Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- bleak
- passionate
- austere
- literary adaptation night
- arthouse film evening
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Andrea Arnold's gritty, naturalistic reimagining for preserving the novel's spirit and intensifying its romantic yearning through an unconventional approach.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film uses mud, weather, animal life, and the northern English moors to create an embodied, tactile version of the Brontë world.
Heathcliff's unknown origins and poverty place his relationship with foster sister Cathy under the pressure of family and class divisions.
Andrea Arnold's unconventional approach and gritty naturalism foreground wildness, longing, and bodily experience.
The contrast between the Earnshaw household, social expectations, and the open moorland reflects the film's central tension between civilization and wildness.
Films like Wuthering Heights, and why
Jane Eyre
gritty period romance, social division, and destructive passion
Bright Star
naturalistic literary melodrama centered on obsessive, socially constrained love
The Piano
bleak historical romance with intense longing and class conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Andrea Arnold
- Release Date
- 2011-09-09
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (290)
Cast
- Kaya Scodelario
- James Howson
- Solomon Glave
- Shannon Beer
- Steve Evets
- Oliver Milburn
- Simone Jackson
- Lee Shaw
- James Northcote
- Amy Wren
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, OVID, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Wuthering Heights about?
- A raw, moorland-bound vision of forbidden attachment whose fierce longing is inseparable from class, cruelty, and wildness.
- What is Wuthering Heights like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Wuthering Heights as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Wuthering Heights violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Wuthering Heights as mild.
- What did critics think of Wuthering Heights?
- Critics broadly praised Andrea Arnold's gritty, naturalistic reimagining for preserving the novel's spirit and intensifying its romantic yearning through an unconventional approach.
- Which films are like Wuthering Heights?
- Films with a similar feel include Jane Eyre, Bright Star, and The Piano.
- How long is Wuthering Heights?
- Wuthering Heights runs 124 minutes.
- Where can I watch Wuthering Heights?
- In United States, Wuthering Heights streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, OVID, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
