A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
the vibe
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measureddarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalbleakgritty
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Movie1947·112 min
Nightmare Alley
Directed by Edmund Goulding
A drama thriller film directed by Edmund Goulding.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 29%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.2/10
240 ratings
About Nightmare Alley
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Bleak (1 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- ambition hubris, corruption power, betrayal, mid century, showbiz media, american regional, strangers forced together, con artist trickster, anti hero, con deception, rise and fall, white collar crime