Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.

See what’s playing
A Fish Called Wanda
A Fish Called Wanda
7.4
/10
3,071 Ratings

A FISH CALLED WANDA

Directed by Charles Crichton
United Kingdom, United States, 1988
Comedy, Crime

Synopsis

An ambitious and sexy con artist uses every tool at her disposal to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her mobster lover. To help in her plan, she woo’s first her lover’s deadly henchman and then his attorney, eventually falling in love with one of them.

Synopsis

An ambitious and sexy con artist uses every tool at her disposal to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her mobster lover. To help in her plan, she woo’s first her lover’s deadly henchman and then his attorney, eventually falling in love with one of them.

Our take

One of the most unusual yet most irresistible couples in cinema might be Jamie Lee Curtis and John Cleese. In this fabulous, London-set ’80s heist comedy—a hilarious, wild ride of deception and surprise—Kevin Kline won an Oscar® and John Cleese and Michael Palin two BAFTAs!