White Heat

White Heat

Pick up the pieces folks, Jimmy's in action again!

Directed by Raoul Walsh

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures

1949114 min7.6 / 10

A dark, propulsive noir thriller centered on a psychopathic gangster's violent descent, driven by twisted maternal obsession and criminal ambition.

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

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Questions people ask

  • Is White Heat scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does White Heat end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is White Heat violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Is White Heat easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is White Heat sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% 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.

87/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity84

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise87

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love90

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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