The NeverEnding Story (1984)

94 min · Fantasy

USPGUKUAUG

30 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

The NeverEnding Story scores 30 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 11 flagged scenes and 2 marked caution.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	9
Caution	2

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for scary and dark with violence and action.

Scary and dark	49%
Violence and action	23%
Themes	23%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	5%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Father mentions mother's death
Heads up Bastian bullied and thrown in garbage
Caution Artax sinks in the Swamp of Sadness
Heads up Sphinx gate destroys the armored warrior
Heads up Atreyu passes the Sphinx and Mirror gates
Heads up Atreyu is torn from Falkor by the Nothing
Heads up Rockbiter mourns his lost friends
Caution G'mork confronts Atreyu and explains the Nothing
Heads up Fantasia is completely destroyed
Heads up Empress pleads with Bastian as the tower falls

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	G
GB	U
US	PG

Talk about it after

“Bastian keeps telling himself the story is not real, even as it calls out to him directly. What do you think makes it so hard to believe that something you care about deeply could actually need you?”

This guide tells you before. The app tells you during.

Every scene above is timed. The FilmScout app listens to the movie and taps you 30 seconds before each one, so you can skip it, mute it, or talk it through. Free to start on iPhone.

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Common questions

Is The NeverEnding Story okay for kids?

The NeverEnding Story scores 30 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 11 flagged scenes in it, covering dark imagery, theme, comedy (gross). The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for The NeverEnding Story?

30, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is The NeverEnding Story rated?

The NeverEnding Story is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU G, GB U, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

See every scene in the FilmScout app.
Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

ScoutScores are FilmScout's own scene by scene analysis and change as the catalog is rescored. FilmScout is independent and is not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by any studio or ratings board.

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