Metropolitan

1990 film by Whit Stillman
Movie film Q3855743
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Summary

Metropolitan is a film[1]. Metropolitan ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,351 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Whit Stillman[4]
  • Screenwriter: Whit Stillman[5]
  • Composer: Tom Judson[6]
  • Genre: comedy drama[7], coming-of-age film[8]
  • Cast member: Carolyn Farina[9], Taylor Nichols[10], Chris Eigeman[11], Allison Rutledge-Parisi[12], Isabel Gillies[13]
  • Producer: Whit Stillman[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[15]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[16]
  • Review score: 93%[17], 7.7/10[18], 77/100[19]
  • Color: color[20]
  • Country of origin: United States[21]
  • Publication date: January 20, 1990[22], August 3, 1990[23], December 6, 1990[24]
  • Distributed by: New Line Cinema[25], Netflix[26]
  • Narrative location: New York City[27]
  • Film editor: Christopher Tellefsen[28]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[29]
  • Title: Metropolitan[30]
  • Duration: 98 minutes[31]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[32]
  • Assessment: Bechdel test[33]
  • Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience[34]

Why It Matters

Metropolitan has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Metropolitan is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Metropolitan receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv', 'tr']
    Ampas collections film id → W088515
    Sitelink count → 13
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W088515, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 100142
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  3. 6w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com movie id → 50080
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eiga.com movie id: 50080, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/258750415|メトロポリタン(1990) (#258750415)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7457|Eiga.com movie]] #mi"
  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 71068
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 71068, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269268|batch #269268]]"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1990-01-20T00:00:00Z, +1990-08-03T00:00:00Z, +1990-12-06T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Whit Stillman
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+98'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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