The Man Who Wasn't There
brief strong violence, injury detail, sex references
Director(s)Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Production year2001
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes116m
CastBilly Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco
The Man Who Wasn't There
brief strong violence, injury detail, sex references
An introverted barber turns to blackmail to fund a business venture, only for his scheme to spiral dangerously out of co ...
An introverted barber turns to blackmail to fund a business venture, only for his scheme to spiral dangerously out of control in this period noir crime drama.
violence
A man is stabbed in the neck. A fight sequence involves men grappling with one another before one repeatedly punches and then strangles the other.
sex
A teenage girl attempts to perform an act of oral sex upon a man while he is driving a car. Verbal references are made to sexual attraction and adultery.
injury detail
Blood spurts from a character's injury, before pooling on the floor in the aftermath of a scene of violence. Bruises and other injuries are shown on a person's face, and there is sight of corpses.
additional issues
Characters use discriminatory terms to refer to Japanese and Italian people. People also refer to a man by the homophobic term 'pansy'. There is moderate bad language ('son of a bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'crap', 'ass', 'screw', 'goddamn', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'damn'. A character takes their own life off-screen. There are occasionally unsettling or threatening scenes. Adults are frequently seen smoking cigarettes, reflecting the period setting. Adults also drink alcohol, occasionally to excess. Characters grieve for lost loved ones.
Contains moderate violence and sexual references
Classified Date:
14/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
brief strong violence, injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/03/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
A man is stabbed in the neck. A fight sequence involves men grappling with one another before one repeatedly punches and then strangles the other.
sex
A teenage girl attempts to perform an act of oral sex upon a man while he is driving a car. Verbal references are made to sexual attraction and adultery.
injury detail
Blood spurts from a character's injury, before pooling on the floor in the aftermath of a scene of violence. Bruises and other injuries are shown on a person's face, and there is sight of corpses.
additional issues
Characters use discriminatory terms to refer to Japanese and Italian people. People also refer to a man by the homophobic term 'pansy'. There is moderate bad language ('son of a bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'crap', 'ass', 'screw', 'goddamn', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'damn'. A character takes their own life off-screen. There are occasionally unsettling or threatening scenes. Adults are frequently seen smoking cigarettes, reflecting the period setting. Adults also drink alcohol, occasionally to excess. Characters grieve for lost loved ones.
Classified Date:
13/02/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
13/02/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
27/11/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
21/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
Classified date02/03/2026
LanguageEnglish
violence
A man is stabbed in the neck. A fight sequence involves men grappling with one another before one repeatedly punches and then strangles the other.
sex
A teenage girl attempts to perform an act of oral sex upon a man while he is driving a car. Verbal references are made to sexual attraction and adultery.
injury detail
Blood spurts from a character's injury, before pooling on the floor in the aftermath of a scene of violence. Bruises and other injuries are shown on a person's face, and there is sight of corpses.
additional issues
Characters use discriminatory terms to refer to Japanese and Italian people. People also refer to a man by the homophobic term 'pansy'. There is moderate bad language ('son of a bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'crap', 'ass', 'screw', 'goddamn', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'damn'. A character takes their own life off-screen. There are occasionally unsettling or threatening scenes. Adults are frequently seen smoking cigarettes, reflecting the period setting. Adults also drink alcohol, occasionally to excess. Characters grieve for lost loved ones.
Director(s)Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Production year2001
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes116m
CastBilly Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco
Contains moderate violence and sexual references
Classified Date:
14/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
brief strong violence, injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/03/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
A man is stabbed in the neck. A fight sequence involves men grappling with one another before one repeatedly punches and then strangles the other.
sex
A teenage girl attempts to perform an act of oral sex upon a man while he is driving a car. Verbal references are made to sexual attraction and adultery.
injury detail
Blood spurts from a character's injury, before pooling on the floor in the aftermath of a scene of violence. Bruises and other injuries are shown on a person's face, and there is sight of corpses.
additional issues
Characters use discriminatory terms to refer to Japanese and Italian people. People also refer to a man by the homophobic term 'pansy'. There is moderate bad language ('son of a bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'crap', 'ass', 'screw', 'goddamn', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'damn'. A character takes their own life off-screen. There are occasionally unsettling or threatening scenes. Adults are frequently seen smoking cigarettes, reflecting the period setting. Adults also drink alcohol, occasionally to excess. Characters grieve for lost loved ones.
Classified Date:
13/02/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
13/02/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
27/11/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
21/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
Classified date02/03/2026
LanguageEnglish
