Before Sunrise (1995)
Can the greatest romance of your life last only one night?
An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 27 January 1995 |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Director | Richard Linklater |
| Starring | Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy and Andrea Eckert |
| Runtime | 101 min |
| Rated | R |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 8.4/10 · Metacritic 79/100 · Rotten Tomatoes 100% · TMDB users 8.0/10 |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $6 million worldwide |
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| Australia | Max $15.99 AUD |
| Austria | Max €11.99 |
| Canada | Tubi |
| Germany | Max €11.99 |
| Ireland | Max |
| Japan | Prime Video ¥600 JPY, Hulu, U-NEXT ¥2189 JPY |
| Liechtenstein | Max |
| Luxembourg | Max |
| Portugal | Max €9.99 |
| South Korea | Wavve ₩10900 |
| Switzerland | Max CHF16.90 |
| United Kingdom | Max £9.99 GBP |
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What kind of watch this is
Before Sunrise is a 1995 drama-romance directed by Richard Linklater. It runs 101 minutes. The film features Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who share an evening in Vienna. They talk about life, love, and the quiet intimacy that grows between them. The hook is simple: two strangers, one night, and the knowledge that it might be their only chance. It is a conversation movie where the silence matters as much as the words. The pacing is slow, but it earns its weight. It is for anyone who believes a single night can change everything.
What the critics said
Critics were nearly unanimous in their affection. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 100% Tomatometer score as of January 2026, based on 51 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. Metacritic, slightly more cautious, assigns a 79/100 Metascore from 19 critics, signaling generally favorable reception. Roger Ebert awarded it three out of four stars, calling Delpy "warm and matter-of-fact." Janet Maslin of The New York Times acknowledged the film is "as uneven as any marathon conversation might be," a flaw the director seems to have embraced. It is a rare movie where the dialogue does the heavy lifting, and it manages to keep the weight off your shoulders.
How it did with audiences
The film spent $2 million and earned $6 million in the United States and $6 million worldwide. That is a solid return on investment, though not the massive global phenomenon some might expect from a movie about a train station and a heartbeat. On TMDB, users give it a score of 8 out of 10. Audiences voted with their wallets, and the numbers suggest they liked what they saw enough to keep it in theaters long enough to recoup the cost and then some.
What came next for the cast
Ethan Hawke went from Dead Poets Society to The Purge. Julie Delpy moved from the Three Colors trilogy to Avengers: Age of Ultron. One actor traded poetry for post-apocalyptic violence. The other swapped European art-house drama for a superhero team-up. The timeline suggests a shift in genre, but careers are not straight lines. Sometimes they are a series of left turns that look like right turns from a distance.
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Sources
- Before Sunrise on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
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- “Before Sunrise” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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