The Order (2024): parents' guide
Best for ages 16 and up. Rated R for some strong violence, and language throughout.
A gripping true-crime thriller for older teens and adults, best watched with a parent ready to talk about extremism. Jude Law plays an FBI agent in 1980s Idaho tracking a white supremacist group that robs banks and armored cars to fund a planned race war. Expect shootouts with blood spurts, the racially motivated murder of a Jewish radio host, a bombing and a fiery standoff. Racist slurs and Neo-Nazi imagery appear throughout, strong language is constant, and a brief clip from a porn film shows bare breasts. The violence and hate content are why we suggest 16.
What's in it
Violence
StrongShootouts and armed robberies leave people shot with spurting blood, and a Jewish talk-radio host is gunned down with a machine gun. A man is murdered on a hunting trip and later dug up, a theater is bombed, and a lawman is killed.
Language
StrongStrong language throughout, including f-words along with 's--t,' 'bitch' and 'damn.' Group members also use racist and antisemitic slurs as part of their hate rhetoric.
Sex and nudity
ModerateThe main sexual content is a brief clip from a pornographic film playing in a theater, which shows a woman's bare breasts. Reviewers note nothing more explicit.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
ModerateAdults smoke cigarettes throughout, drink casually, swig whiskey and pass around a flask, and someone drives after drinking. Prescription pills are taken, but no illegal drug use is shown.
Scary or intense scenes
ModerateThe robberies involve long stretches of guns pointed at terrified people, and the group's plans for terror are chilling. An agent recalls an informant who was murdered and cut apart, a supremacist shows a young boy how to fire a gun, and characters mourn people they lost.
Sensitive topics
- Racism
Worth talking about
The group recruits with a book and a story about grievance. How do extremist movements pull people in, and what could you do if a friend started repeating that kind of talk?
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Checked October 13th, 2026 against bbfc.co.uk, the MPA, Wikipedia, Common Sense Media, cineparenting.com. 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.