It's easy to forget that Lost Horizon is a Frank Capra movie. It has very little of the concentrated feel good quality that most of his other movies have. It's definitely a good movie but definitely not his defining work. Sam Jaffe was incredibly frightening as the High Lama. Pic...( read more)
Edward Everett Horton, H.B. Warner, Isabel Jewell
The story of an enchanted paradise of Shangri-La where time stands still.
DVD Release Date: August 31, 1999
Stats: 190 reviews
Flixster Reviews (190)
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April 3, 2009
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November 3, 2009
The more I see of Capra, the more I like him. This movie is not the typical comic Capra. I wish the lost parts of this film were available to us, so that we could see his whole vision as he wanted it. You can feel his brilliance in the chaotic, early scenes and their arresting se...( read more)
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November 16, 2009
One of the better old classics I've watched lately. The story, based on a novel, was very entertaining, even though it had a few stills instead of moving pictures in it, due to the fact that some minutes of the original camera recordings didn't survive the test of time. This didn...( read more)
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July 8, 2009
I wonder what happened to those other characters because it seems they were brushed off. Epic story and it didn't seem as long as it was.
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