What is Lost about?
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Stranded survivors battle a mysterious island's secrets and their own demons in a gritty fight for survival.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Hulu.
Lost parents guide
Some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- Several
- More than a couple of sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- 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 Lost scary?
- Only a little. Lost has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Lost?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Lost rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Better for teens than younger kids: it is rated TV-14, with some strong language, strong violence and several jump scares.
Cast and crew
Created byJ.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber
StarringMatthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Josh Holloway, Michael Emerson, Jorge Garcia
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Lost is on our 2000s, Hulu, Drama on Hulu, Action on Hulu and Mystery on Hulu lists.
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