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Transformers One

Movie 2024 104 min Animation, Science Fiction, Adventure, Family Last reviewed 3 Sep 2026
Official Rating PG ClearAge 8+ Quality ★★★★☆

Our take

Transformers One is a colourful animated prequel about two friends on Cybertron who become rivals. Expect loud robot action, talk of past battles, and a couple of hells. No sex, drugs, or realistic gore. Fine for most children who already handle superhero fights. Younger or sensitive kids may find the later battles intense

Uplifting themes

Friendship, speaking up against injustice, and asking who a story is really serving Orion keeps trying to do right by ordinary workers even as the fight gets bigger

Story (may spoil tone)

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

What we flagged

Scores are 0–5: 0 means none; 5 means the strongest we flagged in that category.

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Violence
Moderate
Sex
Frightening
Mild
Language
Mild

Details

Violence Moderate Robot battles, talk of killing, and a war that wiped out earlier Primes…

Robot battles, talk of killing, and a war that wiped out earlier Primes. No human blood

Language Mild A couple of hells. Otherwise clean

A couple of hells. Otherwise clean

Sex / nudity No sex found in this title

No sex found in this title

Drugs / alcohol No drugs found in this title

No drugs found in this title

Frightening Mild Big action set pieces and a darker turn as friendship collapses. Intens…

Big action set pieces and a darker turn as friendship collapses. Intense for some young kids

Self-harm / suicide No self-harm found in this title

No self-harm found in this title

Sexual violence No sexual violence found in this title

No sexual violence found in this title

Child peril / abuse No child peril found in this title

No child peril found in this title

Bullying / discrimination No bullying found in this title

No bullying found in this title

Gore / death / weapons No gore found in this title

No gore found in this title

Dangerous behaviour No dangerous behavior found in this title

No dangerous behavior found in this title

Eating disorders / body image No eating found in this title

No eating found in this title

Mental health No mental health found in this title

No mental health found in this title

Gambling No gambling found in this title

No gambling found in this title

Grief / bereavement No grief found in this title

No grief found in this title

Talk after watching

  • Orion and D-16 start as friends. What choices pull them apart?
  • Workers are told a story about their world that is not the whole truth. Why does honesty matter?