Breathless (1983)

100 min · Action, Romantic Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, romance film

Popularity4.5/5

12-month trendExpand

12-month trend

Monthly article views

Sep6.7kOct4.0kNov5.0kDec4.5kJan5.1kFeb4.0kMar4.0kApr4.0kMay6.3kJun4.7kJul8.1kAug7.5k

2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Jim McBride

Cast

Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan, William Tepper, Robert Dunn, Garry Goodrow

The story

Jesse Lujack is a cocky, hedonistic drifter and small-time car thief in Las Vegas. He’s obsessed with Silver Surfer comic books, the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, and Monica Poiccard, a UCLA architecture student whom he knows only from a weekend fling while she visited Vegas. Leaving Vegas, Lujack steals a Porsche, intending to drive to Los Angeles.

Catalogue themes and tags

Ermordung, Eroticism, Final Exam, Flucht, Gaunerpaar, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mexico, Motel, Pistole, Police, Polizeibeamter, Quickie, Schwimmbad, Sexuelles Verlangen, Small-Time Criminal, Studenten, Suspicion of Murder, Universität, Verführung, Verhältnis, chase, Crime Fiction, Remake, Drama, Suspense, Romantic drama, Crime Thriller, Romance Film

Genres

Action, Romantic Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, romance film

Find trailer on YouTube ↗ Plot source & revision Wikipedia Wikidata Open Media Database Permalink

Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.

Your lists

Loading your lists…

Explore more movie themes