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Alias (2001)

Series · 43m episodes · Rated TV-14

Action, Adventure, Drama

A relentless double agent navigates gritty espionage, battling a criminal organization and her own deception.

Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Disney+.

Alias parents guide

Heads up on moderate sex and nudity. That is past what the TV-14 on the box suggests. Beyond that, mild language and strong violence.

Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.

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
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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 Alias scary?
Only a little. Alias has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Alias?
Light gore and strong violence.
What is Alias rated, and is it OK for kids?
It is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence. Your call for older kids.

What is Alias about?

Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.

Cast and crew

Created byJ.J. Abrams
StarringJennifer Garner, Victor Garber, Ron Rifkin, Carl Lumbly, Kevin Weisman, Rachel Nichols

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