City Lights
True Blind Love
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl.His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Humour
- Worldwide
- $4M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
16 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How City Lights actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
City Lights appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Romance Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Romance Movies Ranked #23
Placed at #23 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Comedies Ranked #30
Placed at #30 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Comedy Movies Ranked #32
Placed at #32 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #183
Placed at #183 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
City Lights returned 2.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- Feb 6, 1931
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- No Language
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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