'The Wolf of Wall Street' has 506 f-words (2024)

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'The Wolf of Wall Street' has 506 f-words? ›

The Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer 'The Wolf of Wall Street' has 506 f-word expletives, according to the Guinness World Records. In total, the film has 687 expletives- an average of 3.81 swear words per minute.

On January 2, a Variety piece, citing Wikipedia, declared that Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street used the F-word 506 times, setting a new record. This report was quickly picked up by news outlets around the world.

Why do Martin Scorsese's movies have so much profanity (like The Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, Casino, and GoodFellas)? Because he's depicting the language and attitudes of those in the story.

'The Wolf of Wall Street' (2013)

The movie is widely considered to have more f-words than any other mainstream movie, clocking in at 569.

Characters use the f-word nearly 200 times during the 110-minute film—one every half minute or so.

An amazing movie about the true to life story of how Jordan Belfort rose to fame. It accurately portrays the real life events based on the movie. However parents do need to be aware that constant sex, coarse language and drug use is prevalent throughout the duration of the three-hour film.

Profanity (17)

'F*ck' is said 207 times, including paired with the word 'mother' and used in a sexual context. 'Wh*re' is said at least once. 'P*ss' is said at least once. 'D*mn' is said at least once.

DiCaprio's Jordan Belfort, the star of “Wolf of Wall Street,” ranks as the “sweariest” film character with 332 swears in the three-hour movie. Hill's supporting character Azoff has the highest rate of curse words of any character, totaling 74 swears per 1,000 words.

What was the first F word? ›

In 2015, Dr. Paul Booth argued he had found "(possibly) the earliest known use of the word 'f*ck' that clearly has a sexual connotation": in English court records of 1310–11, a man local to Chester is referred to as "Roger f*ckebythenavele", probably a nickname.

It's Joe Pesci, who's said the F-word 272 times in his various movies. But check this out: 241 of those were from a single movie: “Casino”. Al Pacino is second, with 197, followed by Jason Mewes of Jay & Silent Bob fame and Jonah Hill with 183 apiece, Leonardo DiCaprio with 144, and Seth Rogen with 140.

IS IT A WAY OF LETTING OUT FRUSTRATION? A lot of times when we use the dirty words against others, it might be an indication of our frustration level. Abusing or cursing is a unique way to express our anger, desperation or even defeat. This may be still a taboo and certainly considered as a breach of social etiquette.

According to the New York Post, Deadpool & Wolverine recorded a mind-boggling 116 F-bombs during its 128-minute runtime. Several F-words could also be heard during the brief post-credits scene. This takes the threequel past its predecessor, Deadpool 2, which had a curse-word counter of 90.

According to the study, Hill says a curse word in “The Wolf of Wall Street” 22.9 times every 1,000 words.

Buzz Bingo estimates that Hill's characters have cursed a total of 376 times, or 22.9 times per 1,000 words. Hill's Wolf of Wall Street co-star Leonardo DiCaprio sits just behind him with 361 total expletives, and Samuel L. Jackson (301 swears) and Adam Sandler (295 swears) follow.

Profanity (5)

61 F words. All said by pre-teens some used in a freak out matter when they are scared so used in context some used in general talk one kid has a potty mouth and says most of the f words. Gay slurs are used in the beginning.

The restrictions set by the Us ratings board mean the F-word can only be used once in a PG-13 movie.