Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

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George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen.

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.

• Released: 1984-11-09
• Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 53m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 1,714 votes

Directed by Michael Radford.

Top cast

• John Hurt as Winston Smith
• Richard Burton as O'Brien
• Suzanna Hamilton as Julia
• Cyril Cusack as Charrington
• Gregor Fisher as Parsons
• James Walker as Syme
• Andrew Wilde as Tillotson
• David Cann as Martin
• Peter Frye as Rutherford
• Roger Lloyd Pack as Waiter

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Where to watch Nineteen Eighty-Four

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• Australia: stream on MGM Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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