Bicycle Thieves fingerprintStrong craft, no humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life, history, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Bicycle Thieves is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving and melancholic. Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Everyday modern life, history, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, history, and family. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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Bicycle Thieves is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 92/100 (IMDb 8.2 and Rotten Tomatoes 99%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 29 min
Bicycle Thieves runs 1 h 29 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Bicycle Thieves higher (99) than audiences (88). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes. It cost about $133,000 to make and earned $450,159 worldwide, 3.4 times its budget.
It was made in Italian. Produced in Italy.
+80GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Bicycle Thieves in 94 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 26 storytelling tropes for Bicycle Thieves, including Heroic BSoD, Hope Spot, Karma Houdini.
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