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Heathers (1989) | Ranked Top 10% · CriticCrunch

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Heathers

Movie1989·103 min

Heathers

Directed by Michael Lehmann

A comedy crime film directed by Michael Lehmann.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 10%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.3/10

2K ratings

About Heathers

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Bleak (1 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Unsettling
Story Tags: coming of age, corruption power, freedom rebellion, late 20th century, action combat, high school campus, suburban, romantic partners, rivals, anti hero, outsider misfit, con deception, hidden identity, rise and fall, serial killer

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Details

Director: Michael Lehmann
Language: English

Cast

Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty

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How Heathers Ranks

All movies

Top 10%

1980s movies

Top 11%

Comedy movies

Top 7%

1980s Comedy movies

Top 8%

★Michael Lehmann films#1 of 7

Michael Lehmann's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Heathers Vibe

What it feels like

briskdarkintenselayeredfunnypersonalbleak

stylized

unsettling

What it's about

con deceptionhidden identityrise & fallcoming of agecorruption powerfreedom rebellionanti-herooutsider misfitromantic partnersrivalsaction combatserial killerhigh schoolsuburbanlate 20th century

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

bleak 1/9bleak 1/9

texture

stylizedstyled