Is 84 Charing Cross Road scary?

No. Less frightening than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is 84 Charing Cross Road easy watching?

Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is 84 Charing Cross Road violent?

No. Less violent than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is 84 Charing Cross Road sad?

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does 84 Charing Cross Road end with hope?

Yes. More hopeful than 81% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

84 Charing Cross Road

Name: 84 Charing Cross Road
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1987
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Jean De Baer, Maurice Denham

A big love affair that began in a little bookstore at 84 Charing Cross Road.

Directed by David Hugh Jones

Produced by Brooksfilms, Columbia Pictures

1987100 min7.2 / 10

A tender, letter-based love story spanning decades between two book-loving strangers across the Atlantic, built on warmth, longing, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.

Clusters

Long-Distance Love Stories Second Chance Romance Workplace Movies European Regional Settings Period Setting By Decade

Genres

Drama Romance

Keywords

London, England Bookshop Based On Play Or Musical Based On Memoir Or Autobiography Correspondence 1950s 1960s

Questions people ask

Is 84 Charing Cross Road scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.
Is 84 Charing Cross Road easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.
Is 84 Charing Cross Road violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Is 84 Charing Cross Road sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Does 84 Charing Cross Road end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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