Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does White Nights end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is White Nights scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is White Nights violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is White Nights easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

White Nights

Name: White Nights
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1985
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page

Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.

Directed by Taylor Hackford

Produced by Columbia Pictures, New Visions

1985136 min6.7 / 10

A tense Cold War thriller centered on friendship and artistic freedom, where dance becomes both a weapon of control and a path to liberation.

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.

Clusters

Duty, Redemption, and Chosen Bonds Family Under Fire Doing Right In Disaster Family Honor Revenge Immigrants and Exiles

Genres

Drama Thriller

Keywords

Escape Kgb Tap Dancing Ballet Airplane Crash Siberia Emigrant Bolshoi Ballet

Questions people ask

Is White Nights sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does White Nights end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.
Is White Nights scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is White Nights violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is White Nights easy watching? 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.