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Awakenings (1990)

Cast

  • robert de niro movies
    Robert De Niro
    as Leonard Lowe
  • vin diesel movies
    Vin Diesel
    as Hospital Orderly
  • robin williams movies
    Robin Williams
    as Dr. Malcolm Sayer
  • peter stormare movies
    Peter Stormare
    as Neurochemist
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Genres & Description

Biography Drama

7.8 / 10

1969. Dr. Malcolm Sayer is hired as a clinical physician at a psychiatric hospital in the Bronx, despite he only having a research background. The job is not ideal on his side as he has difficulties relating to people which is the reason he has focused on research projects not involving human subjects, while the hospital hires him somewhat out of desperation in not finding anyone else with the qualifications who wants the job. Most of his patients are in a semi-catatonic state and are housed in what some of the orderlies coin the "garden" ward, where all they can do for the patients is water and feed them. He notices that some of the patients, despite their generally catatonic state, respond in unusual ways to certain stimuli. In doing some research, he also finds that some common bonds between these patients are that they suffered from encephalitis in the 1920s or 1930s, and that their physical states are like they have Parkinson's disease frozen in time. As such, he is able to ...

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Comments on this trailer
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C Newt
Oliver Sacks was a brilliant man. - @Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:56 AM

Alexandria TheGreat
Still gives me the feels... This movie is over 25 years old and it's still epic. - @Thursday, October 18, 2018 1:04 PM

אריאל גולני
OMG LOVE - @Monday, October 1, 2018 4:47 AM

WolfCatHawk
I don’t cry that often at movies but this one made me sob into a pillow - @Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:55 PM

MrJitterlad
i love how the trailer doesnt reveal much of the film . - @Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:01 PM

Fuck King
fragmandan bile belli ne müthiş bi film olduğu - @Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:15 AM

Jinkleberrytutupetuniamuffin
Great film. Great soundtrack - @Sunday, August 12, 2018 4:02 PM

Darcy Brummett
“Where are my glasses?’ “They’re on your face.” Lol - @Sunday, August 12, 2018 4:07 AM

Jovan SS
They gave away the whole movie with the trailer - @Monday, July 9, 2018 6:10 PM

ComiXProvider FTW_02
I often got this confused with Patch Adams. - @Wednesday, June 20, 2018 3:48 PM

Eduardo Gonzalez
Such a beautiful film! - @Saturday, June 9, 2018 9:18 PM

MrGabeanator
Aladdin brought me here - @Saturday, June 2, 2018 1:07 AM

Andrew Flood
great 1990 awakenings trailer with robin williams r.i.p !! - @Tuesday, May 29, 2018 5:00 AM

akhodagu
You can keep Mrs. Doubtfire and Patch ***** Adams, this is Robin Williams at his finest. - @Sunday, March 25, 2018 7:45 AM

Moo Moo Puppy
Does she do the voice of Marge's sisters? - @Tuesday, March 20, 2018 2:11 PM

Ginpak Ginpak
robert de niro is the best actor of all time in my opinion, this performance shows how good he is...this and all the others! Can't believe he didn't won the oscar back in '91, but i didn't watch the jeremy irons performance either so... great movie btw - @Friday, March 9, 2018 8:14 PM

Joseph Tanis
Awakenings!! - @Sunday, January 21, 2018 5:36 AM

Juan José Delmás Macías
music in 1:20? - @Thursday, November 30, 2017 6:50 PM

Big D Liquor
How can you not tear up when Robert De Niro sees his mom after he awakens? - @Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:57 PM

soda
This movie really proved the brilliance of these two actors. Just the facial expressions in certain scenes... and the way De Niro potrayed his character was so convincing you almost could not recognize him as De Niro. Just wow. - @Sunday, November 26, 2017 5:10 PM

Desi Thug
2 legends together - @Friday, October 27, 2017 3:59 PM

tomas reily
this is a stupid film and howit won a oscar i dont know - @Wednesday, October 18, 2017 2:27 PM

Jabberwockybird
The nurse is Marge Simpson, "Hhhe Hhhe hhe" - @Saturday, September 16, 2017 12:20 PM

Kid Charlemagne
just finished ON THE MOVE, A Life by Dr Oliver Sacks. If you read one book this year, this is it!!! - @Sunday, September 10, 2017 1:47 AM

MrGabeanator
svu brought me here - @Sunday, September 10, 2017 1:24 AM

MrGabeanator
RIP John heard - @Sunday, September 10, 2017 1:22 AM

Sami Al-khalili
trailers back in the 90s are spoilers - @Sunday, August 27, 2017 5:59 AM

Praveen Varanasi
In the beginning of this movie, there's a scene where he deals with his first patient and in the *Diagnosis* section he puts the description as : Dementia of unknown origin.... Unresponsive. Sadly, Williams died by a disease named Lewy Cell Dementia. 😭😭😭😭 - @Friday, July 28, 2017 7:10 PM

Chris Carter
What's the name of the music in the background? Where can I find it? - @Thursday, July 27, 2017 10:49 AM

Fritz Idler
Rip, John Heard. You had the thankless part here, but did not let that stop you from creating a memorable character. The up-tight 'heavy', held in tight, just like Robin's good guy held it in too. A perfect counter-point that was really a parallel. - @Monday, July 24, 2017 5:39 AM

Jerra Maurice
Oh Robin, you were a tremendous inspiration to all of us and there's not a day goes buy that I think of the wonderful performance that u had shared with all of us and every year around this time it's hard for me to forget that tragic day but I rather think of all you have done when you were around. We love you and we will always miss you 😘 - @Wednesday, July 19, 2017 6:12 AM

MrGabeanator
I  was thinking about this movie sunday afternoon - @Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:23 AM

arttime timeart
gone to soon too fast - @Tuesday, May 30, 2017 8:59 AM

hayabusaJCHTZ83
Ty kurwo co to wrzucasz za gowno - @Thursday, April 13, 2017 6:46 PM

NerdyGamer2001
This was a great movie - @Sunday, March 12, 2017 5:48 PM

MrGabeanator
i'm watching this right now - @Monday, January 30, 2017 1:58 AM

MrGabeanator
underrated movie no? - @Friday, January 27, 2017 1:30 AM

Jib Jib
Was that Peter Capaldi at 0:16? - @Saturday, January 14, 2017 5:59 PM

Dave Davidson
At the end Robert Deniro(Leonard) hangs him self. - @Saturday, December 24, 2016 6:45 AM

Iñaki Alberdi
Do any one know where can i dowload this movie with torrent? - @Friday, December 23, 2016 6:54 PM

Adonai
do you know that feeling when you think that no movie can surprise you anymore and then comes that movie? this one for me was that movie :) - @Wednesday, November 23, 2016 2:42 PM

Francisco Murillo G.
This movie is very beautiful! Speecheless, just watched it yesterday! - @Monday, October 31, 2016 11:43 PM

Verty
Both Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro's best performance in their career. - @Friday, September 30, 2016 11:56 AM

KelloDaReal
This movie is so fucking sad - @Monday, September 26, 2016 10:51 PM

Maureen Grande
I hate crying when watching films, but this movie I didn't mind. it's just such as heart warming film, very genuine and show how she shouldn't give up on people, even if it looks like there is no hope and I'm not just talking about the ill. Robin Williams was the King in Hollywood. I don't see him as another died actor, when I see what his accomplished through his films and his interviews, I see a man who is alive because he brings out life itself and when you watch in his films, there is a clarity of what type of person you want to be and work on it. Remembering Sir. Robin Williams - @Tuesday, September 6, 2016 9:09 PM

Kaye Allen
See Alive Inside on Netflix <3 - @Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:53 PM

Amr Elnahas
i dont know what to say sad end makes me shocked , cant sleep this movie makes note that we should going forward in life and dont miss time am still thinking that we have a gift but we dont even know that we already have - @Saturday, August 27, 2016 5:51 AM

Skittle Man
It'll forever have a special place in my heart - @Monday, August 22, 2016 8:30 PM

Hana Sramkova
What a beautiful moving film <3 Robin Williams and Robert de Niro never disappoints <3 - @Saturday, August 6, 2016 8:22 PM

Adam Johnson
Robin Williams was perfectly cast as Oliver Sacks but my only minor criticism is Williams' accent is American. Sacks has a well-spoken english accent. - @Saturday, July 16, 2016 3:55 PM

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