Where to watch
Each link opens a search on that service. Checked 13 October 2026.
Streaming data from JustWatch
Side Effects
2013
· Movie
· 106 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1668
- IMDb #2156
- Google retired #1862
- Rotten Tomatoes #1969
- Metacritic #1267
- Letterboxd #2509
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1822
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2565
- Metacritic Critics #1010
- Metacritic Audience #1880
- Douban #1239
- Kinopoisk #2639
- AlloCiné #1788
- Trakt #2352
Every rating
68–86
out of 100
A woman is prescribed a new antidepressant after her husband is released from prison. The medication has unexpected and dangerous side effects, leading to a violent incident. A psychiatrist finds his life and career unraveling as he investigates the drug's true impact, uncovering a complex web of deception.
Details
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Writer
- Scott Z. Burns
- Released
- 7 February 2013
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $63.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (79) →
Awards & nominations
See all 4 →0 wins from 4 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 2013 | Golden Berlin Bear | Steven Soderbergh | Nominee |
| World Soundtrack Academy Award 2013 | Film Composer of the Year | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
| International Online Cinema Awards 2013 | Best Original Screenplay | Scott Z. Burns | Nominee |
| International Online Cinema Awards 2013 | Best Actress | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More like this
Beyond the numbers
All lists →
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
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.
29 October 2026
TV shows with the best song choices: five different ways to get it right
The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The O.C., Peaky Blinders and Euphoria: what their songs do beyond making a scene sound good.
8 October 2026
Leonardo DiCaprio's films, ranked—and the performances inside them
Twenty-one selected films, with a closer look at the acting: comic timing, self-invention, wounded authority and the effort that sometimes shows.
Just released
See all →
Coming soon
Trailer — Side Effects
×Full cast — Side Effects
×
4 awards — Side Effects
×
Berlin International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Berlin Bear | Steven Soderbergh | Nominee |
World Soundtrack Academy Award
1 nomination
| Film Composer of the Year | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
International Online Cinema Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Scott Z. Burns | Nominee |