Parents Guide for
A Christmas Story (1983) More at IMDbPro »

A man has a lamp stand that is shaped in the form of a woman's leg with a high heel, and the movie's narrator references it as..."electric sex gleaming in the window."

The main theme is a BB gun.

Some boys get into a couple mild verbal fights and pushing, mostly involving a mean bully. One scene is more graphic and shows a nose bleed a couple times.

An electric outlet is overloaded at a couple points and sparks fly.

A dog's ear is caught in a door.

A cooked duck is served for dinner near the end, and its head is chopped off.

In a two-minute sequence, "the big mother of all swear words: F dash dash dash" is dwelt upon. (The main character says "ffffffffffudge" on screen, but it is suggested that he really says the other word.)

The father and a few boys say "h-ll", "son of a ...", "d-mn", "smart ass", "my God", and several third-tier cuss words: stupid, clodhopper, dadgumit, cripes, blast it, darn, nincompoop, shut up, etc. The father does a lot worse cursing, and the fact that he does so is a significant plot point, but what he says in anger is never heard on screen.

The parents have a glass of wine in a couple scenes near the end.

One brief moment when the boy spits (tobacco, presumably) during a western daydream.

A dream sequence features the adults in the child protagonist's life mocking him and chanting, "You'll shoot your eye out." The boy's teacher is dressed as a witch.

During a few daydreams there are images of comic "bad guys."

The dad is portrayed as a bit tough, yelling and cussing nonsense.

Santa and his elves are portrayed as mean.