City of Angels
1998 · Movie · PG-13 · 114 min · ★ 6.8 · 56% critics
A guardian angel quietly watches over Los Angeles, guiding souls and observing human life from a distance. When he becomes drawn to a dedicated heart surgeon, he starts questioning his eternal role and considers giving it up to experience love, touch, and everyday life in the human world.
Based on Wings of Desire
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-04-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 56/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (2,354 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a heartfelt, spiritual-leaning romance with big emotions and a fantasy premise, in the vein of Ghost; Not for you if you need lots of action or dislike sentimental stories.
Pros: tender forbidden romance; thought-provoking themes; emotional, rewatchable vibe | Cons: can feel slow; sometimes cheesy; theological holes, rushed finish
Themes
- suicide
- operation
- life and death
- afterlife
- angel
- faith
- heaven
- remake
- los angeles, california
- interspecies romance
Cast & crew
Nicolas Cage
as Seth
Meg Ryan
as Maggie
Dennis Franz
as Messinger
Andre Braugher
as Cassiel
Colm Feore
as Jordan
Robin Bartlett
as Anne
Joanna Merlin
as Teresa
Sarah Dampf
as Susan
Rhonda Dotson
as Susan's Mother
Nigel Gibbs
as Doctor
Directed by Brad Silberling