# Flatliners (1990)

> Ambitious medical students who repeatedly flirt with death are confronted by supernatural visions shaped from their deepest guilt.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1010

## Facts

- Runtime: 115 min
- Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Horror
- Director: Joel Schumacher
- Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, Kimberly Scott, Joshua Rudoy, Benjamin Mouton
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099582/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: foreboding, intense, gothic, late night horror viewing, 1990s movie marathon

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- [Stir of Echoes (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/6565)
- [Extreme Measures (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/6293)
- [Unforgettable (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/1401)
- [Hollow Man (2000)](https://ember.film/movie/4573)
- [6 Souls (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/26595)
- [Jacob's Ladder (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/1610)
- [Brainstorm (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/8966)
- [The Jacket (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/4839)

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