• Director(s)

    Spike Lee

  • Production Year

    1992

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    202m

  • Cast

    Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo

Film

Malcolm X

strong violence, language, drug misuse, discrimination

MALCOLM X is a US biographical drama from 1992, which tracks the life of the influential and controversial Black civil rights activist.…

MALCOLM X is a US biographical drama from 1992, which tracks the life of the influential and controversial Black civil rights activist.

violence
There are bloody shootings and a man smashes a bottle across the head of another.
language
There is occasional strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') as well as milder terms.
discrimination
There is use of the racist terms 'n***r' and 'coon', and references to racism throughout the film. Members of the Ku Klux Klan set a family home alight, causing the occupants to flee in panic. Real news footage shows police officers beating a black suspect as he lies on the ground, as well as depicting other scenes of historic racism.
drugs
Characters are shown snorting cocaine and there are references to 'reefers'.
additional issues
There are scenes of gun threat, including one in which men play 'Russian roulette'. People flee from burning buildings and are left with blood over their faces in the aftermath of violence. There are moderate references to sex and undetailed sight of photos of topless women in the background of a scene. There is brief sight of breast and buttock nudity. It is implied a female prostitute intends to perform oral sex on a man when she unzips his trousers in an alleyway; there are also references to pimps.

  • Director(s)

    Spike Lee

  • Production Year

    1992

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    202m

  • Cast

    Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo

Classified Date:
21/01/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Guild Film Distribution Ltd
strong violence, language, drug misuse, discrimination
Classified Date:
23/05/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
violence
There are bloody shootings and a man smashes a bottle across the head of another.
language
There is occasional strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') as well as milder terms.
discrimination
There is use of the racist terms 'n***r' and 'coon', and references to racism throughout the film. Members of the Ku Klux Klan set a family home alight, causing the occupants to flee in panic. Real news footage shows police officers beating a black suspect as he lies on the ground, as well as depicting other scenes of historic racism.
drugs
Characters are shown snorting cocaine and there are references to 'reefers'.
additional issues
There are scenes of gun threat, including one in which men play 'Russian roulette'. People flee from burning buildings and are left with blood over their faces in the aftermath of violence. There are moderate references to sex and undetailed sight of photos of topless women in the background of a scene. There is brief sight of breast and buttock nudity. It is implied a female prostitute intends to perform oral sex on a man when she unzips his trousers in an alleyway; there are also references to pimps.
Contains strong language, violence and drug use
Classified Date:
23/04/2012
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Contains strong violence, language and drug use
Classified Date:
23/04/2012
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
26/03/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Pathe Distribution Ltd
Classified Date:
20/05/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Guild Home Video
Classified Date:
31/10/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
THEATRICAL TRAILER
Classified Date:
20/03/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Pathe Distribution
Classified Date:
18/02/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Guild Home Video
Classified Date:
13/01/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Guild Film Distribution Ltd
Classified Date:
28/06/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
Classified Date:
31/10/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Director's audio commentary

  • Classified date

    23/05/2024

  • Language

    English