Only Lovers Left Alive

For the 1964 Dave Wallis novel, see Only Lovers Left Alive (novel).

Only Lovers Left Alive
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJim Jarmusch
Written byJim Jarmusch
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyYorick Le Saux
Edited byAffonso Gonçalves
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 25 May 2013 (2013-05-25) (Cannes)
  • 25 December 2013 (2013-12-25) (Germany)
  • 21 February 2014 (2014-02-21) (United Kingdom)
  • 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11) (United States)
Running time
123 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[3]
Box office$7.6 million[4]

Only Lovers Left Alive is a 2013 gothic fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Slimane Dazi and John Hurt. An international co-production between the United Kingdom and Germany, the film focuses on the romance between two vampires and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2016, the film was ranked among the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century by 177 critics around the world.[5] In late 2019, it was named the fourth greatest film of the 2010s by The Hollywood Reporter's chief film critic Todd McCarthy.[6]

  1. ^ "ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE". Festival de Cannes 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ Pulver, Andrew (25 May 2013). "Cannes 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive a seven year trek says Jim Jarmusch". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "Only Lovers Left Alive (2014) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. ^ "The 21st Century's 100 greatest films". bbc.com. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. ^ "The 10 Best Films of the Decade". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.