Nightmare Alley
2021 · Movie · R · 151 min · ★ 7.0 · 75% critics
A driven carnival performer learns how to read and manipulate people, turning deception into a path toward bigger opportunities. As ambition grows, a partnership with a dangerous psychologist pulls the con into darker, riskier territory.
Based on Nightmare Alley
Also known as Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light · Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness & Light. Extended Director's Cut
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-12-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (3,374 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like bleak, stylish con stories such as Nightmare Alley (1947) or House of Games; Not for you if slow, grim dramas test your patience.
Pros: dark atmosphere; strong performances; engrossing con story | Cons: slow middle; very long runtime; relentlessly grim
Themes
- infidelity
- based on novel or book
- love triangle
- tarot cards
- mentor
- hustler
- lie
- supernatural
- carnival
- con artist
- murder
- fugitive
- +10 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2022 · nominated
Cast & crew
Bradley Cooper
as Stanton Carlisle
Cate Blanchett
as Dr. Lilith Ritter
Toni Collette
as Zeena the Seer
Willem Dafoe
as Clem Hoatley
Richard Jenkins
as Ezra Grindle
Rooney Mara
as Molly Cahill
Ron Perlman
as Bruno
Mary Steenburgen
as Mrs. Kimball
David Strathairn
as Pete
Mark Povinelli
as The Major
Directed by Guillermo del Toro