What is 3% about?
In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
3% (2016)
A gritty, intimate drama unfolds as hopefuls face a bleak, suspenseful trial for paradise.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
3% parents guide
Moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence, about what a TV-MA should carry.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- 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.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Three questions
- Is 3% scary?
- Only a little. 3% has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is 3%?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is 3% rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Moderate sex and nudity, strong violence, and some strong language. The TV-MA is earned, so not for kids.
Cast and crew
Created byPedro Aguilera
StarringBianca Comparato, Rodolfo Valente, Vaneza Oliveira, Rafael Lozano, Larissa Noel
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