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Sliding Doors

Sliding Doors

6,6 /10 (1,434 Votes)
1998 EN 99 min

Overview

Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.

Stream

Rent

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Release date

23/04/1998

Votes

1,434

Popularity

5.3

What if one split second sent your life in two completely different directions?

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

99 min

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$58,809,149

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JPV852

JPV852

2019-12-31

⭐ 8

Well made romance-drama featuring nice performances from Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah. I've seen this a few times over the years and still holds up (outside of the dated technological items). Also was an interesting concept which kudos to Peter Hewitt pulled off. **3.75/5**

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-12-21

⭐ 6

I remember all the fuss about this film at the time because it was directed by blonde heart-throb Peter Howitt, famed as “Joey” from the hit BBC sitcom “Bread”. Ha also wrote the screenplay and the concept is really quite decent. “Helen” (Gwyneth Paltrow) leaves her boyfriend “Gerry” (John Lynch) in bed and races for a tube. The doors are closing but will she make it or not? Well in one version of her future she does and in another, she doesn’t. One sees her befriend the charismatic “James” (John Hannah); the other sees her struggle on with her relationship with a man that we know, right from …

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