Come and See (1985)

Come and See parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on, so here is what we tagged: real scares, several jump scares and brutal violence.

Scare

Properly scary

Frightening, not just tense.

Jump scares

Several

More than a couple of sudden jolts.

Gore

Extreme gore

Our top level for gore.

Violence

Brutal violence

Our top level for violence.

Sex and nudity

None flagged

It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

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 Come and See scary?

Yes, properly. Come and See is the real thing without being an endurance test.

How gory is Come and See?

Extreme gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.

What is Come and See about?

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Flyora into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Flyora finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

Cast and crew

More like Come and See

• Schindler's List (1993)Bleak · full attention · brutal violence · graphic goreA German businessman confronts the bleak realities of war, saving lives with earnest defiance and measured hope.
• Apocalypse Now (1979)Bleak · full attention · brutal violence · graphic goreA soldier's intimate, surreal journey upriver reveals the bleak, gritty heart of war.
• All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)Bleak · full attention · brutal violence · extreme goreYoung men march into soul-destroying World War I horrors, quickly losing all dreams of heroism.
• The Pianist (2002)Bleak · full attention · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA gifted pianist navigates the bleak, war-torn ruins of Warsaw, fighting for survival and dignity.
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)Dark satire · gritty · full attention · brutal violenceA pragmatic marine endures the dehumanizing grind of boot camp and the bleakness of war-torn Vietnam.
• Downfall (2004)Bleak · full attention · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA measured, gritty portrayal of history's bleakest moments unfolds with suspenseful, tragic melancholy.
• Parasite (2019)Darkly comic · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally devastatingA poor family's grift of the wealthy Parks escalates into a darkly comic and bleakly suspenseful class struggle.
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA child's grim reality in war-torn Spain blends with a dark, surreal fairy tale underworld.

Come and See is on our Goriest, Weird and surreal, 1980s, Horror and War lists.

More like this feeling

Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

• “a movie that will make me cry”
• “a horror movie that's actually scary”
• “scary but not gory”

Lists with the same feel: Tearjerkers and Most violent.