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The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) · CriticCrunch

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The Million Dollar Hotel

Movie2000·122 min

The Million Dollar Hotel

Directed by Wim Wenders

A drama thriller film directed by Wim Wenders.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 90%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.9/10

375 ratings

About The Million Dollar Hotel

A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Contemplative
Story Tags: isolation loneliness, hotel transit, los angeles, close friendship, strangers forced together, detective investigator, outsider misfit, investigation procedural, mystery disappearance, drug trade

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Details

Director: Wim Wenders
Language: English

Cast

Mel Gibson, Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Davies

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How The Million Dollar Hotel Ranks

All movies

Top 90%

2000s movies

Top 86%

Drama movies

Top 90%

Wim Wenders films#17 of 19

Top 90% All movies.

the vibe

The Million Dollar Hotel Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burnbittersweetmoderatelayeredlight-touchintimateearnestgrittycontemplative

What it's about

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

texture

grittygritty

investigation procedural

mystery disappearance

isolation loneliness

detective investigator

outsider misfit

close friendship

strangers forced together

drug trade

hotel transit

Los Angeles

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9