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The Million Dollar Hotel

2000 · 122 min

A haunting, offbeat drama that immerses you in a fragile, eccentric world, blending melancholy and dark whimsy with a tragic romantic core.

Directed by
Wim Wenders
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Tagline
Everyone has something to hide.
Overview
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.

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Directed by
Wim Wenders
Genres
Drama, Thriller
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • love
  • guilt
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Wim Wenders
Written by
Bono, Nicholas Klein
Starring
Mel Gibson, Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Davies, Peter Stormare, Amanda Plummer, Bud Cort, Jimmy Smits, Julian Sands
Cinematography
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Runtime
122 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Languages
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