The Testament of Ann Lee
strong sex, abusive behaviour, violence, injury detail, distressing scenes
Director(s)Mona Fastvold
Production year2024
Release date20/02/2026
Genre(s)Drama, Musical
Approx. running minutes137m
CastAmanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie
The Testament of Ann Lee
strong sex, abusive behaviour, violence, injury detail, distressing scenes
Musical drama chronicling Ann Lee's rise to leader of the Shaker movement and her quest to build a spiritual utopia.
Musical drama chronicling Ann Lee's rise to leader of the Shaker movement and her quest to build a spiritual utopia.
violence
threat and horror
sex
discrimination
sexual violence and sexual threat
suicide and self-harm
injury detail
theme
strong sex, abusive behaviour, violence, injury detail, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
06/02/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK
violence
Characters are restrained and repeatedly punched and whipped. A person is struck in the face causing them to spit blood and another is hit with a rock with some bloody detail. A father repeatedly whips the hands of his child, though this is visually discreet.
threat and horror
Scenes of threat include characters being grabbed and pinned to the floor and a building is swarmed by threatening characters.
sex
Scenes of strong sex features flogging, thrusting detail, sexualised nudity and implied oral sex. An illustration features graphic sexual detail and there are verbal references to sex.
discrimination
There are scenes of historical discrimination which are not condoned.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes with ambiguity around consent and in one scene a husband attempts to blackmail his wife into having sex with him. Men forcibly remove a woman's skirt, exposing her pubic hair, to check her gender. A man confesses to having improper thoughts about his younger sister.
suicide and self-harm
There is an undetailed reference to a person self harming.
injury detail
Characters are seen with bloody injuries in the aftermath of violence and a dead body is prepared for a funeral. Blood is shown in the aftermath of scenes of childbirth.
theme
A distressing childbirth scene features nudity, bloody detail and partial sight of a dead infant.
Classified Date:
21/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified Date:
15/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified Date:
08/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified date06/02/2026
LanguageEnglish
violence
threat and horror
sex
discrimination
sexual violence and sexual threat
suicide and self-harm
injury detail
theme
Director(s)Mona Fastvold
Production year2024
Release date20/02/2026
Genre(s)Drama, Musical
Approx. running minutes137m
CastAmanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie
strong sex, abusive behaviour, violence, injury detail, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
06/02/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK
violence
Characters are restrained and repeatedly punched and whipped. A person is struck in the face causing them to spit blood and another is hit with a rock with some bloody detail. A father repeatedly whips the hands of his child, though this is visually discreet.
threat and horror
Scenes of threat include characters being grabbed and pinned to the floor and a building is swarmed by threatening characters.
sex
Scenes of strong sex features flogging, thrusting detail, sexualised nudity and implied oral sex. An illustration features graphic sexual detail and there are verbal references to sex.
discrimination
There are scenes of historical discrimination which are not condoned.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes with ambiguity around consent and in one scene a husband attempts to blackmail his wife into having sex with him. Men forcibly remove a woman's skirt, exposing her pubic hair, to check her gender. A man confesses to having improper thoughts about his younger sister.
suicide and self-harm
There is an undetailed reference to a person self harming.
injury detail
Characters are seen with bloody injuries in the aftermath of violence and a dead body is prepared for a funeral. Blood is shown in the aftermath of scenes of childbirth.
theme
A distressing childbirth scene features nudity, bloody detail and partial sight of a dead infant.
Classified Date:
21/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified Date:
15/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified Date:
08/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified date06/02/2026
LanguageEnglish