

The Virgin Suicides
Beautiful, mysterious, haunting, invariably fatal. Just like life.
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
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7.1/10
3,736 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $10.4M
- Language
- English
- suicide
- based on novel or book
- michigan
- suicide attempt
- 1970s
- coming of age
- suburb
- lust
- family
- catholic
- overprotective parent
- teen suicide
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival27 Jan 2000
- Theatrical (limited)R21 Apr 2000
- TheatricalR19 May 2000
- PhysicalVHS / DVD19 Dec 2000
- Physicalremastered DVD / Blu-ray24 Apr 2018
- Physical4K UHD Blu-ray5 Jul 2022
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1519 May 2000
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+10 Aug 2000
CanadaCA
- Theatrical5 May 2000
BrazilBR
- Theatrical162 Jun 2000
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival(4K RESTORATION)18 Apr 2024
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT15+22 Nov 2004
FinlandFI
- Theatrical27 Oct 2000
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival19 May 1999
- Theatrical1227 Sept 2000
- PhysicalDVD31 Oct 2007
- PhysicalBlu-Ray4 Jan 2012
- Physical4K UHD16 Aug 2023
- TheatricalBiarritz Film Festival - Nouvelle Vagues25 Jun 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1216 Nov 2000
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1611 Oct 2000
IcelandIS
- Theatrical (limited)12 Jul 2001
- Theatrical27 Jul 2001
Frequently asked questions
The Virgin Suicides was released on 21 April 2000.
Audience reviews
3- P7/10
PimplyChicken
6/25/2017
A very different movie, enjoyable and engrossing but at the end of it you are left wondering what the point was. Is there a moral here? A life lesson? Or is the movie just telling a quirky story? I'm still not sure. This movie is well acted and is never boring, but it is puzzling.
- W8/10
Wuchak
6/3/2019
***Artistic, profound, amusing, tragic, haunting coming-of-age in the 70s*** A 13 year-old girl from a Catholic family in a Detroit suburb commits suicide during the late 70s and its effects are shown over the course of the next year in the lives of her four sisters (e.g. Kirsten Dunst), her parents (James Woods & Kathleen Turner) and the boys of the community. Josh Hartnett is on hand as the school stud who’s int…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/6/2023
Set amidst 1970s Detroit suburbia, this follows the ultimately tragic lives of five sisters who live with their teacher father (James Woods) and rather possessive mother (Kathleen Turner). It's narrated by one of their neighbours, a youth whom - along with his friends - has a bit of a crush on the girls. Disaster strikes early on when "Cecilia" manages to impale herself on the garden fence and what now ensues follows…
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