Only Lovers Left Alive

2013 Directed by Jim Jarmusch

A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.

Tom Hiddleston Tilda Swinton Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Anton Yelchin Slimane Dazi Jeffrey Wright Ali Amine Carter Logan Aurélie Thépaut Dave W. Ego Sensation Nick Name Yasmine Hamdan Hamza Kadri Marc Codsi

Alternative Titles

Amantes Eternos, Přežijí jen milenci, Armastajate igavene elu, Samo ljubavnici preživljavaju, Isgyvena tik mylintys, Tylko kochankowie przeżyją, Samo ljubavnici opstaju, Sadece Asiklar Hayatta Kalir, Μόνο Οι Εραστές Μένουν Ζωντανοί, 오직 사랑하는 이들만이 살아남는다

drama romance

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Review by Adam Cook ★★★★ 29

Jim Jarmusch’s latest may feature some familiar vampire iconography, whether it be the pallid anti-heroes or their thirst for blood, but Only Lovers Left Alive is as much a lament for the death of art and culture as it is about a centuries old love story. It is also the director’s best film in years, a haunting and hypnotic mood piece less interested in clever plotting and more about its heady nocturnal atmosphere.
Tom Hiddleston stars as Adam, a vampire sinking into a melancholic and existential funk, who is stranded in a decaying and abandoned Detroit whilst left alone to create symphonic drone music. He is reunited with Eve (Tilda Swinton), his centuries old lover who is still aware of…
Review by Hollie Horror ★★★★★ 26

The wealth of knowledge vampires must amass after thousands of years is fully realized in Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive. Even though most vampire films have explored the longevity of the immortal, we very rarely see them reminisce about Nikola Tesla, the Spanish inquisition or Charlie Feathers' music. They adapt, survive, evolve, dance, read, make music, and most importantly - they love.
Adam is a wistful poet, secluded in his decrepit house in Detroit where he spends most of his time writing funeral music and contemplating suicide. His wife, Eve, lives in Tangiers, surrounded by books in various languages with only enough space in the middle of her floor to dance. Their interests may be different but they respectfully…
Review by Jonathan White ★★★★½ 36

TIFF 2013 – film #3
Reason for pick: director Jim Jarmusch, Tilda Swinton, my wife’s love of all things Vampire.
It was a rainy day. Literally. Standing in line at the Bloor Cinema with the clouds wide open was really starting to affect my normally bright and cheery mood. Granted, this was a Jim Jarmusch film, but I really only know him by reputation, as I’d only seen Down by Law, and Broken Flowers. There was the Tilda Swinton factor. Love her. I couldn’t think of a bad film she was in until our friend Len reminded me of I Am Love. Hated that one. The real reason I’m here, standing in the rain, is my wife’s love of Vampire…
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★½ 2

welp, i guess i have a new favorite Jarmusch movie.
Review by brat pitt ★★★ 1

if your kink is watching vampire tom hiddleston & tilda swinton make out for 2 hours then
1. that sucks
2. i can't believe someone actually heard your plea & made this movie
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★½ 9

I love Jim Jarmusch.
I love Tom Hiddleston.
I love Tilda Swinton.
I love Mia Wasikowska.
I love John Hurt.
I love Anton Yelchin.
I love Jeffrey Wright.
And I ADORE this film.
I never thought that I'd ever watch a movie,
Which made me wish I was a vampire.

Recent reviews

Review by Prones ★★★★

I can't believe it took me so long to watch this excellent take on vampirism. Great cast and highly original romantic drama with some horror elements.
Review by Fi5heR ★★★★

Nawet Anne Rice tak pięknie nie przedstawiała bólu przemijania. Cudowny film!
Review by Jon Cole ★★½

Dang it I really thought I’d like this.
Review by LAST. ★★★★½

Not the first first film to use vampirism as an analogy for addiction but still very effect and well done. This film has less of Jarmusch’s usual quirkiness and more of a reflective melancholy feel. The wall of heroes, including Iggy Pop and Joe Strummer, along with Poe, Wilde, and so many others, was a nice touch.
Review by Matt Epp ★★★½

Of course I liked Jarmusch’s take on vampires. A moody old soul—like 600 years+ old—and his longtime lover who still has a bit of “life” to her wax poetic about pains of immortality and shame the mortal for putting too much stock in their own immediacy and their fears. “Zombies.” I love the settings of the Detroit and Tangier music scenes. I thought this made for the best context for a Sqürl score so far too. And what a memorable final shot!
Review by Jeffrey Michael Widman ★★

everything coming out of Adam's mouth is the most boomer-y stuff I've ever OK'ed at. beginning to think Jarmusch doesn't respect my time.
Review by Quinn Wright ★★½

I cannot STAND an “I hate modern society and art is dead” type of bitch!
Yasmine killed it tho you go girl
Review by Cinema Explosion! ★★★★

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Review by Courtney ★★

requiem for a dream if the characters were irrelevant, nothing happened, and they were vampires