Content breakdown
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Not recommended
# Parental Guide: Lolita
This R-rated drama contains strong sexual content, language, and violence centered on an adult man's illegal obsession with a young girl. It's a dark psychological thriller with mature themes that makes it inappropriate for children and most teens. Only suitable for mature adult viewers who understand its controversial subject matter.
Synopsis
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Cast

Jeremy Irons
Humbert Humbert

Dominique Swain
Dolores "Lolita" Haze

Melanie Griffith
Charlotte Haze

Frank Langella
Clare Quilty
Age suitability
Ages 9–12
Not recommended
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Ratings based on MPAA/TV classification and TMDB metadata. Updated March 2026.
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