Dead Ringers
1988 · Movie · R · 115 min · ★ 7.1 · 86% critics
Two identical twin doctors share a thriving practice and a dangerously blurred private life, using their resemblance to manipulate relationships with patients. When one twin forms a genuine attachment to a new patient, their carefully controlled routine fractures, pulling both brothers into obsession, dependence, and a steadily worsening psychological spiral.
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Details
- Years
- 1988
- Release date
- 1988-09-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (1,001 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a chilly, character-driven psychological horror about identity, obsession, and co-dependence, closer in feel to The Dead Zone than gore-heavy shock; Not for you if you want fast pacing or clear-cut answers.
Pros: unsettling psychological tension; strong dual performance; eerie clinical atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing at times; motivations can feel unclear; sudden wrap-up
Themes
- bondage
- based on novel or book
- nurse
- sadism
- obsession
- toronto, canada
- sadomasochism
- twin brother
- murder
- prostitution
- drugs
- twins
- +8 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award — Best Motion Picture · 1989
- Canadian Screen Award — Best Screenplay · 1989
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 1988
- New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Actor · 1988
Cast & crew
Jeremy Irons
as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
Geneviève Bujold
as Claire Niveau
Heidi von Palleske
as Cary
Barbara Gordon
as Danuta
Shirley Douglas
as Laura
Stephen Lack
as Wolleck / Anders Wolleck
- NN
Nick Nichols
as Leo
Lynne Cormack
as Arlene
Damir Andrei
as Birchall
- MN
Miriam Newhouse
as Mrs. Bookman
Directed by David Cronenberg