Brief Encounter (1945)

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Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. (imdb)

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Genres: Romance, Drama

Country: UK

Directed By: David Lean

Written By: Noël Coward, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan

Starring: Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg, Valentine Dyall, Margaret Barton, Marjorie Mars

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Date	User	Rating
Jan 16	Ofterdingen	82 _95%
Before Sunrise there was Brief Encounter.
Jan 09	Durronfo	87 _98%
Jan 03	selingoknar	80 _83%
Jan 03	Cheezy Dub	80 _81%
Dec 31, 2020	danielkh48	100 _98%
Dec 28, 2020	NotALemon	100 _99%
Dec 25, 2020	Ringshifter	74 _62%
Dec 25, 2020	AllenGilliam	60 _17%
Dec 10, 2020	Mariaelena	90 _92%
Dec 08, 2020	xCalver	68 _37%
Dec 06, 2020	Adds2.0	100 _98%
Dec 04, 2020	WWallce4prez	90 _95%
As another reviewer mentioned, I think simple romances like In the Mood for Love and the Before Trilogy have to thank David Lean's first great film for paving the way. Both Laura and Dr. Harvey are so ordinary, but that makes their mutual and explosive infatuation completely relatable. The final 10 minutes contains devastation, line after line.
Dec 03, 2020	DawdlingPoet	80 _81%
Dec 02, 2020	wsell	95 _90%
Nov 24, 2020	day20000	78 _46%
Nov 21, 2020	napouser	60 _61%
Nov 21, 2020	AlexBrisson	88 _83%
Likens infidelity to criminality, and presents this illicit romance with the tone of a crime thriller. It’s captivating, though the wall-to-wall narration gets tiring.
Nov 09, 2020	KasperPTP	7 _41%
Oct 28, 2020	dundjay	60 _42%
Oct 22, 2020	jamienelson	70 _54%
Oct 13, 2020	rospo	64 _54%
Oct 08, 2020	vahid182	50 _31%
Oct 05, 2020	juntakinte68	95 _89%
A great study on how two people can do something underhanded in the most honorable way possible. Like his later epics, Lean finds a way to make it all look exceptional--especially with the acting. The film holds up today, in part due to future imitators like The Apartment (obviously), Lost in Translation, and Carol. My one minor complaint is how catty & rude the couple is to everyone they encounter. Y'all are having an affair! While you're in that glass house, try not to heave so many bricks!
Sep 20, 2020	jphoff4	90 _64%
Sep 19, 2020	microplast	70 _52%
Sep 14, 2020	asperastrum ()	86 _86%
Sep 12, 2020	Trombone	70 _80%
Sep 06, 2020	chuckdog	100 _98%
Aug 25, 2020	balseiros	95 _97%
Aug 18, 2020	devrimozkan	86 _99%
Aug 17, 2020	Fulgance	90 _92%
Aug 16, 2020	ylajali	48 _31%
Aug 13, 2020	themoviepl	93 _72%
Aug 11, 2020	wicked치킨	83 _92%
Aug 10, 2020	belfastboy	70 _65%
Aug 03, 2020	thinbeach	75 _92%
Jul 31, 2020	placestogo	77 _91%
76.8.
Jul 15, 2020	pileofzack	97 _95%
Jul 05, 2020	Siegel Hans	90 _95%
Jul 04, 2020	kappeuter	70 _67%
Jun 30, 2020	hertzfeldts	82 _92%
Jun 13, 2020	D Lightman	75 _86%
Jun 03, 2020	TheShiznit	74 _97%
May 31, 2020	Bubu	100 _98%
May 31, 2020	Unoriginal	100 _97%
May 30, 2020	Anthile	56 _84%
May 29, 2020	TechnoPop	85 _87%
May 27, 2020	ByWSA	80 _72%
May 21, 2020	Omid Ranjbar	82 _97%
May 19, 2020	shlebede	90 _85%
May 19, 2020	kosecki	94 _95%
May 18, 2020	tydmir	90 _90%
May 18, 2020	TSARK	50 _15%
May 16, 2020	Flitskonijn	60 _0%
May 16, 2020	jeffsul	97 _91%
May 13, 2020	AD101192!	70 _73%
May 06, 2020	Hyperion+	5 _83%
May 05, 2020	Big Lemons	85 _70%
May 03, 2020	perusegenes	95 _90%
May 01, 2020	pyrosexual	50 _6%
Too British for me to finish
May 01, 2020	cococeva	80 _79%
Apr 28, 2020	lichtung	84 _89%
Apr 23, 2020	ilker	85 _81%
Apr 15, 2020	fabiovisnadi	82 _48%
Apr 08, 2020	ozerdur	85 _93%
Apr 03, 2020	Ozcan	88 _83%
Apr 02, 2020	opheliepetit	85 _84%
Apr 02, 2020	mjoc0723	20 _10%
Apr 01, 2020	Cernat	85 _65%
Mar 30, 2020	Pleveen	95 _87%
Mar 26, 2020	spearmint	85 _84%
Mar 21, 2020	SedaB	80 _65%
Mar 19, 2020	CaoShaoqin	0 _34%
Mar 08, 2020	rojatume	60 _18%
Mar 07, 2020	The Behzad	88 _95%
Mar 01, 2020	rnest	8 _92%
Ineldande monologen i tåget är fängslande, jag ville crikulera mer kring hennes huvud
Feb 27, 2020	CMWL	1 _0%
Feb 24, 2020	mrsdalloway	85 _83%
Feb 15, 2020	julesfmb	67 _71%
Feb 11, 2020	shanebarlow3	77 _70%
Feb 04, 2020	PUNQ	80 _99%
'Simple and complex' is how many describe Brief Encounter (1945), that's how I'll do it too, and I'll add 'gentle and heavy' with emotion. Such sincere piece of conflicted emotions. Not typically the type of movie I'd fall in love with, but it's impressions leaves a mark that's impossible to escape.
Feb 02, 2020	tammineni ()	90 _89%
Jan 18, 2020	LordKubrick	100 _92%
Jan 15, 2020	Adds	100 _99%
Jan 11, 2020	Lemonya	90 _90%
Jan 10, 2020	KamilPPP	55 _16%
Jan 07, 2020	gizkunter	90 _80%
Jan 03, 2020	TJDixon2	69 _26%
Jan 02, 2020	colmener	90 _94%
Dec 29, 2019	Bolido	80 _72%
Dec 13, 2019	CineLounge	74 _81%
Dec 12, 2019	mycollection	100 _0%
Dec 12, 2019	wetwillies	90 _79%
Viewed December 11, 2019. Movie 3300. Astonishing how much this movie sneaks up on you until the final 10 minutes, which contain some of the best filmmaking ever, finally level you.
Dec 08, 2019	Karbonaich	100 _97%
Nov 24, 2019	seroş	97 _72%
Nov 14, 2019	w2727	100 _96%
Nov 12, 2019	Moses77	9 _86%
Nov 09, 2019	TNbird	7 _25%
Nov 03, 2019	babil7	90 _81%
Nov 01, 2019	istavritos	82 _77%
Oct 26, 2019	kritikos	10 _96%
Oct 21, 2019	Guy...	30 _52%
Oct 21, 2019	flipperrbm	10 _99%
Oct 13, 2019	fruscijohn	100 _96%
Oct 04, 2019	Florin92	70 _68%
Sep 22, 2019	Blondone86	65 _13%
Aug 28, 2019	TraverseTown	85 _87%
Aug 26, 2019	Grumblebutt	90 _89%
Aug 24, 2019	sven_usling	70 _61%
Aug 22, 2019	gurkov	70 _66%
Aug 14, 2019	Ammar44	95 _79%
Aug 13, 2019	account2	100 _99%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	100 _99%
Aug 04, 2019	cua-cua	88 _79%
Aug 03, 2019	Peque	85 _75%
Jul 27, 2019	coolcoolcool	84 _74%
Jul 15, 2019	Numogram	85 _91%
Jul 10, 2019	cankutozturk	81 _96%
Jul 08, 2019	izideve	83 _85%
Jul 04, 2019	derzulya	9 _95%
Jun 30, 2019	NathanBates	60 _34%
As I go through my list of "best" movies, I'm a bit surprised at how many are about infidelity. Here we have a perfectly ordinary housewife who suddenly meets a stranger and starts to fall in love with him. There are a lot of nuances in the film (as a proper British film should have), but I was slightly disappointed we didn't hear more about the old lady in the refreshment stand. It's a well-made movie -- the cast is excellent -- but I just didn't fall in love with it.
Jun 27, 2019	gunay	97 _91%
Jun 27, 2019	mbramhald13	90 _88%
Jun 21, 2019	Slowjoe	78 _86%
Jun 20, 2019	Æneαs	90 _92%
Jun 18, 2019	Darren	74 _61%
Goddamn people used to be so obsessed with fucking on a train
Jun 14, 2019	MoonLoop	78 _39%
Jun 11, 2019	Seethruskin	5 _80%
Jun 08, 2019	Geslimmar	50 _38%
Jun 07, 2019	hilaldrkn	85 _90%
Jun 06, 2019	Nangijala	80 _82%
Jun 05, 2019	erayyildiz	95 _98%
May 29, 2019	Teproc	85 _96%
May 26, 2019	brick	18 _91%
May 19, 2019	ShaunLewis54	92 _94%
May 10, 2019	Halfang	95 _91%
May 07, 2019	biftek	80 _76%
Apr 23, 2019	AHALE80	90 _92%
Apr 11, 2019	jdnolla	8 _88%
Apr 07, 2019	TheRuins	70 _88%
Apr 02, 2019	Suda Balık	95 _91%
Mar 22, 2019	DarrenCB	90 _85%
Mar 17, 2019	lucius	60 _54%
Mar 12, 2019	napolenbrady	88 _58%
88.00
Mar 07, 2019	CatScandal	81 _93%
Mar 05, 2019	mate_cosido	80 _71%
Mar 02, 2019	Brewster	60 _63%
Feb 26, 2019	mmarczi	80 _43%
Feb 22, 2019	sandman248	100 _94%
Feb 21, 2019	MortSahlFan	70 _53%
Feb 11, 2019	eliasm	88 _77%
Feb 10, 2019	Mahasamatman	75 _79%
Feb 09, 2019	erycebeci	83 _69%
Feb 05, 2019	finchereznor	100 _97%
Feb 02, 2019	AAD101192	68 _54%
Feb 02, 2019	samotarski	85 _49%
Feb 01, 2019	tjobidoo	50 _33%
Jan 27, 2019	Gnalkthere	84 _68%
Jan 19, 2019	jokevv	70 _75%
Jan 19, 2019	ibi8588	90 _88%
Jan 16, 2019	GFoster	86 _95%
Jan 15, 2019	okayka	90 _82%
Jan 14, 2019	alinag	91 _96%
Jan 13, 2019	tsebben	89 _91%
Jan 08, 2019	Sachaz	84 _89%
Jan 06, 2019	gossamer2019	89 _94%
Jan 06, 2019	Chuck92	60 _14%
Jan 04, 2019	ElsaH	91 _92%
Jan 04, 2019	Kabbjeh	90 _96%
Jan 03, 2019	ak.e	60 _21%
Jan 03, 2019	anaskvit	78 _57%
Jan 01, 2019	knives	69 _31%
Dec 27, 2018	Tars3	67 _39%
Dec 24, 2018	FraGil	85 _93%
Dec 18, 2018	kurt19151	85 _60%
Dec 05, 2018	mathiasa	90 _96%
Dec 01, 2018	Dennis Li	3 _61%
Nov 30, 2018	schrutie	90 _88%
Nov 24, 2018	Candiru	95 _98%
Nov 22, 2018	peyrin	85 _90%
Pretty by-the-numbers romance but it hit all the right spots for me. Elevated by great moments of filmmaking, particularly in the second half - the lone Dutch angle at the climax is really well-placed. Rach 2 is such a perfect score for this, too.
Nov 20, 2018	DePalma	87 _96%
Nov 14, 2018	samurai	10 _98%
Nov 12, 2018	Italo	1 _0%
Nov 11, 2018	bender	85 _84%
Nov 04, 2018	basedonnthng	70 _25%
Nov 04, 2018	exolstice	84 _71%
Oct 31, 2018	mcgreig	80 _58%
Oct 17, 2018	skinnylegend	53 _29%
Oct 13, 2018	Melhouse	90 _90%
Oct 05, 2018	Zalgoz	40 _17%
Sep 30, 2018	TheBreather	95 _94%
Sep 18, 2018	SanityKeeper	83 _31%
Sep 18, 2018	bubsy	6 _77%
Sep 17, 2018	Triptolemos	70 _83%
Sep 16, 2018	syvyys	90 _88%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	60 _52%
Sep 03, 2018	cascade	84 _94%
Sep 01, 2018	emre_alex	50 _11%
Aug 26, 2018	tonyg	84 _83%
Aug 17, 2018	ogilad	8 _68%
Aug 11, 2018	arrow-s	86 _93%
Aug 09, 2018	Fritz Fass	90 _93%
Aug 07, 2018	filmbantha	70 _63%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	40 _12%
Jul 23, 2018	Gymnopedies	60 _35%
Jul 21, 2018	drunkenbum	80 _53%
Jul 20, 2018	CosmicMonkey	85 _84%
A film entirely about mid-century Britain's obsession with morality and propriety, and the now stereotypical sexual repression that was a result (and also as an analogy for Noel Coward's own closeted homosexuality.) In many ways, it's a film that only could've been made at the exact point it was, as WWII led to many concerns of infidelity, both at home and abroad, and yet, it remains a fairly universal tale of forbidden love, that still works today, sensual, brooding, and bittersweet.
Jul 20, 2018	danielst84	91 _92%
Jul 02, 2018	Amiroliyaie	71 _34%
Jun 26, 2018	AchwellFoley	75 _80%
Jun 22, 2018	ozdemirb	81 _70%
Jun 20, 2018	FreddieQuell	86 _85%
Jun 17, 2018	aviator	80 _78%
Jun 17, 2018	hotsake	78 _87%
It wasn't the acting, the directing or the story not really, it was all about the dialogue. The acting is solid Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, and Cyril Raymond all gave multilayered performances. The direction and score were superb and they complimented each other wonderfully. The story is one often told though not usually as delicately as it was here. The dialogue and the film's pacing swept me up and kept me engaged the entire time... [Full Review]
Jun 10, 2018	nunobar	90 _88%
Jun 07, 2018	ssavage	85 _93%
May 29, 2018	gtpalmer	4 _19%
May 27, 2018	Ramisti	90 _76%
May 21, 2018	Amir abbas	78 _90%
May 17, 2018	Angel Eyes	80 _50%
May 10, 2018	bholsclaw	80 _90%
May 10, 2018	ladypopcorn	87 _82%
May 09, 2018	Grandaddy	85 _98%
May 08, 2018	brennanc	19 _96%
May 06, 2018	oykucengiz	84 _81%
May 05, 2018	huftis	80 _75%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	80 _87%
Apr 30, 2018	JC1512	71 _49%
Apr 30, 2018	mattmoyer33	88 _76%
Apr 29, 2018	MrBadSmile	90 _68%
Apr 28, 2018	Ratticus	88 _56%
Apr 21, 2018	CherrySponge	80 _49%
Apr 19, 2018	fictionfitz	94 _98%
Apr 13, 2018	benrad	75 _45%
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	70 _67%
Mar 25, 2018	jacqueskit	100 _97%
Mar 23, 2018	horrorjames	50 _40%
Mar 22, 2018	apsays	62 _52%
Mar 19, 2018	RottenT	90 _75%
Mar 17, 2018	allneonslike	80 _88%
Mar 09, 2018	scott.mcc	90 _97%
Mar 05, 2018	Hadleyreis	84 _83%
I've had briefer
Mar 04, 2018	_paula	92 _92%
Feb 28, 2018	Empsall	72 _57%
Feb 27, 2018	Ceekay19	40 _5%
Laura Jesson: "It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading."
Feb 25, 2018	darkbloom	100 _97%
Feb 17, 2018	coldesser	80 _73%
Feb 11, 2018	FilthyHarry	10 _31%
Jan 28, 2018	selinozcelik	80 _67%
Jan 27, 2018	rel	62 _37%

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