Chinatown (1974)

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Synopsis

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

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Where does Chinatown rank today?
The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.7 million movie & TV show fans per day.

Chinatown is 1668 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -9 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than Derelict but less popular than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Rank		Title
1664.		Downsizing	-7
1665.		Kramer vs. Kramer	-60
1666.		My Son	-27
1667.		Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	-10
1668.		Chinatown	-9
1669.		Derelict	+13
1670.		Spinal Tap II: The End Continues	-9
1671.		Strawman	-8
1672.		Four Good Days	+3

Streaming charts last updated: 17:07, 14/09/2026

Cast

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Evelyn Cross Mulwray

John Huston

John Huston

Noah Cross

Perry Lopez

Perry Lopez

Lieutenant Lou Escobar

Burt Young

Burt Young

Curly

John Hillerman

John Hillerman

Russ Yelburton

Darrell Zwerling

Darrell Zwerling

Hollis I. Mulwray

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Man with Knife

Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd

Ida Sessions

Richard Bakalyan

Richard Bakalyan

Detective Loach

Joe Mantell

Joe Mantell

Lawrence Walsh

Roy Jenson

Roy Jenson

Claude Mulvihill

James Hong

James Hong

Evelyn's Butler

Bruce Glover

Bruce Glover

Duffy

Nandu Hinds

Nandu Hinds

Sophie

James O'Rear

James O'Rear

Lawyer

Beulah Quo

Beulah Quo

Maid

Jerry Fujikawa

Jerry Fujikawa

Gardener

Belinda Palmer

Belinda Palmer

Katherine

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

Mayor Bagby

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