Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- brooding
- carnal
- melodramatic
- rainy day
- literary adaptation night
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film’s striking period craftsmanship and ambition while finding its provocative sensuality and heightened style unevenly matched by its emotional and narrative substance.
What sets it apart
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Heathcliff and Catherine’s relationship is shaped by their unequal social positions and the pressures of period society.
The adaptation foregrounds the lovers’ intense sexual life and presents their relationship through deliberately excessive emotional and physical expression.
The Yorkshire moors provide the film’s defining atmosphere and mirror the destructive volatility of Heathcliff and Cathy’s bond.
The plot explicitly centers on the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
Films like "Wuthering Heights", and why
Jane Eyre
gothic romantic drama centered on destructive passion, social constraint, and brooding period atmosphere
The Piano
intense period romance combining class conflict, sexual repression, and psychologically dark melodrama
The English Patient
stylized literary romance driven by obsessive desire, social hierarchy, and tragic emotional excess
Movie Details
- Director
- Emerald Fennell
- Release Date
- 2026-02-11
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (1373)
Cast
- Margot Robbie
- Jacob Elordi
- Hong Chau
- Shazad Latif
- Alison Oliver
- Martin Clunes
- Ewan Mitchell
- Amy Morgan
- Jessica Knappett
- Charlotte Mellington
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- 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 "Wuthering Heights" about?
- Emerald Fennell’s lavish gothic reimagining turns Heathcliff and Cathy’s class-bound passion into a sexually charged storm of desire, cruelty, and ruin.
- 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?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in "Wuthering Heights" as moderate.
- What did critics think of "Wuthering Heights"?
- Critics broadly recognized the film’s striking period craftsmanship and ambition while finding its provocative sensuality and heightened style unevenly matched by its emotional and narrative substance.
- Which films are like "Wuthering Heights"?
- Films with a similar feel include Jane Eyre, The Piano, and The English Patient.
- How long is "Wuthering Heights"?
- "Wuthering Heights" runs 136 minutes.
- Where can I watch "Wuthering Heights"?
- In United States, "Wuthering Heights" streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
