The Godfather: parents' guide

Dozens are shot, often at close range with blood, and one man is riddled with bullets at a tollbooth. There are strangulations, a hand pinned with a knife, a car bomb and a husband beating his wife. An attempted rape is described, not shown.

Mostly milder words like 'goddamn,' 'bastard' and 'son of a bitch,' with a single f-word, spoken in Italian. Slurs are the bigger concern: the n-word once, ethnic slurs for Italians, Germans and Irish, and an anti-gay slur.

A young bride undresses on her wedding night and her bare breasts are seen before the film cuts away. Sonny has a quick, fully clothed encounter with a bridesmaid against a door that can be heard. Affairs and prostitution come up in conversation.

Characters smoke cigarettes, cigars and pipes and drink wine at meals and parties. A key plot point is whether the family should enter the heroin trade, which is discussed but not shown in use.

A Hollywood producer wakes to find a horse's bloody severed head in his bed, a scene many viewers find disturbing. Ambushes and executions come without warning, and a beloved family member dies in front of a small child.