Anora: parents' guide
Best for ages 18 and up. Rated R for strong sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, pervasive language, and drug use.
An adults-only comedy-drama about a Brooklyn stripper who impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch, then watches his family's fixers try to undo it. The first act is close to nonstop sex and partying, with explicit sex scenes, nudity including a brief full-frontal male shot, lap dances, cocaine and marijuana. Plugged In counted more than 400 f-words. A long, chaotic struggle in which men restrain the heroine is both comic and frightening. Its later turns are sad and thoughtful, but the content makes it 18 and up.
What's in it
Violence
ModerateA long brawl as two men restrain the heroine, who kicks, bites and breaks one's nose; her hands are tied with a cord as she screams rape, though no assault occurs. A shop's display cases are smashed with a bat, and a catfight draws blood.
Language
StrongPlugged In counted over 400 f-words, nearly 40 s-words, a c-word and five gay slurs, plus many other crude terms and misuses of God's and Jesus' names.
Sex and nudity
StrongMany explicit sex scenes with thrusting and moaning, bare breasts and buttocks, and brief full-frontal male nudity. Strip-club lap dances and sex work are shown at length, with crude sexual talk throughout.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
StrongParty scenes show heavy drinking, vaping, smoking, marijuana and cocaine. The lead gets falling-down drunk, and an injured man takes too many pain pills and vomits. Ketamine is mentioned.
Scary or intense scenes
ModerateThe home-invasion-style struggle is long and chaotic, with a woman pinned down and bound. Later scenes of humiliation and an emotional breakdown are hard to watch.
Worth talking about
Ani is treated as disposable by a rich family. Talk about how money and class shape who gets respect, and how the film portrays sex work.
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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, the MPA, bbfc.co.uk. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.