Only Lovers Left Alive

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Only Lovers Left Alive

R

2014

2h 2m

Drama

Romance

Horror

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

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Artistic, sophisticated and centuries old, two vampire lovers (Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston) ponder their ultimate place in modern society.

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Worth watching for Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton's performances alone, Only Lovers Left Alive finds writer-director Jim Jarmusch adding a typically offbeat entry to the vampire genre.

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Sarah Mirk

Bitch Media

Jan 20, 2021

The film is mostly a fun, sweet character study, but it's enjoyable flow is marred periodically by its own desire to be cool.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

Jun 18, 2016

Somewhere around the lovely scene of Tilda Swinton dancing, freely and wholeheartedly, to the old soul record, Jarmusch's M.O. becomes clear: 'Only Lovers Left Alive' is a hanging-out move, just with vampires.

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

May 8, 2014

This is a film that finds horror not in the extreme, but in the mundane. That alone makes it a worthwhile entry in a genre that it both inhabits and rises above.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

Dec 30, 2025

For being such a cool movie, there is something shockingly lame and relatable about a vampire just sinking down the rabbit hole of his pet interests, collecting rare guitars, and remixing his own compositions into oblivion.

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Rita Di Santo

Morning Star (UK)

Jan 29, 2025

4

A film that confirms Jarmusch as a top director.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Aug 19, 2024

A

Regardless of how you embrace that theme, the way it's presented and executed here is flawless. The performances are amazing and the way Jarmusch uses this kind of world is simply fun.

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Nicolas G

@Samuel_Goldmann Aug 8, 2026

looks good sounds amazing . otherwise pretendious and obvious. Nice they are vampire in a kind of regular love story.... and they drop some history facts from time to time ...

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Richard L

@KaneLives Mar 14, 2026

Rather far up its own ass, but with a fantastic soundtrack, sound design, and some very nice shots, OLLA is nevertheless too slow for its own good and too pretentious yet somehow still predictable to impress.

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Chris B.

@SplitWigzGoldDon Feb 15, 2026

Two healthy vampires have trouble lifting up a dead body into the trunk of a car? Tilda Swinton poorly cast. Too old for this role especially when a defining feature of vampires is their youthful appearance.

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@Shervin Dec 26, 2025

If I’m not giving it 1 star is only because of the beautiful cinematography scenes as well as the musics chosen. As for the movie itself, this is probably the most pointless movie ever made. You’d be puzzled the whole time trying to figure out "ok? So?" There are a lot better options for killing time that to watch this movie!

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Ellis Y

@RT74260769 Nov 1, 2025

I found this movie boring as hell. It's got some nice cinematography but was just too slow pace and very little really happened. I guess if you like mundane realistic story lines you'd probably like this but I certainly did not.

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MA A.

@MWAMD Oct 5, 2025

Very fun movie. Loved the soundtrack too.

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Synopsis

Artistic, sophisticated and centuries old, two vampire lovers (Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston) ponder their ultimate place in modern society.

Director: Jim Jarmusch
Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Reinhard Brundig
Screenwriter: Jim Jarmusch
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Recorded Pictures Company, Pandora Filmproduktion GmbH
Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.9M
Runtime: 2h 2m

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