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Angel Heart
1987
· Movie
· 113 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1696
- IMDb #1723
- Google retired #1961
- Rotten Tomatoes #1481
- Metacritic #2132
- Letterboxd #1568
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1907
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1561
- Metacritic Critics #2396
- Metacritic Audience #1805
- Criticker #976
- Kinopoisk #1458
- AlloCiné #1174
- Trakt #2150
Every rating
58–86
out of 100
A down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1955 is hired by a mysterious client to find a missing singer. His investigation leads him from New York City to New Orleans, where he becomes entangled in a web of voodoo, murder, and occult practices that point to a horrifying truth.
Details
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Writer
- Alan Parker
- Based on
- Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
- Released
- 6 March 1987
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States, Canada
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $17.0M
- Box office
- $17.2M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →2 wins from 5 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| 10th Jupiter Awards 1987 | Best International Actor | Mickey Rourke | Winner |
| 15th Saturn Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| 15th Saturn Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actress | Lisa Bonet | Nominee |
| 15th Saturn Awards 1987 | Best Writing | Alan Parker | Nominee |
| 9th Youth in Film Awards 1987 | Best Young Female Superstar in Motion Pictures | Lisa Bonet | Winner |
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5 awards — Angel Heart
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10th Jupiter Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Actor | Mickey Rourke | Winner |
9th Youth in Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Young Female Superstar in Motion Pictures | Lisa Bonet | Winner |
15th Saturn Awards
3 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lisa Bonet | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Alan Parker | Nominee |