The Princess Bride (1987)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Directed by Rob Reiner
Mild Violence
Violence Statistics
3
On-Screen Deaths
0.031 deaths per minute
a killing every 33 min
a killing every 33 min
Weapons Used
["Swords"]
Violence Context
["Adventure"]
Film Details
Release Year
1987
1987
Runtime
98 minutes
98 minutes
Rating
PG
PG
Budget
Unknown
Unknown
Plot Summary
A young woman is kidnapped by a criminal who claims he will kill her in three days time.
Reality Check: 0.031 On-Screen Deaths per Minute vs. Real U.S. Wars
The real U.S. wars whose per-minute death rate comes closest to this film's — the comparison is always per minute and every war figure is U.S. casualties, never raw totals.
Korean War
0.017/min
a death every 58 min
1950–1953 • Korea
36,574 U.S. deaths
Vietnam War
0.012/min
a death every 81 min
1965–1973 • Vietnam
58,220 U.S. deaths
Iraq War
0.0009/min
a death every 17.6 hr
2003–2011 • Iraq
4,492 U.S. deaths