click Title for details | Animal Violence | Immaculate Corpse | |
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Gabbeh | Clean | The elusive top | |
Gai dimanche | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Galaxy Destroyer (Battle for the Lost Planet) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Galileo | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Game (Fincher) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Game (Rebane) | Substantial | The smeary bottom | |
Game 6 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Game of Death | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Game of Death Redux | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Game of Death II | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Game Night | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Game of Thrones: Seasons 1-8 | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Game Over | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Gang's All Here | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Gangs of New York | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Gangs of Wasseypur | Clean | The elusive top | |
Gangster VIP | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gangster VIP 2 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ganja & Hess | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gap-Toothed Women | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Garden of Earthly Delight | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Gardner | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Gas Food Lodging | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gas Pump Girls | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gash | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gaslight (Cukor) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gaslight (Dickinson) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gasman | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gate of Flesh | Extreme | The expansive middle | |
Gate of Hell | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Gates of Heaven | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gator Green | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gavin & Stacey: The Christmas Special | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gavotte | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gazwrx: The Films of Jeff Keen | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Geek | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Gemini | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Genealogies of a Crime | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Genocide | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gentlemen Prefer Nature Girls | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Geometria | Clean | The expansive middle | |
George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
George Bernard Shaw on Film: Eclipse Series #20 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Clean | The expansive middle | |
George Washington (Green) | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Georgetown Loop | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Germany Calling | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ghost Rider | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ghost Stories for Christmas | Minimal | The elusive top | |
A Ghost Story | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ghost Town | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ghost Trip | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ghost World | Clean | The elusive top | |
Ghostbusters | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Ghoul | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gia | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Giant Claw | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Giorgio Moroder Presents "Metropolis" | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Girl | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Girl and the Geek | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Girl House | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Girl in Black | Clean | The elusive top | |
Girl in Gold Boots | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Girl in Room 2A | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Girl Next Door | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Girl on a Motorcycle | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Girl on the Bridge | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Girl on the Train | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (Bava) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher) | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Girlfriend Experience | Clean | The elusive top | |
Girlfriends | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Girls | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Girls Against Boys | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Girls, Guns and G-Strings: The Andy Sidaris Collection | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Giuseppina | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Glasgow 1980 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Glass (Haanstra) | Clean | The elusive top | |
Glass Lips | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Gleaners & I | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Gleaners & I: Two Years Later | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Glaze of Cathexis | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Globalisation Tapes | Clean | The elusive top | |
Gloria! | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Glorious | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Glorious Technicolor | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Go! Go! Go! | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Go-Between | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
God Damn Religion | Clean | The expansive middle | |
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance | Clean | The expansive middle | |
God Told Me To | Clean | The expansive middle | |
God’s Angry Man | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gods of the Plague | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Godfather | Substantial | The elusive top | |
The Godfather Part II | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Godfather Part III | Clean | The expansive middle | |
God’s Country | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Gods of Bali | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Gold Rush | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Golden Coach | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Golden Compass | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Golden Legend | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Goldeneye | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Goldfinger | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Goldman v Silverman | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Golf Specialist | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Gomorrah | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gone Girl | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gone with the Wind | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Good Girl | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Good Girls, Bad Girls | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Good Night | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Good Night, and Good Luck. | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Good Shepherd | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Good Time | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Good Times, Wonderful Times | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Goodbye Place | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Goodbye, See You Tomorrow | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Goodfellas | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Gore Gore Girls | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Gorilla and the Maiden | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Goro the Assassin | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gosford Park | Minimal | The expansive middle | hoodlums |
The Gospel According to Matthew | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Goto, Isle of Love | Minimal | The elusive top | |
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Le Grand Amour | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
The Grand Duel | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Le Grande Illusion | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Le Grand Méliès | Clean | The expansive middle | |
La Grande Bouffe | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Grandma's Encyclopaedia | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Grandmother | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Grandmother’s House | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Grandpa & Marika | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life | Substantial | The expansive middle | chieflet |
Grateful Dawg | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Grave Robbers (Galindo) | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Grave Robbers (Weisman) | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Gravity | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Greaser’s Palace | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Great Beauty | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Great Dictator | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Great Escape | Clean | The expansive middle | Cooler |
Great Expectations (Cuarón) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Great Flood | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Great Performance | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Great Steam Fair | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Great Wall | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Great Yokai War | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Greatest Love of All Time | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Greed in the Sun | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Green for Danger | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Green, Green Grass of Home | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Green Man | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Green Inferno | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Green Pink Caviar | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Green Room | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Greendale | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Greetings | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Grey Gardens (Maysles) | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Grifters | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Grizzly Man | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Groundhog Day | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Gruesome Twosome | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Guilty of Romance | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Guitar Mongoloid | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gun (Altman, et al.) | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Guns (Sidaris) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Gun Crazy | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Gunpoint | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Gus Arnheim and His Ambassadors | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Guys and Dolls | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Heads Up, Ears Down
This blog accurately identifies depictions of violence and cruelty toward animals in films. The purpose is to provide viewers with a reliable guide so that such depictions do not come as unwelcome surprises. Films will be accurately notated, providing a time cue for each incident along with a concise description of the scene and perhaps relevant context surrounding the incident. In order to serve as a useful reference tool, films having no depictions of violence to animals will be included, with an indication that there are no such scenes. This is confirmation that the films have been watched with the stated purpose in mind.
Note that the word depictions figures prominently in the objective. It is a travesty that discussions about cruelty in film usually are derailed by the largely unrelated assertion that no animals really were hurt (true only in some films, dependent upon many factors), and that all this concern is just over a simulation. Not the point, whether true or false. We do not smugly dismiss depictions of five-year-olds being raped because those scenes are only simulations. No, we are appalled that such images are even staged, and we are appropriately horrified that the notion now has been planted into the minds of the weak and cruel.
Depictions of violence or harm to animals are assessed in keeping with our dominant culture, with physical abuse, harmful neglect, and similar mistreatment serving as a base line. This blog does not address extended issues of animal welfare, and as such does not identify scenes of people eating meat or mules pulling plows. The goal is to itemize images that might cause a disturbance in a compassionate household.
These notes provide a heads-up but do not necessarily discourage watching a film because of depicted cruelty. Consuming a piece of art does not make you a supporter of the ideas presented. Your ethical self is created by your public rhetoric and your private actions, not by your willingness to sit through a filmed act of violence.