Flatliners

Name: Flatliners
Director: Joel Schumacher
Released: 1990-01-01

1990 film by Joel Schumacher

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Released: 1990
, November 22, 1990
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Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenwriter: Peter Filardi
Producer: Michael Douglas
, Scott Rudin
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland
, Julia Roberts
, Kevin Bacon
, William Baldwin
+6 more
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: science fiction film
, thriller film
, drama film
+2 more
Country of origin: United States

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Flatliners is a 1990 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Michael Douglas and Rick Bieber, and written by Peter Filardi. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences. The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University Chicago between October 1989 and January 1990, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990. The film was theatrically released on August 10, 1990, by Columbia Pictures. It grossed $61 million at the box office.

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Director of photography: Jan de Bont
Filming location: Chicago
Film editor: Robert Brown
Title: Flatliners
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing(February 13, 1991) nominee: Charles L. Campbell, Richard C. Franklin · statement is subject of: 63rd Academy Awards
Production designer: Eugenio Zanetti
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 16
Filmiroda rating: Category III rating certificate id: F/4838/J
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Narrative location: Chicago
Followed by: Flatliners
Medierådet rating: Prohibited for children under 16
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CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve
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Set in period: 1980s
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Main subject: near death experience
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death
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guilt
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atonement in Christianity
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Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: passes · criterion used: considering named characters only
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reverse Bechdel Test assessment outcome: passes · criterion used: considering named characters only
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Mako Mori test assessment outcome: passes
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Vito Russo test assessment outcome: fails · review score: 0/3
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Review score: 55/100(October 17, 2025) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 10 critic review
48%(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 46 critic review
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5.6/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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ClassInd rating: 16 content descriptor: drug consumption, Nudity
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1.portal.mj.gov.br/ClassificacaoIndicativa/jsps/DadosObraForm.do?select_action=&tbobra_codigo=25455Retrieved 2022-10-16
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Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence, Fear
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