Dangerous Liaisons
Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.
1988 | 119m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Stephen Frears |
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| Writer: | Choderlos de Laclos, Christopher Hampton |
| Staring: |
| In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 21, 1988 |
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| Director: | Stephen Frears |
| Writer: | Choderlos de Laclos, Christopher Hampton |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | plan, lovesickness, based on novel or book, cheating, cynic, sexuality, boredom, praise, arranged marriage, lover, ladykiller, fiancé, seduction, love letter, courtly life, gender roles, 18th century |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Lorimar Productions, Lorimar Film Entertainment, Franco London Films, NFH Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $34,670,720
Budget: $14,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Glenn Close | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil |
| John Malkovich | Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | Madame Marie de Tourvel |
| Swoosie Kurtz | Madame de Volanges |
| Keanu Reeves | Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny |
| Mildred Natwick | Madame de Rosemonde |
| Uma Thurman | Cécile de Volanges |
| Peter Capaldi | Azolan |
| Joe Sheridan | Georges |
| Valerie Gogan | Julie |
| Laura Benson | Emilie |
| Joanna Pavlis | Adèle |
| Nicholas Hawtrey | Major-domo |
| Paulo Abel Do Nascimento | Castrato |
| François Lalande | Curé |
| François Montagut | Belleroche |
| Harry Jones | Armand |
| Christian Erickson | Bailiff |
| Catherine Cauwet | Opera Singer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stephen Frears | Director |
| George Fenton | Original Music Composer |
| Philippe Rousselot | Director of Photography |
| Stuart Craig | Art Direction |
| Vincent Lascoumes | Second Assistant Director |
| Gavin Bocquet | Art Direction |
| John Stevenson | Boom Operator |
| Monique Huylebroeck | Makeup Artist |
| Malou Rossignol | Hairstylist |
| Andree Demarez | Costumer |
| Daniel Braunschweig | Property Master |
| Gérard Rival | Grip |
| Paul Bastide | Decorator, Painter |
| Peter Baldock | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Rick Dunford | Dialogue Editor |
| Olivier Lhoste | Location Manager |
| Blanche Weisenfeld | Production Coordinator |
| Denise Breton | Unit Publicist |
| André Loisif | Construction Foreman |
| Barthelemy Bogaert | Assistant Camera |
| Simon Cowper | Assistant Editor |
| Jean-Michel Ducourty | Assistant Art Director |
| Leo Davis | Casting Director |
| Kant Pan | Sound Editor |
| Michael Connell | Music Editor |
| Étienne George | Still Photographer |
| Jean Michel Penkhoss | Assistant Location Manager |
| Catherine Hall | Production Secretary |
| Jean-Luc Russier | Makeup Supervisor |
| Pierre Cottereau | Assistant Camera |
| Jacqueline Perpere | Extras Casting |
| Annabel Ware | Assistant Editor |
| Mike Fox | Camera Operator |
| Bernard Seitz | First Assistant Director |
| Gérard Viard | Art Direction |
| Penny Eyles | Script Supervisor |
| Dominique Plez | Makeup Artist |
| Pierre Vadé | Hairstylist |
| Isabelle Coignerai | Costume Supervisor |
| Danielle Laffargue | Costumer |
| Gérard Buffard | Grip |
| Jean-Pierre Baronsky | Gaffer |
| Gérard James | Art Direction, Set Decoration |
| Mick Audsley | Editor |
| Patrick Gordon | Unit Production Manager |
| Peter Handford | Production Sound Mixer |
| Michel Mellier | Cableman |
| Peter Owen | Wig Designer |
| Frank Gardiner | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Nathalie Doux | Costumer |
| Bernard Brégier | Key Grip |
| Jean-Luc Bezeau | Grip |
| Jackie Krost | Music Supervisor |
| Martin Crane | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Christopher Ackland | Dialogue Editor |
| Pierre Gralhon | Location Manager |
| Sophie Drouin | Production Accountant |
| Alain Domínguez | Transportation Captain |
| Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Myriam Touzé | Assistant Camera |
| Françoise Roumanet | Assistant Editor |
| Choderlos de Laclos | Novel |
| James Acheson | Costume Design |
| Christopher Hampton | Theatre Play, Screenplay |
| Michel Carliez | Stunts |
| Albert Goldberg | Stunts |
| Françoise Menidrey | Casting Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Norma Heyman | Producer |
| Hank Moonjean | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 25 | 46 | 16 |
| 2024 | 5 | 28 | 46 | 17 |
| 2024 | 6 | 27 | 47 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 26 | 47 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 23 | 42 | 16 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 27 | 74 | 13 |
| 2024 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 15 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
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Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 4 | 205 | 633 |
"Dangerous Liaisons" is unquestionably one of the most captivating films to come along in quite some time. It is a visually stunning film and it makes extremely good use of some exceptional locations and interiors and the excruciatingly uncomfortable looking and cumbersome costumes are exquisitely a ... uthentic. Of course there are many people out there who will automatically shy away upon learning this is a period film and for good reason. Such films can by their very nature often be obscure and lack any meaning in the modern age. They are slow moving with arcane and unengaging dialogue and the tiresome plot can have no substance or consequence and it can lack momentum. This film has none of these failings and it is an incredibly well paced work of excellence throughout whose ensemble of characters go on the most unanticipated journeys to essentially the same destination: ruination.