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Movie · Drama · 2010 · PG-13

The Social Network: parents' guide

14+our pick

Best for ages 14 and up. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug and alcohol use and language.

A sharp, talky drama about the founding of Facebook that suits teens 14 and up, especially those curious about tech and ambition. Framed by two lawsuits, it shows a brilliant but cold college student building a website while betraying friends and partners. There is no violence, but the campus and party scenes include heavy underage drinking, pot smoking, pill popping and a cocaine bust, along with strip poker, women in underwear and implied oral sex in a bathroom stall. Language includes a couple of f-words and many s-words. The drug use and sexual content are why we suggest 14.

What's in it

Violence

Mild

No real violence. Two men nearly come to blows before being separated, a character smashes a laptop in anger, and there are a few threats, but no one is hurt.

Language

Moderate

Rapid-fire dialogue includes about two f-words and close to 20 s-words, plus ass, bitch and goddamn, a slur for transgender people, a crude joke on a character's name and an obscene gesture.

Sex and nudity

Moderate

No nudity, but frequent sexual content: two couples in bathroom stalls with implied oral sex, strip poker, a morning-after scene with a near stranger, and women dancing in bras and underwear at parties.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Strong

Drug use is shown: students smoke marijuana from a large bong and joints and take pills, and a man is arrested at a party where cocaine is snorted off a young woman. Underage students drink heavily, including in a coding drinking game.

Scary or intense scenes

None

Nothing scary. The tension comes from lawsuits, broken friendships and a betrayal that leaves one character humiliated.

Worth talking about

Mark becomes rich but loses his closest friend along the way. Is success worth it if you get there by using people, and how does the film treat the women around these characters?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, movieguide.org. 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.