What is 1923 about?
Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.
A sweeping, gritty western saga unfolds as a family battles pandemics and drought in the early twentieth-century mountain west.
Epic and melancholy. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+.
1923 parents guide
No surprises for a TV-MA: moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- How gory is 1923?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is 1923 rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated TV-MA, and it earns it: moderate sex and nudity, strong violence, and some strong language. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Created byTaylor Sheridan
StarringHelen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer, Jerome Flynn, Darren Mann
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