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Flatliners

2017Movie1 h 51 minPG-13

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Summary

Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…

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Friends night
Teens
Thought-provoking

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Keeps you on edge.
Gets your pulse racing.
Scares you.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

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At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+26)
Critics 16Audiences 42GoodWatch 30
Metascore27
Tomatometer4%
IMDb5.2
Letterboxd · 65 K ratings2.2/5
User score4.1
Audience score31%
Box office
2.4×its budget
Budget
$19 M
Worldwide
$45 M
Worldwide it earned $26 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 51 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109111
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 67 countries, rent or buy in 45 more
+57
Released
2017
September 28, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
DramaHorrorThriller
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, strong language, and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
ViolenceModerate
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesStrong
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 35
Directing · 8
Niels Arden Oplev Director
Carolyn Arbuckle Script Supervisor
Jesse Nye First Assistant Director
Krystle Ferdinand Assistant Director
Beth Mell Third Assistant Director
Karl Irvine Second Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Ben Ripley Screenplay
Peter Filardi Story
Production · 24
David Blackman Executive Producer
Brian Oliver Executive Producer
Hassan Taher Executive Producer
Michael Bederman Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
Robert Mitas Executive Producer
Michael Douglas Producer
Camera · 12
Eric Kress Director of Photography
Rod Benjamin Key Grip
Arthur E. Cooper Second Unit Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Dave Erlichman Dolly Grip
Michael Gibson Still Photographer
Robert Tagliaferri First Assistant Camera
Editing · 6
Tom Elkins Editor
Gershon Hinkson First Assistant Editor
Debra L. Tennant Additional Editing
Joseph Roth Assistant Editor
Carolyn Calvert Assistant Editor
Wendy Nomiyama Assistant Editor
Sound · 28
Nathan Barr Original Music Composer
David Esparza Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
Peter Schultz Sound Designer
Mandell Winter Supervising Sound Editor
Dan Petronijevic Loop Group Coordinator
Jeremy Borum Orchestrator
Art · 16
Niels Sejer Production Design
David Clayton Title Designer
David Murphy Head Carpenter
Itsuko Kurono First Assistant Art Direction
Mary Kirkland Set Decoration
William Cheng Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 10
Dawn Rivard Hairstylist
Steve Newburn Prosthetic Designer
Wayne Godfrey Key Costumer
Jenny Gering Costume Designer
Karola Dirnberger Hair Department Head
Mark Agnes Costume Supervisor
Visual Effects · 6
Wesley Sewell Visual Effects Supervisor
Kayla Cabral Visual Effects Coordinator
Kaz Kobielski Special Effects Supervisor
Peter Giliberti Animation Supervisor
Josh Novak Animation Supervisor
George Macri Visual Effects Producer
Lighting · 10
Edward Lipscombe Rigging Grip
Sean Keay Electrician
Terry Banting Gaffer
Asim Khan Lighting Artist
Inna Itkin Lighting Artist
James Chretien Lighting Artist
Other crew · 66
Layton Morrison Stunt Coordinator
Chris Mark Stunts
Wayne Downer Stunts
Ess Hödlmoser Stunts
Danny Lima Stunts
Patrick Kerton Stunts

Tropes

Byronic Heroin 210 titlesNelson is a handsome, brilliant, ambitious man driven to discard medical ethics in pursuit of scientific and philosophical discovery (and, more than a little, personal glory).Magical Defibrillatorin 154 titlesIn Real Life, it is not possible to defibrillate someone who is flatlined back to life, let alone someone who has been clinically dead for twelve minutes.All 41 tropes

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