A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.
Direction
Boyle brings chaotic energy to even quiet moments.
Writing
Curtis crafts the most stressful moral dilemma in rom-com history.
Director
Danny Boyle
Himesh Patel
Jack Malik
Lily James
Ellie Appleton
Sophia Di Martino
Carol
Ellise Chappell
Lucy
Meera Syal
Sheila Malik
Harry Michell
Nick
Vincent Franklin
Brian
Joel Fry
Rocky
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
Karma Sood
Young Jack
Gus Brown
Marcus the Dentist
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Jed Malik
Karl Theobald
Terry
Alexander Arnold
Gavin
Dominic Coleman
Ipswich TV Host
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ed Sheeran plays himself and suggested the film's original ending where Jack loses everything—Richard Curtis rejected it for being too dark.
The film sparked real debate about whether younger generations actually know Beatles songs, with viral social experiments testing Gen Z recognition.
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