City of Angels

1998 • 1h 54m •

Drama Fantasy Romance

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 6.8/10

2,455 reviews

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When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

"She didn't believe in angels until she fell in love with one."

Top Billed Cast

Nicolas Cage

Seth

Meg Ryan

Maggie

Dennis Franz

Messinger

Andre Braugher

Cassiel

Colm Feore

Jordan

Robin Bartlett

Anne

Joanna Merlin

Teresa

Sarah Dampf

Susan

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic

2020-12-06

_**What goes on "behind the scenes"?**_

Released in 1998, "City of Angels" is a drama/fantasy/romance starring Nicolas Cage as a literal angel in Los Angeles named Seth who's assigned to bring the dead to God and other duties. During one of his assignments he meets and becomes intrigued by a surgeon (Meg Ryan) and wonders what it would be like to be human. Andre Braugher is on hand as Seth's angel friend while Dennis Franz plays a human in whom Seth seems to have an affinity. Will Seth "fall to the earth"?

I saw this when I was younger and it didn't have much of an impact, although I lik...

P Peter89Spencer Verified TMDB Critic

2021-02-14

Everytime I hear Iris by Goo Goo Dolls I'll always think of Nic Cage!...