Same Time, Next Year

Same Time, Next Year

They couldn't have celebrated happier anniversaries if they were married to each other.

Directed by Robert Mulligan

Produced by Universal Pictures

1978119 min6.5 / 10

A bittersweet romantic comedy-drama about two married strangers who form an intimate annual ritual, finding unexpected solace and growth in each other across decades.

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.

Questions people ask

  • Is Same Time, Next Year violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Same Time, Next Year easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Is Same Time, Next Year scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Same Time, Next Year end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is Same Time, Next Year sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% 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.

47/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity48

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Surprise48

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Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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