What is The Magnificent Seven about?
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
Seven gritty gunfighters defend a Mexican village, battling injustice with epic, pulpy, feel-good action.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on MGM+, The Roku Channel (free), YouTube (free) and Plex (free).
The Magnificent Seven parents guide
There is no US rating to lean on, so here is what we tagged: strong violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- 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.
Cast and crew
Directed byJohn Sturges
StarringYul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter
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The Magnificent Seven is on our Classics (pre-1970), Drama on The Roku Channel, Action on The Roku Channel and Western lists.
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