Login OR sign up for a new account
RANDOM MOVIE
Support SaltyPopcorn on Ko-fi
Sign up for the SaltyPopcorn free weekly newsletter
Trending
Predator: Badlands (2025)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Thunderbolts* (2025)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Wicked: For Good (2025)
I Like It That Way (1934)
Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle (2025)
Lilo & Stitch (2025)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
No Time To Die (2021)
Tenet (2020)
Black: Adam (2022)
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)
Salty Popcorn > 1988 > Drama | Movie > Shy People
Search Page
1988 | DIRECTED BY ANDREY KONCHALOVSKIY

Shy People

No rating yet! Leave your score below.
No cover art for Shy People
Join to follow this movie
Movie Stats
Year
1988
Runtime
 118 minutes (1 hr 58 mins)
Certificates

15

R

M/16

16

16
Select Cast
Jill Clayburgh
Barbara Hershey
Martha Plimpton
Merritt Butrick
John Philbin
Don Swayze
Full cast and crew
Salty Popcorn Stats
First viewed:
28th Aug 2016
Last viewed:
1st Jul 2025
Total views:
42
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
11th March 1988
37 years 8 months 1 days ago
Japan release date
 Japan
8th April 1988
37 years 7 months 4 days ago
Netherlands release date
 Netherlands
21st April 1988
37 years 6 months 21 days ago
Denmark release date
 Denmark
24th June 1988
37 years 4 months 18 days ago
Portugal release date
 Portugal
24th February 1989
36 years 8 months 16 days ago
Uruguay release date
 Uruguay
6th February 1992
33 years 9 months 6 days ago
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £18.1 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
7,867 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 17th Jun '88
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £11.8 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 2
US Release
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
ADVERTISMENT
Directed by
andrey konchalovskiy Andrey Konchalovskiy
Starring
Jill ClayburghDiana
Barbara HersheyRuth
Martha PlimptonGrace
Merritt ButrickMike
John PhilbinTommy
Don SwayzeMark
Pruitt Taylor VincePaul
Mare WinninghamCandy
Michael AudleyLouie
Brad LelandLarry
John EpperJake
Paul LandryHenry
Warren BattisteDick
Edward BunkerChuck
Vladimir BibicWelder
Dominic BartoChief
Dave PetitjeanSheriff
William AndersonPoliceman
David AvnePoliceman
Ronn WrightPoliceman
Cheryl StarbuckStewardess
Claire AcernoStewardess
J. Larry McGillBlack Man
Ernest TanVietnamese Pimp
Jack McGeeCab Driver
Jack RadostaPal #1
Phyllis GuerriniMargo
Greg GuirardMan
ADVERTISMENT
1988-03-11
Movie Ratings

What is your rating?

Shy People has 0 rating

Here are the 6 most recent

Totals for each star

 
 
 
 
 
Movie Reviews

How about leaving a review or comment for 'Shy People'?

Your Display Name:

Email address

Your 140 character review:

 Characters Left

My rating

By clicking Submit you agree to our terms and conditions and privacy policy.

Popularity over the last 10 days
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
12th Nov 2025
11th Nov 2025
10th Nov 2025
9th Nov 2025
8th Nov 2025
7th Nov 2025
6th Nov 2025
5th Nov 2025
4th Nov 2025
3rd Nov 2025
UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
5
Weeks top 15
2
Total weeks
2
Total UK Gross:
£18,095
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
Shy People
17 Jun 1988
5N
£11,750
£11,750
24 Jun 1988
10▼
£4,700
£18,095

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown
  •  United States release date:
  •  Japan release date:
  •  Netherlands release date:
  •  United Kingdom release date:
  •  Denmark release date:
    • More global release dates
'Shy People' is trending today
  1. Predator: Badlands (2025)
  1. Toy Story 5 (2026)
  1. Thunderbolts* (2025)
  1. MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2004)
  1. The Small World of Sammy Lee (1960)
  1. Lost In Love (2006)
  1. Fordringsagare (2008)
  1. Wushu (2006)
  1. The New Mutants (2020)
  1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£18,095
10063
Citizen K
10064
Shy People
10065
Mulk

Genres
Drama
Drama
Popular in these countries
  • United States United States
  • China China
  • Brazil Brazil
  • Mexico Mexico
News from around the web
Shy People  DVD Talk Wed, 20th September 2017

'Shy People' and the Consequences of Excavating a Lost Film  The Awl Fri, 12th September 2014

Jay Lycurgo on making a film about mental health and playing Shy opposite Cillian Murphy in Netflix’s Steve  Vogue Singapore Tue, 7th October 2025

Shy People movie review & film summary (1988)  Roger Ebert Fri, 20th May 1988

The science behind why some of us are shy  BBC Wed, 5th June 2019

Shy People (1987)  Blu-ray.com Fri, 2nd July 2021

ADVERTISMENT
Top Daily Movies
  1. Predator: Badlands
  1. Toy Story 5
  1. Thunderbolts*
Top Weekly Movies
  1. Predator: Badlands
  1. Spider-Man: No Way Home
  1. Thunderbolts*
Top Monthly Movies (November)
  1. Tenet
  1. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
  1. Spider-Man: No Way Home
Top Yearly Movies (2025)
  1. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
  1. A Minecraft Movie
  1. Thunderbolts*