The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 90% of the 702 1990s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic86/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
495 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen FrearsDirector
- Donald E. WestlakeScreenplay
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anjelica HustonLilly Dillon
- John CusackRoy Dillon
- Annette BeningMyra Langtry
- Jan MunroeGuy in bar
- Robert WeemsRacetrack Announcer
- Stephen TobolowskyJeweler
- Jimmy NoonanBartender
- Richard HoldenCop
- Henry JonesSims
- Michael LaskinIrv
- Eddie JonesMintz
- Sandy BaronDoctor
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookcon mancon artistlos angeles, californiahorse trackgrifterestafaneo-noir
The Best Movies of 1990
The Grifters is #18 of 60
