
0
No
10
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
15 supporters
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Yes
0
No
37
Yes
17
No
23
4
Annony
Yes, one of the main characters gets stitches by his eye, there are several times they are shown applying bandages/etc.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
No
38
Yes
30
No
12
5
estef
Character goes to a hospital/clinic and gets stitches, it's a very brief scene.
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Is there menstruation?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
10
Yes
68
No
1
7
diego
the beginning of the film revolves around a club dedicated to survivors of testicular cancer. the people there are portrayed in a caricature-ish manner.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
26 supporters
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Yes
0
No
23
3
nrerie
yes, one of the major plot points of the movie is a character's two very severe, untreated mental illnesses.
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Yes
57
No
0
4
HankT
scene where a character burns his own hand with chemicals, and several scenes where a character beats himself up
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Is autism misrepresented?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Yes
45
No
0
1
Jethro
The man character suffers from DID which ends up making him overly violent (mostly towards himself)
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6
cha0ticneutralsystem
Though many parts are true to how many systems experience DID the main ick I have is the fact that a person with DID/OSDD is violent since it’s a trope that harms real life systems and adds to stigma that we are somehow dangerous or abusive for existing when we are statistically way more likely to be the victims of abuse/violence/hate crimes and DID/OSDD is typically a subconscious response to repeated trauma.
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wellndandy
At the end, The Narrator shoots himself in the mouth, the bullet going through his cheek. He does not die.
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Yes
18
No
0
5
In the end it's pretty clear to the viewer which parts happened and which didn't but the narrator's view of reality is very unstable.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
5 supporters
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Yes
9
No
0
Is there misophonia?
23 supporters
Yes
24
No
1
1
HankT
when tyler and the narrator are making soup, Tyler licks his lips very loudly.
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Is there ABA therapy?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
12
Is there body dysphoria?
10 supporters
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Yes
1
No
13
Yes
43
No
7
1
wellndandy
Trying not to spoil it too much, but The Narrator wishes he were Tyler

(again, trying not to spoil)

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1
Tyler at least threatens to kill both himself and the narrator in the car iirc
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Are there anxiety attacks?
17 supporters
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Yes
6
No
22
Yes
0
No
35
1
HankT
near the end of the movie the narrator has to squeeze by several people in the house, but its not specifically claustrophobic. just very packed and messy
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
23 supporters
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Yes
1
No
38
Is there autism specific abuse?
30 supporters
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Yes
0
No
34
9
arifierro
Unsuccessfully, a character shoots themself in an attempt.
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
18 supporters
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Yes
3
No
7
Are there underwater scenes?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
8
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
21
Is there shakey cam?
24 supporters
Yes
40
No
3
3
Only in some moments. Otherwise it is very steady. It was directed by David Fincher who is famous for his almost hauntingly steady shots :)
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Is there screaming?
7 supporters
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Yes
9
No
0
0
nrerie
very much so
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5
Annony
Yes, throughout the film there are lights flickering, people flickering in and out of frame, etc.
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Paranoia
1
Technically
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Yes
29
No
0
7
Hamarhemmo
The narrator obviously narrates the whole movie, but one part that almost creeped me put was when in the end of the movie Tyler specifically mentioned flashback from the beginning of the movie, calling it a flashback.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
20
Is there childbirth?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
32
Are there abortions?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
31
Are there babies or unborn children?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
18
Does someone miscarry?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
33
Does a pregnant person die?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
29
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
28 supporters
Yes
51
No
1
11
John
A mans obesity is mentioned to belittle him
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Does the black guy die first?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
31
Yes
2
No
27
0
weezerfan42
Not exactly slurs but there is a scene where two characters make light jokes about a guy in a calvin klein advertisement which could be taken as a homophobic joke.
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Yes
0
No
29
Yes
3
No
20
-1
kaevyham
Marla says something about giving her dress To The Narrator, maybe it counts?
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Is there hate speech?
18 supporters
Yes
39
No
4
6
Paci
This movie is a satire of the whole "alpha male" toxic masculinity ideology, but it's often misinterpreted as a glorification of toxic masculinity.
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Yes
3
No
10
0
theobsessor
yes, mentally ill people
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Yes
9
No
32
9
diego
(spoilers) a male character with several female characteristics dies, but the film does not make references/jokes about being transgender or intersex.

however, a transgender or intersex person may feel uncomfortable with his portrayal.
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5
edenthatapple
I think this question is somewhat up to debate. THIS CONTAINS A MAJOR SPOILER FOR THE END OF THE FILM:
This movie engages (arguably) in the trope of a character with a severe mental illness being violent and unpredictable, specifically dissociative identity disorder. D.I.D. is used in more of a metaphorical fashion rather than as a response to trauma from a character, if you have D.I.D. you may find this film upsetting for its depiction.
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Are there n-words?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
No
30
Is there aphobia?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
12
Race
Is there blackface?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Religious
Yes
3
No
8
0
kaevyham
could be something like that, in one scene one of the characters talk about "how god hates us all", talking about their parents and freedom.
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Are there demons or Hell?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
Sex
Yes
61
No
1
10
edenthatapple
Sex scenes, also a character talks about enjoying splicing images of porn into family films in order to upset and confuse people and children.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
23 supporters
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Yes
18
No
1
Yes
22
No
1
1
nrerie
yes, theres graphic nudity shown at least twice and other nudity shown a few more times although it's CGI
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Is there bestiality?
44 supporters
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Yes
0
No
14
Is there BDSM?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
0
A character mentions losing her virginity I think, it happened before the events of the movie.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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48 supporters
Yes
0
No
36
9
boilingpoint
brief mention of a support group for incest survivors, but nothing else.
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Sexism
3
HankT
not really but theres a scene where tyler calls the narrator pathetic and another one where he forces him to stop using his coping skills (the hand burning scene)
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
16
2
HankT
The start of the movie features the main character visiting support groups. Alot of them contain discussions about cancer and other illnesses.
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Yes
0
No
15
0
HankT
no but a character suffers from memory gaps
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Yes
14
No
0
4
Chloe in the cancer support group. She dies later on
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Social
Yes
0
No
21
1
HankT
marla lives in a hotel, but shes not on the streets.
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
21 supporters
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Yes
0
No
10
Are there fat suits?
13 supporters
Yes
10
No
4
0
nrerie
an actor has a 'fat suit' of fake breasts that are very large and sag quite a bit for a character that has breasts.
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Is existentialism debated?
6 supporters
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Yes
8
No
2
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
37
Are there end credit scenes?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Yes
16
No
25
7
Jethro
More bittersweet
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
8 supporters
Yes
53
No
1
5
HorrorPop
When Tyler, the Narrator and two other men are in a car together.
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2
feckhead
Several times throughout the film
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Does a plane crash?
5 supporters
Yes
50
No
2
11
mousekat
A character imagines the plane he is on crashes to illustrate a point he's trying to make.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
34
5
HorrorPop
Marla walks into the road recklessly but isn’t hit by a car.
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Violence
Yes
3
No
37
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Anonymous
There are a couple of explosions but they're no nuclear
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Is there blood/gore?
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Yes
64
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0
8
Hamarhemmo
So much. Kind of the point.
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Does someone drown?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
38
Yes
45
No
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5
Annony
Yes, there is a lot of gun violence, including police officers, a man attempting suicide, and a man being threatened with his life.
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