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Violence, offensive language, drug use, and suicide
Set in 1973 during the US’s attempt to overthrow the Chilean government, two CIA agents are dispatched to Easter Island. As the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, one of them bonds with a pair of rebellious students, which threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
It Gets Worse
Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2
Sex scenes, drug use, offensive language, and sexual references
Three best friends from college face eviction in London. As they scatter across the city, they navigate friendship, dating disasters, and adulting – all while the world crumbles around them.
A Story of Derry
IT: Welcome to Derry. A story of Derry
Horror and bloody violence
Three young people go into the Western Wood and encounter a terrifying ancient spirit, the Kollu.
Content that may disturb
A maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children operated between 1925 and 1961 in Tuam, County Galway. In the 21st century, the home became the focus of a national scandal after a forensic excavation uncovered the remains of hundreds of babies and young children, along with illegal adoptions, mistreatment, and systemic neglect. In this film based on based on true events, an amateur historian investigates the horrors that took place there.
Sexual violence themes, suicide, nudity and offensive language
Inspired by true events. In 2006, "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. But when a high-stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame turns into a nightmare of performative justice.
Drug references and offensive language
A three-part documentary about Friends star Matthew Perry that goes behind the scenes of his life and fame to reveal the actor's decades-long battle with addiction.
Minimum Wage
Season 1
Offensive language, violence, and sexual references
A group of overwhelmed teenagers juggle high school, a chaotic pizza shop, and minimum-wage jobs.
Offensive language and suicide themes
Blurring the line between performance and personal crisis, comedian Maria Bamford turns her mental health journey into material that’s riotously funny and ultimately inspiring. What emerges is a portrait of an artist transforming vulnerability into creative strength through honesty.
Sexual material, sexual violence & offensive language
After twenty years spent “chillin’, tokin’ and bonin’”, Ali G is shocked to discover that his long-term girlfriend, Julie, is 8 months pregnant. Faced with an extra mouth to feed, he heads to America to reclaim his former glory… but soon encounters adversaries who will ultimately threaten his and his child’s very existence.
Graphic violence, offensive language & cruelty
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a cinematic modern military first-person shooter game set during and prior to a North Korean invasion of South Korea. The game also includes a suite of multiplayer modes the series is known for, and a DMZ mode. DMZ is an extraction-style game where players explore a large multiplayer map collecting materials and weapons, completing objectives, and battling other players so they can escape with their loot.
Nobody Wants This, Season 3
Season 3
Offensive language and sexual themes
Joanne and Noah are living together in the third season of Nobody Wants This, and their family members are also dealing with relationship developments that test them.