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Harold and Maude (1971)

PG ★ 7.6/10 92 min Comedy, Drama, Romance United States English
Director: Hal Ashby
Writer: Colin Higgins
Streaming: Not available
They were meant to be. But exactly what they were meant to be is not quite clear.

Description

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.

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Top Cast

Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Maude
Bud Cort
Bud Cort Harold
Vivian Pickles
Vivian Pickles Mrs. Chasen
Cyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack Glaucus
Charles Tyner
Charles Tyner Uncle Victor
Ellen Geer
Ellen Geer Sunshine Doré
Eric Christmas
Eric Christmas Priest
G. Wood
G. Wood Psychiatrist

Harold and Maude Appears on 19 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #476
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #313
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #604
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #301

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC #54
Entertainment Weeklys Top 50 Cult Movies
Entertainment Weekly #04
Indiewire's Greatest Romantic Comedies Of All Time
IndieWire #30
Rolling Stone - The 100 Best Movies Of The 1970s
Rolling Stone #68
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #177
The Ringers 50 Best Cult Movies
The Ringer #44
The Ringers 50 Best Rom Coms
The Ringer #46

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #422

Genre Curation

100 Cult Films by BFI
British Film Institute #30
American Film Institutes Top 10 Romantic Films
American Film Institute #09
The 42 Best Romantic Comedies Of All Time
Vanity Fair #27

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1970-1979 Films
Letterboxd #81
Letterboxd Top 100 Movies Rated G Or PG
Letterboxd #88
Showdown Oldboy
Letterboxd Showdown #14
Showdown The Killing Joke
Letterboxd Showdown #16

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