Desperately Seeking Susan
Every man is desperate to have her. One woman is desperate to be her. But someone is desperate to kill her. If they can figure out who she is.
Overview
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Revenue
- $27,399,597
- Production
- Orion Pictures
Tags & Hashtags
Watch Desperately Seeking Susan Online
Video player provided by a third-party service. CineFlix does not host any content.
Official Trailer & More
Videos auto-play in sequence. If a video isn't available in your country, it's automatically skipped.
Cast
Rosanna Arquette
Roberta Glass
Madonna
Susan
Aidan Quinn
Dez
Mark Blum
Gary Glass
Robert Joy
Jim
Laurie Metcalf
Leslie Glass
Anna Thomson
Crystal
Will Patton
Wayne Nolan
Steven Wright
Larry Stillman D.D.S.
John Turturro
Ray
Giancarlo Esposito
Street Vendor
Richard Hell
Bruce Meeker
Rockets Redglare
Taxi Driver
Annie Golden
Band Singer
Richard Edson
Man With Newspapers
Ann Magnuson
Cigarette Girl
John Lurie
Neighbor Saxophonist
Peter Maloney
Ian
Anne Carlisle
Victoria
Victor Argo
Sgt. Taskal
Crew
- Director
- Susan Seidelman
- Writers
- Leora Barish
- Producers
- Midge Sanford,Sarah Pillsbury,Michael Peyser
- Cinematography
- Edward Lachman
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
Where to Watch
Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch via TMDB. Click a logo to visit the provider's official website.
Similar Movies
I'm Your Man
2021
Four Rooms
1995
The Moon Has Risen
1955
Standby
2016
The Garden
2017
Friended to Death
2013
Honeymoon
1997
Der Kaktus
2013
Crossing Delancey
1988
My Baby's Daddy
2004
Necropolis Symphony
2014
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002
Cinderella
2000
Six Strong Guys
2004
Slumber Party Massacre II
1987
Slumber Party Massacre III
1990
Women Aren't Funny
2014
Lotta on Rascal Street
1992
Aging Out
2023
Nina Frisk
2007
Recommendations
Ca$h
2010
One Night at McCool's
2001
Accident Man
2018
Head Above Water
1996
Murder!
1930
68 Kill
2017
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996
Desperate Living
1977
Eenie Meanie
2025
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
2025
The Last Days of American Crime
2020
The Wrong Guy
1997
Film Noir
2007
The Kill Room
2023
Hard to Die
1990
The Killer's Game
2024
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
2025
Rise of the Footsoldier
2007
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989
User Reviews (0)
Sign in with Google to post a rating and review.
- No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
User Reviews from TMDB
TimtheGiant
October 15, 2019
I always thought this was one of Madonna's best film performance yet.
Wuchak
February 23, 2020
***Screwball drama in Manhattan with Rosanna Arquette and Madonna*** Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), a bored housewife in the New York City area, becomes obsessed with a wild child named Susan (Madonna) through the personal ads and inadvertently takes on her persona when she visits Manhattan. Unfortunately a hooligan is after Susan for priceless Egyptian earrings (Will Patton). Mark Blum plays Roberta’s jerk husband and Aidan Quinn a new friend in the city. “Desperately Seeking Susan” (1985) …