Desperately Seeking Susan

Bored New Jersey housewife Roberta fills her days following a romance in the personal ads between Jim and the free-spirited Susan. When Roberta goes to one of their New York rendezvous and suffers a bout of amnesia, she is mistaken for Susan and drawn into a comic adventure involving intrigue, romance, mistaken identity, and an unexpected Manhattan detour.

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11/24/2026

4K UHD — Desperately Seeking Susan (11/24/2026)

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Kino Lorber releases Desperately Seeking Susan on 4K UHD on November 24, 2026. The new edition features a brand-new HDR/Dolby Vision master by Amazon MGM Studios, created from a 4K scan of the 35mm original camera negative.

Technical Details

• 4K UHD

• Brand-new master by Amazon MGM Studios

• 4K scan of the 35mm original camera negative

• HDR / Dolby Vision

• Runtime: 105 minutes

Movie Information

Reference

StudioOrion Pictures / Kino Lorber

Year

RatingPG-13

Runtime1H 44M

GenresComedy, Drama

DirectorSusan Seidelman

StarringRosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn

Desperately Seeking Susan