Where to watch
Each link opens a search on that service. Checked 13 October 2026.
Streaming data from JustWatch
Love Is Strange
MEANRANK
73/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93. Critics average 88, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After being together for nearly four decades, two men finally get married. Soon after, one loses his job at a Catholic school due to the marriage, and the couple can no longer afford their New York City apartment. Forced to live apart, they move in with separate friends and family, navigating the challenges of separation later in life. The situation tests their relationship and impacts the lives of those who have taken them in.
Details
- Director
- Ira Sachs
- Writers
- Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias
- Released
- 22 August 2014
- Country
- United States, Greece, Brazil
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $2.3M
- Awards
- 1 win, 8 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (20) →
Awards & nominations
See all 9 →1 win from 9 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2014 | Best Screenplay | Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2014 | Best Supporting Male | Alfred Molina | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2014 | Best Film | Love Is Strange | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2014 | Best Male Lead | John Lithgow | Nominee |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Alfred Molina | Nominee |
| Gotham Awards 2014 | Best Feature | Love Is Strange | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2014 | Best Film | Love is Strange | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Beyond the numbers
All lists →
30 October 2026
Why Meryl Streep is the greatest actress of all time
The case rests on comedy, emotional precision, versatility and sustained achievement, tested against the strongest rival claims.
30 October 2026
Denzel Washington is more than an actor: a global Black cultural icon
How global visibility, artistic freedom and a commanding public presence gave his career a meaning that reaches beyond the films.
29 October 2026
MCU canon explained: the main timeline, other universes and the TV shows
Daredevil counts. Alternate universes are not automatically non-canon. A practical guide to Marvel continuity without treating every cameo as a blanket answer.
29 October 2026
Why Batman works without superpowers—and when the films forget why
Fear, money, detective work and moral limits: four Batman films test what makes Bruce Wayne worth watching.
29 October 2026
Five great directorial debuts, ranked for what is already on screen
Citizen Kane, The 400 Blows, Get Out, Reservoir Dogs and Following: first features judged without borrowing greatness from the careers that followed.
29 October 2026
TV shows with Black female leads: four series worth arguing about
Insecure, Queen Sugar, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, ranked for character writing, dramatic range and the lives they make room for.
Just released
See all →
Coming soon
Trailer — Love Is Strange
×Full cast — Love Is Strange
×
9 awards — Love Is Strange
×| Best Film | Love Is Strange | Nominee |
| Best Male Lead | John Lithgow | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Male | Alfred Molina | Nominee |
| Best Male Images in Movies | Love is Strange | Winner |
| Best Film | Love is Strange | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Alfred Molina | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Love Is Strange | Nominee |