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Sliding Doors

6.6/ 10

TMDB Rating

1,405

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1998

Release Year

99 min

Runtime

Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Romance

Overview

Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.

Keywords

london, england
ex-girlfriend
in flagranti
fate
tube
fired from the job
boyfriend girlfriend relationship
parallel lives
parallel story
alternate timeline
what if
publicist
parallel layers of reality
romantic

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Reviews(2)

7.0avg rating
JPV852

JPV852

December 31, 2019

8
8/10

Well made romance-drama featuring nice performances from Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah. I've seen this a few times over the years and still holds up (outside of the dated technological items). Also was an interesting concept which kudos to Peter Hewitt pulled off. **3.75/5**

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 21, 2025

6
6/10

I remember all the fuss about this film at the time because it was directed by blonde heart-throb Peter Howitt, famed as “Joey” from the hit BBC sitcom “Bread”. Ha also wrote the screenplay and the concept is really quite decent. “Helen” (Gwyneth Paltrow) leaves her boyfriend “Gerry” (John Lynch) in

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