List of films that most frequently use the word fuck

The use of profanity and expletives in films has always been controversial, but has increased significantly in recent years. Especially the use of the word fuck in media has always attracted criticism; in 2005 the documentary Fuck dealt entirely with this phenomenon. .

This is a list of films containing at least 100 spoken uses of the word fuck (or one of its derivatives), ordered by the number of such uses.

Number of uses

Movie	Year	Fuck count	Minutes	FPM	Source	Ref.
Fuck	2005	824	93	8.86	TDB	[1]
Nil by Mouth	1997	428	128	3.34	SI	[2]
Casino	1995	398	178	2.24	FMG	[3]
Alpha Dog	2007	367	118	3.11	SI	[4]
Jarhead	2005	335	123	2.72	FMG	[5]
Twin Town	1997	318	99	3.21	SI	[6]
Summer of Sam	1999	315	142	2.22	SI	[7]
Running Scared	2006	315	122	2.58	SI	[8]
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat	2002	311	113	2.75	SI	[9]
Goodfellas	1990	300	145	2.07	FMG	[10]
Menace II Society	1993	300	97	3.09	IMDB	[11]
Narc	2002	297	105	2.83	FMG	[12]
Harsh Times	2006	296	120	2.47	SI	[13]
Another Day in Paradise	1998	291	101	2.88	SI	[14]
Made	2001	291	94	3.10	FMG	[15]
Dirty	2005	280	97	2.88	FMG	[16]
Bully	2001	274	113	2.42	FMG	[17]
State Property 2	2005	271	94	2.88	SI	[18]
Reservoir Dogs	1992	269	99	2.69	FMG	[19]
Pulp Fiction	1994	265	154	1.72	FMG	[20]
The Big Lebowski	1998	260	117	2.22	FMG	[21]
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	2001	248	104	2.38	FMG	[22]
The Boondock Saints	1999	239	110	2.17	FMG	[23]
The Departed	2006	237	151	1.56	SI	[24]
Empire	2002	236	90	2.62	FMG	[25]
True Romance	1993	234	121	1.95	FMG	[26]
State of Grace	1990	230	134	1.72	FMG	[27]
My Name Is Joe	1998	230	105	2.19	SI	[28]
Gridlock’d	1997	227	91	2.49	SI	[29]
The Devil’s Rejects	2005	224	109	2.06	FMG	[30]
Eddie Murphy Raw	1987	223	90	2.48	FMG	[31]
Suicide Kings	1997	222	106	2.10	FMG	[32]
Black and White	1999	215	98	2.19	SI	[33]
American History X	1998	214	119	1.80	FMG	[34]
The Original Kings of Comedy	2000	213	115	1.85	FMG	[35]
Layer Cake	2005	210	105	2.00	FMG	[36]
Scarface	1983	207	170	1.22	FMG	[37]
Spun	2002	203	101	2.01	FMG	[38]
Tigerland	2000	202	100	2.02	FMG	[39]
A Bronx Tale	1993	200	122	1.64	FMG	[40]
Foolish	1999	200	97	2.06	SI	[41]
8 Mile	2002	200	110	1.82	SI	[42]
DysFunktional Family	2003	200	89	2.25	SI	[43]
I Got the Hook Up	1998	197	93	2.12	SI	[44]
Born on the Fourth of July	1989	196	145	1.35	FMG	[45]
Overnight	2003	191	82	2.33	FMG	[46]
Magnolia	1999	190	188	1.01	FMG	[47]
Monster	2003	187	110	1.70	FMG	[48]
Hustle and Flow	2005	186	115	1.62	FMG	[49]
Get Rich or Die Tryin’	2005	185	134	1.38	FMG	[50]
Formula 51	2001	180	93	1.94	FMG	[51]
Flawless	1999	178	112	1.59	FMG	[52]]
Superbad	2007	176	114	1.54	SI	[53]
Poetic Justice	1993	175	109	1.60	PO	[54]
Bad Santa	2003	173	98	1.77	FMG	[55]
Donnie Brasco	1997	172	127	1.35	FMG	[56]
The Commitments	1991	169	118	1.43	FMG	[57]
Grindhouse	2007	169	191	0.84	SI	[58]
Four Rooms	1995	168	98	1.71	FMG	[59]
Gang Related	1997	165	102	1.62	SI	[60]
Boogie Nights	1997	164	155	1.06	FMG	[61]
Snatch	2000	159	102	1.56	FMG	[62]
Platoon	1986	159	120	1.33	FMG	[63]
Colors	1988	157	120	1.31	FMG	[64]
Intermission	2003	155	106	1.46	FMG	[65]
The Blair Witch Project	1999	154	86	1.79	FMG	[66]
Good Will Hunting	1997	154	126	1.22	FMG	[67]
Bad Boys II	2003	153	147	1.04	FMG	[68]
All About The Benjamins	2002	151	95	1.59	SI	[69]
Ash Wednesday	2002	151	99	1.53	FMG	[70]
Smokin’ Stogies	2001	151	102	1.48	FMG	[71]
In the Name of the Father	1993	151	127	1.19	FMG	[72]
Hoffa	1992	150	140	1.07	FMG	[73]
Havoc	2005	148	86	1.72	FMG	[74]
Trainspotting	1996	147	93	1.58	FMG	[75]
Domino	2005	147	127	1.16	FMG	[76]
Waiting...	2005	146	94	1.55	FMG	[77]
Jackie Brown	1997	145	154	0.94	FMG	[78]
Baby Boy	2001	144	130	1.11	FMG	[79]
Cabin Fever	2002	144	93	1.55	FMG	[80]
The Wash	2001	143	93	1.54	SI	[81]
Confidence	2003	143	98	1.46	FMG	[82]
Shaft	2000	141	99	1.42	FMG	[83]
White Men Can’t Jump	1992	141	117	1.21	FMG	[84]
Rounders	1998	140	121	1.16	SI	[85]
Assault on Precinct 13	2005	140	109	1.28	FMG	[86]
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	1999	139	81	1.80	FMG	[87]
Glengarry Glen Ross	1992	138	100	1.38	FMG	[88]
Gone Baby Gone	2007	137	115	1.19	SI	[89]
Jackass: Number Two	2006	135	95	1.42	SI	[90]
Clerks II	2006	133	97	1.37	SI	[91]
Midnight Run	1988	132	126	1.05	FMG	[92]
American Buffalo	1996	132	88	1.50	SI	[93]
Hostel	2006	131	95	1.38	FMG	[94]
Training Day	2001	129	120	1.08	FMG	[95]
The Rules of Attraction	2002	129	110	1.17	FMG	[96]
Any Given Sunday	1999	129	162	0.80	FMG	[97]
Poolhall Junkies	2002	128	99	1.29	FMG	[98]
Apocalypse Now Redux	2001	126	202	0.62	FMG	[99]
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	1998	125	105	1.19	FMG	[100]
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	1998	123	119	1.03	FMG	[101]
Gigli	2003	123	121	1.02	SI	[102]
Phone Booth	2002	122	81	1.51	SI	[103]
Chasing Amy	1997	121	111	1.01	SI	[104]
Baadasssss!	2004	120	109	1.10	FMG	[105]
Romper Stomper	1992	119	91	1.31	FMG	[106]
25th Hour	2002	119	135	0.88	FMG	[107]
Blow	2001	119	124	0.96	FMG	[108]
SLC Punk!	1999	118	97	1.22	SI	[109]
All or Nothing	2002	118	128	0.92	FMG	[110]
Strange Days	1995	118	145	0.81	FMG	[111]
The Last Boy Scout	1991	116	105	1.10	FMG	[112]
Smokin' Aces	2007	115	109	1.06	SI	[113]
Sexy Beast	2000	115	89	1.29	FMG	[114]
Crank	2006	115	85	1.35	SI	[115]
Raging Bull	1980	114	129	0.88	FMG	[116]
Buffalo Soldiers	2001	114	98	1.16	FMG	[117]
Knocked Up	2007	113	129	0.87	SI	[118]
Pauly Shore Is Dead	2003	112	82	1.37	FMG	[119]
Deuces Wild	2002	111	97	1.14	FMG	[120]
Bulworth	1998	111	108	1.03	FMG	[121]
Natural Born Killers	1994	110	121	0.91	FMG	[122]
Next Friday	2000	109	98	1.11	SI	[123]
Boys Don’t Cry	1999	109	114	0.96	FMG	[124]
Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power	2005	108	100	1.08	FMG	[125]
From Dusk Till Dawn	1996	107	108	0.99	FMG	[126]
The Cooler	2003	107	101	1.06	FMG	[127]
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny	2006	106	93	1.14	SI	[128]
Dogma	1999	106	130	0.82	FMG	[129]
Bad Boys	1995	104	118	0.88	FMG	[130]
Original Gangstas	1996	103	99	1.04	SI	[131]
Set It Off	1996	103	122	0.84	FMG	[132]
How High	2001	103	93	1.10	SI	[133]
Bookies	2004	102	90	1.13	FMG	[134]
Metro	1997	101	117	0.86	SI	[135]]
Swingers	1996	100	94	1.06	FMG	[136]
One Tough Cop	1998	100	90	1.11	SI	[137]
Better Luck Tommorrow	2003	100	100	1.00	KIM	[138]
The Aristocrats	2005	100	86	1.16	FMG	[139]

Graphical representation

Number of fucks graph

This graph shows the number of fucks for movies containing the word over 250 times.

Fucks per minute graph

This graph shows the average number of fucks per minute (FPM) for movies with an FPM over 2.5.

See also

• "It Hits the Fan", an episode of South Park that used the word shit 162 times in a 23 minute period.
• "Dickesode", an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force that used the word dick 53 times in an 11 minute period.

Resources

The data in this list are derived from various sources:

• Family Media Guide (FMG) - Source for profanity counts, now defunct. The reviews are still available in the Internet Archive.
• Preview Online (PO) - Source for profanity counts.
• Screen It! Entertainment Reviews (SI) - Source for profanity counts.
• Kids in mind (KIM) - Source for profanity counts.
• indieWire (iW) - A leading source on independent films.
• Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Useful for general movie facts, but not reliable for word counts
• The Documentary Blog (TDB) - A website created by and for documentary fans and filmmakers