Boogie Nights (1997)

Boogie Nights rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.9/10· 294K votes

Rotten Tomatoes91%

Metacritic86%

TMDb7.632/10· 4K votes

With 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.9/10 on IMDb and 86/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Boogie Nights

In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.

Cast of Boogie Nights

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  Mark Wahlberg

  as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler

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  Burt Reynolds

  as Jack Horner

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  Julianne Moore

  as Amber Waves

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  John C. Reilly

  as Reed Rothchild

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  Heather Graham

  as Rollergirl

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  Don Cheadle

  as Buck Swope

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  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  as Scotty J.

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  William H. Macy

  as Little Bill

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  Thomas Jane

  as Todd Parker

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  Luis Guzmán

  as Maurice t.t. Rodriguez

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  Melora Walters

  as Jessie St. Vincent

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  Robert Ridgely

  as The Colonel James

Boogie Nights facts

Budget

$15M

Box office

$43.1M

Our take on Boogie Nights

Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 drama plunges into the Los Angeles adult-film scene of 1977, where an idealistic producer and his promising young protege chase the tail end of an era. Their sprawling makeshift family throws a never-ending party until it collides with harder, colder realities. Balancing comedy and melancholy across a large ensemble, Anderson treats his characters with unexpected tenderness, tracing ambition, belonging and the slow arrival of the 1980s. It's for viewers drawn to expansive, character-rich storytelling about people on the margins, unafraid of adult subject matter. Energetic yet rueful, it's a portrait of chosen family and fading dreams that lingers well after its restless surface fades.