Street of Chance

Street of Chance

"Who am I? Am I a killer? Who are the women that love me?" I can't remember!

Directed by Jack Hively

Produced by Paramount Pictures

194274 min5.4 / 10

A noir-inflected amnesia thriller that uses identity loss and paranoia to explore moral uncertainty and the unreliability of memory itself.

In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a lot of mysterious happenings.

Questions people ask

  • Is Street of Chance sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Street of Chance scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Does Street of Chance end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Street of Chance easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Street of Chance 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.

17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity56

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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