Advocates of conservative "family values" suddenly have reason to love gay cowboys. Among the five films up for Oscar's best picture prize, "Brokeback Mountain" looks rather tame when judged by FamilyMediaGuide.com, which grades movies, video games and TV shows based upon how much profanity, sex, violence and cigarette smoking they contain.

"Crash" features the most swear words — 182 compared to 92 for "Brokeback." If it wins the top Oscar, "Crash" will be the third most profane best pic ever, behind "Platoon" (329 cuss words) and "The Deer Hunter" (208).

"Munich" is the most violent among this year's best pic crop. "Good Night, and Good Luck" features the most cigarette smoking. "Brokeback" has the highest sexual content, but "Crash" comes close, although all five nominees contain 45% less sexual content than last year's top contenders.

This year FamilyMediaGuide.com discovered a 31% decline in profanity and a 65% jump in violence.

Photo: "Munich" is the most violent of the best picture nominees, scoring 107 compared to 1 by "Good Night, and Good Luck."
(Universal Pictures)