M (1931) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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M - Family Review

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

1931 | 117 Minutes

No MPAA rating
IMDB: 8.3 ⭐️ Votes: 158,945

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    A suggestive painting is shown in the background of several shots; it is hardly noticeable and out of focus.

    The term whore is used once.

    The murders are referred to as "sexual crimes" at one point in the film. The murders of the children, or what might have been done to them, is never discussed or shown in anyway beyond the aforementioned quote.

  • Violence
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    Although none of the killings are shown on screen at all, the threat of violence is nearly constant throughout the film.

    It is implied that children die. No blood or corpses.

  • Profanity
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    In the english-subtitled version the word "Bitch" is said.

    Numerous uses of d*mn. Three GD's altogether, two of which are in one scene.

    Bastard is used quite often. Shit twice and bitch twice.

  • Intense Scenes
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    The killer behaves in a very disturbing/unnatural manner throughout the movie

    Because it is so old it may not render as very frightening by todays standards, despite this the material is still fairly disturbing as it is a about a child murderer.

    The fact that the film is based around a child murderer.

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