It will scare you to your very soul.
A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Angel Heart (1987) is a horror and mystery film directed by Alan Parker, released on March 6, 1987 with a runtime of 1h 53m. It stars Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet and Charlotte Rampling. Viewers rate it 7.1 out of 10 across 1,791 ratings.
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Mickey Rourke
as Harry Angel
Robert De Niro
as Louis Cyphre
Lisa Bonet
as Epiphany Proudfoot
Charlotte Rampling
as Margaret Krusemark
Stocker Fontelieu
as Ethan Krusemark
Brownie McGhee
as Toots Sweet
Michael Higgins
as Doctor Fowler
Elizabeth Whitcraft
as Connie
Eliott Keener
as Sterne
Charles Gordone
as Spider Simpson
Dann Florek
as Winesnap
Kathleen Wilhoite
as Nurse
Directed by Alan Parker, written by William Hjortsberg and Alan Parker, produced by Alan Marshall and Elliott Kastner.
Average viewer score of 7.1/10 from 1,791 ratings.
"Harry Angel" (Mickey O'Rourke) lives a pretty hand-to-mouth existence as a New York PI when he is hired to track down a musician named "Johnny Favorite". Now this fella really doesn't want to be found, and after a while our street-smart investigator begins to contemplate that maybe this search isn't really all that his employer "Louis Cyphre" (a Rasputin-esque Robert De Niro) has in mind. As the search becomes…
Reviewed on November 5, 2023
*Angel Heart* spends most of its running time pretending to be a detective story in which Harry Angel is following a trail into somebody else’s darkness. Its best trick is that the trail is his. Alan Parker shoots that investigation like a noir already half swallowed by something older. Rooms are all long shadows and backlight; New Orleans sometimes looks almost monochrome, until a little blue exhaust smoke gives…
Reviewed on August 25, 2026
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Angel Heart (1987) is currently available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. No subscription streaming option is listed right now, so availability may change.
The main cast of Angel Heart (1987) includes Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling and Stocker Fontelieu. The film was directed by Alan Parker. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Angel Heart was released on March 6, 1987 and runs for 1h 53m.
Angel Heart (1987) holds an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 from 1,791 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy horror and mystery films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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