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M | Clean | The elusive top | |
M. Hulot's Holiday | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ma mère | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Macbeth (Welles) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Machete | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Machine Animal | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Machine of Eden | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Machinist | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Macon County Line | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Mad Love (Keen) | Clean | The elusive top | |
Mad Love: The Films of Evgeni Bauer | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mad Max | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mad Max: Fury Road | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Mad Monkey Kung Fu | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Madame Bovary | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Made in Britain | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Madhouse | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Madman | Clean | The smeary bottom | Renoir |
The Madness of King George | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Madonna and Child | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Madonna of the Seven Moons | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Maestro Rides Again! | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Magic | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Magic Flute | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Magic Treasure | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Magical Mystery Tour | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Magician | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Magick Lantern Cycle | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Magnificent Obsession | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Magnificent Ruffians | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Magnolia | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
The Magus | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Mahler (Russell) | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Mai Lin vs. Serena | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Maid in Sweden | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Maids | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Maine Océan | Clean | The expansive middle | |
La Maison Tellier | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Major and the Minor | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Major Barbara | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Make Way for Tomorrow | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Making of "Autumn Sonata" | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Making of "Fanny and Alexander" | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mako: The Jaws of Death | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Malabimba | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Malatesta's Carnival of Blood | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Malibu Express | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Malibu High | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Mall Rats | Minimal | The smeary bottom | |
The Maltese Falcon | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mammals | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mammals of Victoria | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Man and a Woman | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man in the Glass Booth | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Man Marked for Death, 20 Years Later | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Man of a Thousand Faces | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Man of the West | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Man of Violence | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Man Vanishes | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man We Want to Hang | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man Who Fell to Earth | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man Who Lies | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man Who Wasn't There | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man with a Movie Camera | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man with a Shotgun | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Man with the Golden Gun | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Management | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Manchurian Candidate | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Manhatta | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Manhattan | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Manhattan Murder Mystery | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mania | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Maniac (Khalfoun) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Maniac (Lustig) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Manic Cop | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Manon 70 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Manon of the Spring | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Man's Peril: The Making of 'Good Times, Wonderful Times' | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Manual of Arms | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Marie Antoinette | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mario Banana (No. 1) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Marius | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mark of the Devil | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mark of the Witch | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Market Update | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Marketa Lazarová | Heavy | The elusive top | |
The Marquise of O | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Marriage of Maria Braun | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Married Couple | Clean | The expansive middle | |
A Married Woman: Fragments of a Film Shot in 1964 in Black and White | Clean | The elusive top | |
Marseille | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Marseille Trilogy | Clean | The elusive top | |
Marsha: The Erotic Housewife | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Martha Marcy May Marlene | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Martin | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 1 | Extreme | The expansive middle | |
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 2 | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Martyrs | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Marvo Movie | Clean | The elusive top | |
Mary Last Seen | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mary! Mary! | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Mascara | Clean | The expansive middle | |
M*A*S*H | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Le Masque | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mass | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Massacre | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Massacre Gun | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Massacre Time | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Master | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Master of the House | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Match Point | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Matinee Idol | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Matrix | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Matrix Reloaded | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Matrix Revolutions | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mausoleum | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Maxwell's Demon | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Maya Deren: Experimental Films | Clean | The expansive middle | |
McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Me, Myself, & Irene | Heavy | The smeary bottom | |
Meatdaze | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Medea (von Trier) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Meditation on Violence | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Medium Cool | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Medium Cool Revisited | Clean | The expansive middle | Glenn Beck |
Meek's Cutoff | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Meet Jackie Coogan | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Meeting | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Meg | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Meg 2: The Trench | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Mein Papi | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Melancholia | Minimal | The elusive top | |
La Melangite | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Memento | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Memorial Valley Massacre (Memorial Day) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Memories of Murder | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Memories Within Miss Aggie | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Men in Black | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Menu | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mephisto Waltz | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
The Merchant of Four Seasons | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Merci pour le chocolat | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mercinaries from Hong Kong | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Merry-Go-Round | Clean | The elusive top | |
Meshes in the Afternoon | Clean | The elusive top | |
The Mesmerist | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Message of Stones Part II | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Message of Stones Part III | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Metastasis: Shinchin taisha | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Metropolis (Lang) | Clean | The elusive top | |
Metropolis (Moroder) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mexican Footage (Eisenstein) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mezzotint (Bell) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mezzotint (Fox) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
¡Mi burro! | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Michael (Schleinzer) | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Michael Clayton | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Michael Haneke: Trilogy | Heavy | The elusive top | |
Michelangelo Eye to Eye | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Microwave Massacre | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Midnight in Paris | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Midsommar | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mighty Aphrodite | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mighty Peking Man | Heavy | The smeary bottom | |
A Mighty Wind | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mildred Pierce (Curtiz) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mildred Pierce (Haynes) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Milk (Arnold) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mill of the Stone Women | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Miller's Crossing | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Millhouse: A White Comedy | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Le Million | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mimic | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Miracle in Milan | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mirror (Schorstein) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mirror (Tarkovsky) | Minimal | The elusive top | |
The Mischief Makers | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Les Misérables (Bernard) | Clean | The elusive top | |
Les Misérables (Hooper: warning! The Musical) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Miser's Heart | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Misery | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Miss Thompson Goes Shopping | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Missing Close-Ups | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mission: Impossible (De Palma) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mister Lonely | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Misterio | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Moana: With Sound | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Moby Dick | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Mod Fuck Explosion | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Le Modèle | Clean | The elusive top | |
A Modern Coed | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
Modern Times | Clean | The elusive top | |
A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Momma Don't Allow | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mon oncle Antoine | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mona Lisa (Jordan) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mona Lisa (Matsumoto) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Monamour | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mondo Bizarro | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Mondo Freudo | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
The Money Machine | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Monkey Business | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Monkey's Teeth | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Monsieur Verdoux | Clean | The expansive middle | a real prince |
Monster (Jenkins) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Monster (Kent) | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Monster a Go-Go | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Monsters and Madmen | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Monsters Crash the Pajama Party | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Montery Pop | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Mood Boobs | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Moonfall | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Moonlighting Wives | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Moonraker | Substantial | The smeary bottom | |
Moonrise Kingdom | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
Moonshine Mountain | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Moonstruck | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Moony's Kids Don't Cry | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
More (Ell) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
More (Schroeder) | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
More Than Sisters | Clean | The expansive middle | |
More Things That Happened | Clean | The elusive top | |
Morocco | Clean | The elusive top | |
Mortal Engines | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Morvern Callar | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mosaic Code | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Moscow Zero | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Most Beautiful | Clean | The expansive middle | |
mother! | Clean | The elusive top | |
Mother Joan of the Angels | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mother Night | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mothering Heart | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mothlight | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Moulin Rouge (Huston) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mountaintop Motel Massacre | Minimal | The smeary bottom | |
The Mourning Forest | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Movie That Invites Pausing | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mr. Hoover and I | Clean | The elusive top | |
Mr. Marsh Comes to School | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Ms. 45 | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Ms. Magnificent. | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
The Muffled Hammerfall in Action | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mulholland Drive | Clean | The elusive top | |
Multiple Maniacs | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mummy (Freund) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mur murs | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
Murder (Polanski) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Murder in Winter | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Murder on the Emerald Seas | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Murder Psalm | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Murder Unincorporated | Clean | The smeary bottom | |
Murder Weapon | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Murderer Lives at 21 | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Muriel, or The Time of Return | Clean | The elusive top | |
Murita Cycles | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Muscles and Bustles | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Music of Michel Legrand | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Musicians (Karabasz) | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Musketeers of Pig Alley | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mutant Chronicles | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mutant War | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Muthers | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mutilator | Minimal | The smeary bottom | Ralph Malph |
Muzak: A Tool of Management | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My 20th Century | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
My Ain Folk | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Architect | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Beautiful Laundrette | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
My Best Fiend | Clean | The elusive top | |
My Brother's Wife | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Chauffeur | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
My Childhood | Substantial | The expansive middle | resentment |
My Cousin Vinny | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Darling Clementine | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Dad Is 100 Years Old | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Dear Killer | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Degeneration | Heavy | The expansive middle | |
My Dinner with André | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Father Was Right | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Man Godfrey | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Master My Love | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Name Is Bruce | Minimal | The smeary bottom | embarrassment |
My Name Is Pecos | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Night at Maud's | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Sinful Life | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Sweet Satan | Substantial | The expansive middle | |
My Way Home (Douglas) | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
My Way Home (Jancsó) | Minimal | The expansive middle | |
My Wife's Lodger | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Winnipeg | Minimal | The elusive top | |
My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto | Clean | The expansive middle | |
My Young Auntie | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mysteries of Lisbon | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mysterious Object at Noon | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mystery Train | Clean | The expansive middle | |
The Mystic | Clean | The expansive middle | |
Mystics in Bali | Minimal | The expansive middle | Rocky Horror |
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.