When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
Directed by Barry Levinson
mentally disabled
individual
loss of loved one
yuppie
autism
car dealer
egocentrism
convertible
road trip
blackjack
cincinnati
travel
las vegas
psychiatrist
disability
mentally handicapped man
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asperger's syndrome
suppressed memory
forgotten memory
sentimental
melodramatic
savant syndrome
Rank
#21 in 1988·#1962 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
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Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Raymond Babbitt
Tom Cruise
Charlie Babbitt
Valeria Golino
Susanna
Gerald R. Molen
Dr. Bruner
Jack Murdock
John Mooney
Michael D. Roberts
Vern
Ralph Seymour
Lenny
Lucinda Jenney
Iris
Bonnie Hunt
Sally Dibbs
Kim Robillard
Small Town Doctor
Beth Grant
Mother at Farm House
Ralph Tabakin
Shift Boss
Crew
Barry Levinson
Director
Ronald Bass
Screenplay
Barry Morrow
Screenplay
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
John Seale
Director of Photography
Mark Johnson
Producer
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Gerald R. Molen
Co-Producer
Barry Morrow
Story
Gerald R. Molen
Unit Production Manager
Roger Birnbaum
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Popular Reviews
2915 reviews
Tomé
8.8★ · 12/14/25
Watching Dustin Hoffman ragebaiting Tom Cruise for 132 minutes was absolute cinema🔥
Watching Dustin Hoffman ragebaiting Tom Cruise for 132 minutes was absolute cinema🔥
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Granks
6.7★ · 06/20/20
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BenjaminPavesio
8.0★ · 05/03/26
What you have to understand is, four days ago he was only my brother in name. And this morning we had pancakes.
Muy linda peli, bien dominguera y ochentosa, como debe de ser. Banco que no hayan hecho que Tom Cruise se convierta en un santo de repente, y le den un desarrollo mucho mas realista al personaje.
Lo acepto, me da un poco de fomo no tener un hermano autista para llevarlo a las vegas y hacer desastre.
Fue muy duro cuando busque en Google a Dustin Hoffman en Google para ver si había ganado el Oscar(merecido) y apareció que lo habían denunciado de violín. No se salva ninguno lpm.
What you have to understand is, four days ago he was only my brother in name. And this morning we had pancakes.
Muy linda peli, bien dominguera y ochentosa, como debe de ser. Banco que no hayan hecho que Tom Cruise se convierta en un santo de repente, y le den un desarrollo mucho mas realista al personaje.
Lo acepto, me da un poco de fomo no tener un hermano autista para llevarlo a las vegas y hacer desastre.
Fue muy duro cuando busque en Google a Dustin Hoffman en Google para ver si había ganado el Oscar(merecido) y apareció que lo habían denunciado de violín. No se salva ninguno lpm.
