Parents Guide for
Pulp Fiction (1994) Plus avec IMDbPro »

Two men discuss acts of sex.

A man gets raped by two other men. Buttocks and thrusting can be seen for a few seconds. The man being raped can be heard screaming in agony.

A man and woman toss around in bed. The man has his shirt off the entire time. The woman talks about "oral pleasure," although it never happens.

A man comes out of a shower covering his genitals with a towel. However, when he sits on the toilet, his genitals can be seen briefly. When he gets up from the toilet, his genitals can be seen again.

Two robbers hold up a diner.

A man is shot in the chest and no blood is seen.

Two men are shot multiple times in the chest and blood can be seen.

A man shoots at two other men, however all of the shots miss.

A man kills another man during a boxing match. This is not seen but is repeatedly mentioned by characters and by an announcer on the radio.

A man hits another man with a car, and he is knocked unconscious.

A man gets in a collision with another car, causing his car to careen into a telephone pole. We see him getting out of his car with blood on his clothes and face.

A man tackles another man and repeatedly punches him in the face which gives him a bloody nose.

A man is chained to the ceiling is punched in the face by another man.

A man slices another man with a Katana across the chest which leaves a bloody cut. He then stabs the man in the stomach with the Katana.

A man threatens to slice another man's arm off with a Katana if he reaches for his gun.

A man shoots another man in the crotch with a shotgun. We see chunks of flesh fly everywhere as the man is blown across the room from the impact. We see the man squirming on the floor in a pool of blood as the other man claims he is going to "get medieval on his ass" once the rest of his friends come to rescue him.

A woman overdoses on heroine. Blood comes out of her nose and mucus comes out of her mouth.

A man crashes his car into a house.

A man stabs an unconscious woman in the heart with an adrenaline shot.

A man is shot repeatedly with a sub-machine gun. He is then shown covered in blood and bullet wounds.

A man accidentally shoots another man in the head with a handgun while a third man is driving them in a car. The body is later seen after it has been placed in the trunk. We see blood and pieces of gore on both of the men throughout the ensuing scenes as they clean the car and themselves.

Two men intervene in a diner robbery, and end up in a Mexican standoff.

265 overall uses of the F-word in the entire film with around 25 g-ddamn uses, many uses of d*ck, many uses of sh*t, and other profanities. The N-word is often repeated and other racial insults, .

Two men talk about the availability of hash in Amsterdam, and getting high on it.

Characters are seen smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages at a bar.

A man buys heroin from his drug dealer; the dealer asks the man if he wants to hang around and "get high."

In one scene, we see several close-ups of a man preparing heroin and injecting it. In later scenes, the man is seen obviously high.

A woman is seen preparing cocaine and snorting it from a mirror.

A woman overdoses. She is revived with another injection.

A woman is seen inhaling from a bong.

All depictions of drug use in the film are graphic and sometimes intense.

The previously mentioned heroin overdose scene is intense because it features a stabbing to the chest with a large needle.

Some viewers may find the male rape scene disturbing, despite the majority of it being played out off-screen.

Some viewers may find the scenes listed under "Violence & Gore" intense or frightening, although some of it is played out for comedic effect.

Note: A comparison with other films with respect to these categories is under the discussion tab at the top of the guide. Discussion there would be appreciated.