Nightmare Alley (2021)
Man or beast.
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Nightmare Alley rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7/10· 177K votes
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic70%
TMDb7/10· 3K votesWith 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 70/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Nightmare Alley
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Cast of Nightmare Alley
Bradley Cooper
as Stanton Carlisle
Cate Blanchett
as Dr. Lilith Ritter
Toni Collette
as Zeena the Seer
Willem Dafoe
as Clem Hoatley
Richard Jenkins
as Ezra Grindle
Rooney Mara
as Molly Cahill
Ron Perlman
as Bruno
Mary Steenburgen
as Mrs. Kimball
David Strathairn
as Pete
Mark Povinelli
as The Major
Peter MacNeill
as Judge Kimball
Holt McCallany
as Anderson
Nightmare Alley facts
- Budget
- $60M
- Box office
- $39.6M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Carnival setting creates atmospheric and visually stunning world
- •Con artist protagonist brings morally complex character exploration
- •Crime thriller structure maintains engaging tension throughout runtime
What the audience disliked
- •1940s noir aesthetic occasionally obscures emotional character beats
- •Carny subculture remains underdeveloped and underexplored
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