The Thing Called Love

1993 film by Peter Bogdanovich

Movie Film Q1538920

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Peter Bogdanovich^[1]
Genre: romantic comedy, musical film, drama film^[3]^[4]^[5]
Publication date: 1993, November 3, 1994^[22]^[23]
Producer: John Davis^[13]
Duration: +110^[29]
Cast member: Samantha Mathis, River Phoenix, Sandra Bullock, Dermot Mulroney, Zoe Cassavetes, Jo-El Sonnier, Micole Mercurio^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Color: color^[20]
Composer: G. Marq Roswell^[2]
Country of origin: United States^[21]
Director of photography: Peter James^[15]
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, Netflix^[24]^[25]
Distribution format: video on demand^[17]
FSK film rating: FSK 6^[28]
Kijkwijzer rating: Kijkwijzer 6^[30]
Narrative location: Tennessee^[26]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[16]
Production company: Paramount Pictures^[14]
Review score: 5.7/10, 57%^[18]^[19]
Title: The Thing Called Love^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 65

AllMovie title ID: v49463
Allcinema film ID: 186
AlloCiné film ID: 32605
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B0045LA5NW
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.3cnevkxy8riezx6y9b9a3fmjj
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): thingcalledlove
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 704697
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 65915
DNF film ID: 114110
Daum movie ID: 27595
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 8851
Douban film ID: 1301589

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Dvdcompare.net film ID: 11290
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/52CD-A21E-DD4F-D70E-DB2A-I
ElCinema film ID: 1562432
ElFilm film ID: 107887
Elonet movie ID: 147905
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/The-Thing-Called-Love
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/the-thing-called-love
FilmAffinity film ID: 738215
FilmVandaag ID: film/9279
Filmfront film ID (archived): 30100
Filmová databáze film ID: 18443
Filmweb.no film ID: 40191
Filmweb.pl film ID: 11502
Freebase ID: /m/0gy0kz
Garance item ID: 10742625
Google Play Movies & TV ID: 9EUL8056f4c, k1ttQMVKgrk
IMCDB work ID: 108327
IMDb ID: tt0108327
ISAN: 0000-0000-059E-0000-F-0000-0000-T
ITunes movie ID: 305340432, 326966426
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/quellacosachiamataamore
KINENOTE film ID: 73810
Kinobox film ID: 22189
Kinopoisk film ID: 6134
Kvikmyndir film ID: 6792
LUMIERE film ID: 190406
LdiF ID: 60109
Letterboxd film ID: the-thing-called-love
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 19846
Max Movie film ID: M000017519
Mediafilm ID (archived): mf-tt-3782654202
Movie Review Query Engine ID: the-thing-called-love-m100041524
MovieLens movie ID: 8024
MovieMeter film ID: 4090
Moviepilot.de film ID: the-thing-called-love-die-entscheidung-fuers-leben
Netflix ID: 70043468
NientePopCorn movie ID: the-thing-called-love
OFDb film ID: 7603
OMDb film ID: 66199
PORT film ID: 94113
Plex media key: 5d7768555af944001f1ffa36
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/thing_called_love
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 14300
Scope.dk film ID: 6820
Swedish Film Database ID: 31187
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 92885
TMDB movie ID: 27804
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 129428
TV.com ID (archived): movies/the-thing-called-love
TheTVDB movie ID: 12546
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-thing-called-love-1993
Trakt.tv film ID: 17185
ČSFD film ID: 852

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 7

Sandra Bullock, River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney, Samantha Mathis, Zoe Cassavetes, Micole Mercurio, Jo-El Sonnier

Genre 3

drama film, romantic comedy, musical film

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Paramount Pictures

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Peter Bogdanovich

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Tennessee

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

John Davis

Production company 1

Paramount Pictures

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Thing Called Love — director (P57): Peter Bogdanovich. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Thing Called Love — composer (P86): G. Marq Roswell. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Thing Called Love — genre (P136): romantic comedy. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Thing Called Love — genre (P136): musical film. decine21.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Thing Called Love — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Thing Called Love — cast member (P161): Samantha Mathis. decine21.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Thing Called Love — cast member (P161): River Phoenix. decine21.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Thing Called Love — cast member (P161): Sandra Bullock. decine21.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Thing Called Love — cast member (P161): Dermot Mulroney. decine21.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Thing Called Love — cast member (P161): Zoe Cassavetes. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Thing Called Love — cast member (P161): Jo-El Sonnier. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Thing Called Love — cast member (P161): Micole Mercurio. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Thing Called Love — producer (P162): John Davis. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Thing Called Love — production company (P272): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Thing Called Love — director of photography (P344): Peter James. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Thing Called Love — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Thing Called Love — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Thing Called Love — review score (P444): 5.7/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-07. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Thing Called Love — review score (P444): 57%. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Thing Called Love — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Thing Called Love — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Thing Called Love — publication date (P577): 1993. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Thing Called Love — publication date (P577): November 3, 1994. Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Thing Called Love — distributed by (P750): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Thing Called Love — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Thing Called Love — narrative location (P840): Tennessee. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Thing Called Love — title (P1476): The Thing Called Love. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Thing Called Love — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 6. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Thing Called Love — duration (P2047): 110 minutes. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Thing Called Love — Kijkwijzer rating (P2684): 6. kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved 2025-07-12. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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6d ago · Kwayst · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Garance item ID → 10742625

"Created claim: Garance item ID: 10742625, Matched to The Thing Called Love (#302041073) in Garance…"
10d ago · Fotis A. · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed [sq] description: filmi amerikan i vitit 1993, batch #293155"
10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

IMCDB work ID → 108327

"Created claim: IMCDB work ID: 108327, batch #269672"
11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 18443

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19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Publication date → 1993, November 3, 1994

Duration → 110 minute

Original language of film or TV show → English

Director of photography → Peter James

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