Sliding Doors

1998 • 1h 39m •

Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 6.6/10

1,450 reviews

Your Rating

Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.

"What if one split second sent your life in two completely different directions?"

Top Billed Cast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Helen Quilley

John Hannah

James Hamilton

John Lynch

Gerry

Jeanne Tripplehorn

Lydia

Zara Turner

Anna

Douglas McFerran

Russell

Paul Brightwell

Clive

Nina Young

Claudia

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J JPV852 Verified TMDB Critic

2019-12-31

Well made romance-drama featuring nice performances from Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah. I've seen this a few times over the years and still holds up (outside of the dated technological items). Also was an interesting concept which kudos to Peter Hewitt pulled off. **3.75/5**...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

2025-12-21

I remember all the fuss about this film at the time because it was directed by blonde heart-throb Peter Howitt, famed as “Joey” from the hit BBC sitcom “Bread”. Ha also wrote the screenplay and the concept is really quite decent. “Helen” (Gwyneth Paltrow) leaves her boyfriend “Gerry” (John Lynch) in bed and races for a tube. The doors are closing but will she make it or not? Well in one version of her future she does and in another, she doesn’t. One sees her befriend the charismatic “James” (John Hannah); the other sees her struggle on with her relationship with a man tha...