Schindler's List

Movie · 1993

A three-hour historical drama depicting the Holocaust with unflinching authenticity, covering mass murder, dehumanization of prisoners, and one man's effort to save lives. Content across violence, nudity, and abuse is pervasive and severe; this is an adults-oriented work.

Graphic violence & goreExplicit sexual contentSexual violenceAbuse & manipulationHarm to childrenMedical traumaSubstance abuse

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Graphic violence & gorethe ghetto liquidation sequence, roughly the film's midpointStrong

An extended sequence lasting several minutes showing mass shootings of civilians in the streets; guns are fired repeatedly and people fall; this is the film's most sustained episode of large-scale killing.

Harm to childrenthe ghetto liquidation sequence, roughly the film's midpointStrong

Children are present during the liquidation and some are shown being killed; other children hide in extreme and dangerous circumstances to survive.

Graphic violence & goreearly scenes at the Plaszow labor campStrong

The camp commandant shoots prisoners at close range from his balcony; firearms are discharged and victims fall with visible blood.

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