Rebecca poster

Rebecca (1940)

Film · 2h 10m

Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

A new wife navigates a grand estate, haunted by a mysterious first wife and a menacing housekeeper.

Suspenseful and melancholy. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

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Rebecca parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on. What we tagged stays mild: some violence and no gore.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
None flagged
It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.
Language
None flagged
It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

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 Rebecca scary?
Only a little. Rebecca has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Rebecca?
No gore and some violence. Squeamish viewers are fine here.

What is Rebecca about?

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.

Cast and crew

Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
StarringLaurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Gladys Cooper, Nigel Bruce

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