Two large bare breasted perky nippled statues guard the entrance to the land of the southern oracle. As Atreyu enters, there is a minute or so of closeups on the breasts as the suspense builds. Later, the oracle is also composed of two similar statues, however, these are textured in a way that doesn't draw as much attention.

When Bastian runs into some bullies, they chase him down an alley and throw him into a garbage dumpster.

A knight in armor is "zapped" by the golden sphynxes. His charred face is later shown up close on camera.

The book shop clerk smokes a pipe.

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The film's major plot centers around an unknown force that is slowly destroying the world. As such, the film is very dark and could be emotionally upsetting.

The fantastic ambient goes darker and more philosophically dense towards the end of the film.

Bastian being bullied at the start may be upsetting for kids who are going through that.

The appearance of G'mork the wolf is pretty frightening.

Atreyu's confrontation with G'mork near the end is very intense, especially when Atreyu dramatically challenges G'mork to fight him. There is also a lot of blood when Atreyu stabs him.