Little Nikita

Little Nikita

He went to bed an all-American kid and woke up the son of Russian spies.

Directed by Richard Benjamin

Produced by Columbia Pictures

198898 min6.1 / 10

A Cold War thriller centered on an unlikely friendship between an FBI agent and a teenager caught between his patriotic identity and his parents' hidden Soviet allegiance.

An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.

Questions people ask

  • Is Little Nikita scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Little Nikita easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Does Little Nikita end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Little Nikita sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Little Nikita 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.

37/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity62

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise28

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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