Overview
A tale of love and secrets unfolds in a quaint hotel, where past relationships collide with present realities.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- understated
- intimate
- classic film night
- quiet evening
What critics said
Critics broadly admired the star ensemble and sensitive study of human relationships while recognizing its downbeat, noncommercial literary character.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Beauregard Hotel concentrates several class-bound relationships and scandals within one off-season community.
The story deliberately complicates the public personas associated with Ann, John, Angus, and Mrs. Railton-Bell.
Ann and John’s reunion, Pat’s engagement, and Sibyl’s attachment to Angus unfold as parallel strands.
The black-and-white cinematography supports the film’s understated, downbeat atmosphere and theatrical intimacy.
Films like Separate Tables, and why
Grand Hotel
star-studded hotel ensemble, interwoven romantic crises, and socially observant melodrama
Brief Encounter
British seaside setting, repressed desire, class tension, and emotionally restrained romantic drama
The Browning Version
adapted literary drama centered on scandal, social judgment, and layered relationships
The V.I.P.s
ensemble portrait of private longing and social performance in an enclosed setting
Movie Details
- Director
- Delbert Mann
- Release Date
- 1958-12-18
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (139)
Cast
- Deborah Kerr
- Rita Hayworth
- David Niven
- Wendy Hiller
- Burt Lancaster
- Gladys Cooper
- Cathleen Nesbitt
- Felix Aylmer
- Rod Taylor
- Audrey Dalton
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- YouTube TV, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Separate Tables about?
- At a quiet English seaside hotel, intertwined guests confront scandal, loneliness, and the painful limits of social respectability.
- What is Separate Tables like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Separate Tables as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Separate Tables violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Separate Tables.
- What did critics think of Separate Tables?
- Critics broadly admired the star ensemble and sensitive study of human relationships while recognizing its downbeat, noncommercial literary character.
- Which films are like Separate Tables?
- Films with a similar feel include Grand Hotel, Brief Encounter, The Browning Version, and The V.I.P.s.
- How long is Separate Tables?
- Separate Tables runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Separate Tables?
- In United States, Separate Tables streams on YouTube TV, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel .
