Lolita (1962)

#997 worldwide · charting in 19 countries

Movie · 152 min · B · crm, drm, rma

Lolita poster

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

  • 7.5 IMDb
  • 7.3 TMDB
  • 89% Rotten Tomatoes
  • 83 JustWatch

Where to watch Lolita

Available on 23 platforms across 18 countries.

Chart positions today

Currently charting in 19 countries, best placed at #159 in Mexico.

Available languages

Audio: Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish

Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, NB, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Chart history

Lolita has spent 1 days in a top 3, 2 days in a top 10 and 14 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #2.

Cast

James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Stovin, Diana Decker, Lois Maxwell, Cec Linder, Bill Greene, Shirley Douglas, Marianne Stone, Marion Mathie, James Dyrenforth, Maxine Holden, John Harrison, Colin Maitland, Terry Kilburn, C. Denier Warren

Crew

James B. Harris (producer), Stanley Kubrick (director), Vladimir Nabokov (screenplay)

Awards

1 wins from 2 nominations.

  • Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress 1962 — won
  • Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 1963 — nominated