Out of the Furnace (2013)

Out of the Furnace parents guide

No surprises for an R: some innuendo or implied sex and brutal violence.

Scare

Mildly scary

A few tense or eerie moments.

Jump scares

None noted

Gore

Graphic gore

Blood and wounds shown clearly.

Violence

Brutal violence

Our top level for violence.

Sex and nudity

Mild

Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.

Language

Strong

Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

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 Out of the Furnace scary?

Only a little. Out of the Furnace has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is Out of the Furnace?

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

What is Out of the Furnace rated, and is it OK for kids?

Rated R, and it earns it: brutal violence, frequent strong language and graphic gore. Not one for kids.

What is Out of the Furnace about?

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.

Cast and crew

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Out of the Furnace is on our Prison, Thriller on Paramount+, Crime on Paramount+ and Crime on Kanopy lists.

More like this feeling

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

• “a thriller with a twist, no spoilers”
• “a movie that will make me cry”
• “scary but not gory”

Lists with the same feel: Tearjerkers and Most violent.