A Woman's Face
HOW COULD THIS WOMAN WIN A MAN'S LOVE...HIS KISSES...HIS EMBRACES...?
Directed by George Cukor
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
A noir-inflected psychological drama about a scarred blackmailer's moral transformation through love and surgical redemption, shadowed by murder, betrayal, and the question of whether appearance can remake character.
A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Is A Woman's Face sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is A Woman's Face scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is A Woman's Face easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Does A Woman's Face end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is A Woman's Face violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like A Woman's Face
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as A Woman's Face
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like A Woman's Face, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like A Woman's Face, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like A Woman's Face, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
