Highlander

strong violence, sex

Director(s)Russell Mulcahy

Production year1986

Release date04/05/2026

Genre(s)Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Approx. running minutes117m

CastChristopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Alan North, Jon Polito

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Highlander

strong violence, sex

A group of immortal warriors converge in New York for the final battle in a centuries-old conflict in this fantasy actio ...

A group of immortal warriors converge in New York for the final battle in a centuries-old conflict in this fantasy action thriller.

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

discrimination

strong violence, sex

Classified Date:

08/04/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Studio Canal

violence

Sword battles result in beheadings, stabbings and slashings, with sight of blood spurts and injury detail. There are also shootings, a drowning and a man is headbutted.

threat and horror

There are scenes of blade and gun threat. A man holds a woman captive and menaces other characters.

language

There is mild bad language ('shit', 'arse') along with milder terms such as ''Goddamn' and 'Jesus Christ'. There is also use of the discriminatory term 'faggot'.

sex

A sex sequence involves brief sight of breast nudity and buttocks. References are made to oral sex and sex work.

drugs

Undetailed references are made to cocaine and marijuana.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is sexual threat and a woman is raped off-screen; verbal references are made to this attack.

injury detail

There is sight of blood and bloody injury detail in the aftermath of violence.

Classified Date:

27/06/1986

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Thorn-EMI Screen Entertainment

violence

There are several fight scenes, including those in which people are slashed, stabbed, shot and decapitated, some of which include blood spurts.

additional issues

There is also a sex scene which includes brief female breast nudity, as well as some brief moderate sex references.

Classified Date:

06/07/2006

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Optimum Releasing

Classified Date:

15/03/2006

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

TPC / The Portman Consultancy

Contains strong violence and moderate sex

Classified Date:

09/11/1995

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

06/10/1986

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

13/06/2016

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Studio Canal

Classified Date:

20/02/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Optimum Releasing

Classified Date:

06/07/1995

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified date08/04/2026

LanguageEnglish

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

discrimination

Director(s)Russell Mulcahy

Production year1986

Release date04/05/2026

Genre(s)Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Approx. running minutes117m

CastChristopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Alan North, Jon Polito

Posters powered by IMDb

strong violence, sex

Classified Date:

08/04/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Studio Canal

violence

Sword battles result in beheadings, stabbings and slashings, with sight of blood spurts and injury detail. There are also shootings, a drowning and a man is headbutted.

threat and horror

There are scenes of blade and gun threat. A man holds a woman captive and menaces other characters.

language

There is mild bad language ('shit', 'arse') along with milder terms such as ''Goddamn' and 'Jesus Christ'. There is also use of the discriminatory term 'faggot'.

sex

A sex sequence involves brief sight of breast nudity and buttocks. References are made to oral sex and sex work.

drugs

Undetailed references are made to cocaine and marijuana.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is sexual threat and a woman is raped off-screen; verbal references are made to this attack.

injury detail

There is sight of blood and bloody injury detail in the aftermath of violence.

Classified Date:

27/06/1986

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Thorn-EMI Screen Entertainment

violence

There are several fight scenes, including those in which people are slashed, stabbed, shot and decapitated, some of which include blood spurts.

additional issues

There is also a sex scene which includes brief female breast nudity, as well as some brief moderate sex references.

Classified Date:

06/07/2006

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Optimum Releasing

Classified Date:

15/03/2006

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

TPC / The Portman Consultancy

Contains strong violence and moderate sex

Classified Date:

09/11/1995

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

06/10/1986

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

13/06/2016

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Studio Canal

Classified Date:

20/02/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Optimum Releasing

Classified Date:

06/07/1995

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified date08/04/2026

LanguageEnglish