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Heathers

Best friends, social trends and occasional murder.

7.2(1,976)19891h 43m7

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3M
Box office
$1.2M
Language
English
  • high school
  • friendship
  • adolescence
  • suicide
  • diary
  • dark comedy
  • bully
  • teen movie
  • death
  • clique
  • bullied
  • loving

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival21 Jan 1989
    • TheatricalR31 Mar 1989
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1817 Nov 1989
    • Theatrical15Re-Release10 Aug 2018
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • Physical10 Sept 2018
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM19 Apr 1990
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalR31 Mar 1989
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical19 Apr 1989
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical29 Jul 1994
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical31 Jul 1991
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical165 Nov 1990
  • HungaryHU

    • Physical11 May 1994
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical18Re-Release10 Aug 2018
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereInternational Film and Documentary Market (MIFED)24 Oct 1988
    • Physical1 Jun 2009

Frequently asked questions

Heathers was released on 31 March 1989.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    2/15/2018

    6/10

    RELEASED IN 1989 and directed by Michael Lehmann, “Heathers” stars Winona Ryder as Veronica, a high school student in Ohio who has sold herself out to join the popular clique of three girls, all coincidently named Heather (Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk & Shannen Doherty). The more she spends time with them, however, the more she discovers she can’t stand them. Enter mysterious new kid, JD (Christian Slater), who has a mac…

  • M

    mkersten

    8/5/2021

    This movie is a high school satire done absolutely amazingly. It's everything current high school dramas wish they were. It's dark, funny, but does not lose any of its meaning to stupid jokes. It perfectly shows the hell that is high school (and society as a whole). Just like in high school, there are Marthas and Heathers everywhere in life. J.D. is a great villain, because even though from his very introduction,…

  • K

    kevin2019

    1/10/2025

    10/10

    "Heathers" is almost like a jet black version of "Rebel Without A Cause" (1955) or some such as it steadfastly plumbs the complicated labyrinthine depths of teenage angst and comes up with a radical and downright homicidal anti-social solution. It is overflowing with the largely inconsequential concerns of the hierarchy which exists in all schools to a greater or lesser degree and it provides some harsh examples of t…

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