

Secret Window
The most important part of a story is the ending.
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
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6.6/10
4,055 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40M
- Box office
- $92.9M
- Language
- English
- adultery
- jealousy
- nightmare
- police
- isolation
- alcohol
- window
- mississippi river
- detective
- paranoia
- motel
- letter
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical23 Apr 2004
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1312 Mar 2004
- Physical24 Apr 2007
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A30 Apr 2004
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical23 Jun 2004
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM8 Apr 2004
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical15 Apr 2004
AustriaAT
- Theatrical30 Apr 2004
BahrainBH
- Theatrical14 Apr 2004
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1214 Apr 2004
BoliviaBO
- Theatrical3 Jun 2004
BrazilBR
- Theatrical16 Apr 2004
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical16 Apr 2004
Frequently asked questions
Secret Window was released on 12 March 2004.
Audience reviews
4- J6/10
John Chard
3/20/2015
You strike me as the kind of guy who's on the lookout for a head he can knock off with a shovel. It's actually a film that shows both the good and bad sides of Johnny Depp and Stephen King adaptations to film form. Depp plays a writer who whilst going through a divorce and living out in the country in isolation, is suddenly menaced by John Turturo, who claims he is the victim of plagiarism perpetrated by Depp. …
- R6/10
Reno
12/14/2016
**A successful writer who accused of plagiarism.** It was based on the novel, though the original title makes more sense than this film. Maybe they wanted to avert the spoiler. But I don't think it would have affected much, because the twist comes at the final segment. The tale of a writer who is in the middle of divorce and now living alone is the lake house got threatened by a stranger, because according to him …
- K7/10
Kamurai
10/4/2020
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This is a great mystery / psychological thriller, but most of what makes it interesting is a spoiler. They do a great job of creating the tension, or Johnny Depp does, as he's alone on screen for about half the movie. The rest of the cast is excellent and gives exactly what is needed to bring the movie, and the audience, to a natural conclusion.
- W6/10
Wuchak
9/23/2023
**_Suffering betrayal, an author faces challenges at his remote lake house_** A successful writer (Johnny Depp) is finalizing divorce proceedings while working on a new book at his house on a lake in upstate New York when a hick from the Deep South shows up at his doorstep, accusing him of plagiarism. Maria Bello and Timothy Hutton are on hand as the wife and her beau. “Secret Window” (2004) is a drama and crim…
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