Back to trending
Casablanca

Casablanca

Drama · Romance · 1943

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Movie details

Casablanca

“They had a date with fate in Casablanca!”

1943 Drama · Romance 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

8.1 / 10

Community rating

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Casablanca?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Drama · 1927

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

Drama · 2005

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Drama · 1968

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

Persuasion

Persuasion

Drama · 2007

Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are forced to rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law, Frederick returns as a captain - but will he remember Anne?

Suite Française

Suite Française

Drama · 2015

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

Persuasion

Persuasion

Drama · 1995

In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.

The Choice

The Choice

Drama · 2016

Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.

Where Hands Touch

Where Hands Touch

War · 2018

Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.

It Ends with Us

It Ends with Us

Drama · 2024

When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

Firebird

Firebird

Drama · 2021

At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

Where it lives

Watch in your region.

Cinema release signals and current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region.

Streaming availability data supplied by JustWatch.

Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Written by

Julius J. Epstein · Howard E. Koch · Philip G. Epstein

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Rick Blaine

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Ilsa Lund

Paul Henreid

Paul Henreid

Victor Laszlo

Claude Rains

Claude Rains

Captain Louis Renault

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Major Heinrich Strasser

Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet

Signor Ferrari

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Ugarte

Court is in session

Put Casablanca on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.