Sophie's Choice
1982 · 151 min
Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Written by Alan J. Pakula. Starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin.
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
Critics 74% · audiences 85% · streaming on fuboTV, Peacock, Roku Channel · 5 Oscar nominations, 1 won