Empire Records

1995 Directed by Allan Moyle

They're selling music but not selling out.

The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.

Anthony LaPaglia Debi Mazar Maxwell Caulfield Liv Tyler Robin Tunney Renée Zellweger Ethan Embry Coyote Shivers Brendan Sexton III Ben Bode Rory Cochrane Johnny Whitworth

Alternative Titles

Sexo, Rock & Confusão, Mousiko pandaimonio, Μουσικο Πανδαιμονιο, Deseos Cumplidos

drama music comedy

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Popular reviews

Review by adrianbalboa ★★★½ 7

what i would give to work at a record store in the nineties. think of the cropped sweater + mini skirt possibilities. think of the boys in oversized shirts and cardigans. this is my ideal life
Review by Hollie Horror ★ 18

OH MAN! What a piece of shit!!!
This is the first movie in my Nostalgia Overload list where I came out on the other side of the re-watch absolutely hating a movie I once loved. I haven't seen Empire Records in about 15 years but I honestly used to love it. How embarrassing.
This movie is a very corporate look at what they consider "indie" films, with an ironic twist..you know..considering the entire plot of the movie is an independently run record store trying to avoid being bought out by a national corporation.
I hate everyone in this movie; all of the annoying, over-the-top, insincere caricatures of "gen Xers," MARK: THE MOST AGGRAVATINGLY IRRITATING OF THEM ALL, Robin Tunney as…
Review by Holly-Beth ★★★½ 4

a time capsule to 1995 when it was liv tyler’s world and we were all just living in it
Review by Sally Jane Black 22

I really could not figure out how they could afford to have the whole staff there at the same time, except if the nightly total is $9,000, I mean, that's pretty good, right. Other unbelievable things include actually every other part of this film. Nothing in this film is believable. It is as if John Hughes tried to make a Hal Hartley film. It is as if Reality Bites were made by NBC instead of MTV. It is as if that reporter who believed all the fake grunge slang made a movie based on it. And if you go in expecting a train wreck, it's quite enjoyable.
You can see the good movie lurking underneath this one. It's usually frustrating…
Review by vee ★★★★

i would kill for nineties liv tyler
Review by Lizzy ★★★★ 17

if i owned this record store it would be insufferable for everyone because the only albums i would ever allow in stock would be by Mitski

Recent reviews

Review by Pappa Nate ★★★★

Empire Records is always a nostalgic blast for me when I view it; the movie, the clothes, the music, the cast, the dialogue is so of its time yet not obnoxiously so. The plot (admittingly slight) moves fast and its a neat little artifact showcasing the larger local music store culture that is now sadly just dust in the wind.
Review by Jim Paranal ★★★

I super duper love this film lalo't 90's. Very nostalgic. 'Yung mapanood ang young Renee Zelwegger, Liv Tyler at Robin Tunney ay natutuwa na ako. At ang soundtracks panalo! Gosh! Bakit ngayon ko lang napanood 'to?
Review by Joe Smith ★★★★★

Endlessly quotable time of pure joy
Review by 🕸 Noams 🤠 ★★★½

What a flex to shave your head in the work bathroom before you clock in
Review by ames ★★★★

love this movie more and more with each viewing and seeing baby ethan embry's face makes me so happy
Review by kayla🐈 ★★★★ 2

29% rotten tomatoes you are LYING to yourself
Review by Luca Martinez Bergamin ★★★★

Rating: B+
Review by 🐰 ★★★

from now on i will refer to sex as rex manning day
Review by Nakul ★★½

It might be one of the most 90s movie ever made, both in a good and bad way.