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{{Short description|1987 film by Norman Jewison}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Moonstruck
| image          = Chermoonstruck.jpg 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Norman Jewison]]
| writer         = [[John Patrick Shanley]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Patrick Palmer
* Norman Jewison
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Cher]]
* [[Nicolas Cage]]
* [[Vincent Gardenia]]
* [[Olympia Dukakis]]
* [[Danny Aiello]]
}}
| cinematography = [[David Watkin (cinematographer)|David Watkin]]
| editing        = [[Lou Lombardo (filmmaker)|Lou Lombardo]]
| music          = [[Dick Hyman]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
* Star Partners II Ltd.
}}
| distributor    = [[MGM/UA Communications Co.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1987|12|18}}
| runtime        = 102 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $15 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/moonstruck |title=Box Office Information for ''Moonstruck'' |website=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708232914/http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/moonstruck |archive-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref> 
| gross          = $122.1 million
}}
'''''Moonstruck''''' is a 1987 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Norman Jewison]] and written by [[John Patrick Shanley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoviebuff.net/2025/04/moonstruck-review-simple-old-school-romcom-with-little-in-the-way-of-romance-or-laughs/|title='Moonstruck' Review: Simple Old School Romcom with Little in the way of Romance or Laughs|first=Matt Van|last=Decristo|website=The Movie Buff|date=April 22, 2025}}</ref> It stars [[Cher]] as a widowed [[Italian-American]] woman who falls in love with her fiancé's hot-tempered, estranged younger brother, played by [[Nicolas Cage]]. The supporting cast includes [[Vincent Gardenia]], [[Olympia Dukakis]], and [[Danny Aiello]].

''Moonstruck'' had a [[limited theatrical release]] in the United States on December 18, 1987, followed by a [[wide release]] on January 15, 1988, by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/moonstruck-review-movie-cher-1987-1235761983|title='Moonstruck': THR's 1987 Review|first=Michael|last=Rechtshaffen|date=17 December 2023 |publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref> The film earned critical and commercial success. It received six nominations at the [[60th Academy Awards]], winning three for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Cher), [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (Dukakis), and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] (Shanley).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29154-moonstruck|title=Moonstruck|publisher=[[The Criterion Collection]] |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>

==Plot==
Loretta Castorini, an Italian-American widow, works as a bookkeeper and lives in [[Brooklyn Heights]] with her parents, Cosmo and Rose, and her paternal grandfather. Loretta's boyfriend, Johnny Cammareri, proposes to her before leaving for [[Sicily]] to tend to his dying mother. Loretta accepts, but she insists on following tradition as she believes failing to do so originally led to her first husband's sudden death.

Johnny asks Loretta to invite his estranged younger brother Ronny to the wedding. Loretta returns home and informs her parents of the engagement. Cosmo dislikes Johnny and is reluctant to pay for Loretta's planned "real" wedding. Hearing that Loretta likes but does not love Johnny, Rose tells her that true love can cause romantic partners to be easily hurt by each other.

Loretta goes to see Ronny at the bakery he owns and learns that he has a wooden prosthetic hand caused by absentmindedly putting his hand in a bread slicer while having a conversation with Johnny; Ronny's fiancée subsequently left him. Loretta insists that they talk privately. They go to Ronny's apartment, where Loretta cooks a meal, and both have several alcoholic beverages. Loretta compares Ronny to a wolf that would gnaw off its paw to escape a trap and claims he deliberately injured his hand to escape a bad relationship. Ronny reacts furiously and passionately, kissing Loretta; to her surprise, Loretta kisses him back. Ronny carries Loretta to his bed, where they have sex.

That evening, Rose's brother Raymond and his wife Rita join Rose, Cosmo, and Cosmo’s father for dinner and they wonder where Loretta is. Raymond recalls a particularly bright moon that he believes was in the sky when Cosmo was courting Rose, which Loretta and Ronny witness as well. The next morning, Loretta is overcome with guilt, but Ronny promises to never bother her again if she attends a performance of ''[[La bohème]]'' at [[Metropolitan Opera|the Met]] with him. Loretta goes to church to confess her infidelity and afterwards impulsively goes to a hair salon and buys a glamorous evening gown and shoes at a boutique.

Loretta is deeply moved by ''La bohème''.  While leaving the opera, she sees Cosmo, accompanied by his mistress, Mona, and confronts him. As Loretta is with Ronny, Cosmo suggests that she keep their encounter a secret. Loretta attempts to return home, but Ronny desperately persuades her into another tryst. That same night, Rose dines alone at a restaurant and sees a college professor, Perry, being dumped.

Taking pity on Perry, Rose invites him to dine with her instead, allowing him to walk her home but refusing to invite him in because she is loyal to her marriage. Later, Johnny unexpectedly returns from Sicily after his mother's "miraculous" recovery.

Returning home the next morning, Loretta is distressed to learn from Rose that Johnny will be there soon. Ronny arrives, and Rose invites him for breakfast. Cosmo and Grandpa emerge from upstairs; Grandpa insists that Cosmo agree to pay for Loretta's wedding. Rose then confronts Cosmo and demands that he end his affair; he is upset but gives in and, at Rose's insistence, also agrees to go to confession. Both reaffirm their love for each other.

When Johnny arrives, he breaks off the engagement, superstitiously believing that their marriage would cause his mother's death. Loretta berates him for breaking his promise and throws the engagement ring at him. Ronny borrows the ring and asks Loretta to marry him, to which she agrees. The family toasts the couple with champagne, and Johnny joins in at Grandpa's urging, since he will now be part of the family after all.

==Cast==
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* [[Cher]] as Loretta Castorini
* [[Nicolas Cage]] as Ronny Cammareri
* [[Olympia Dukakis]] as Rose Castorini
* [[Vincent Gardenia]] as Cosmo Castorini
* [[Danny Aiello]] as Mr. Johnny Cammareri
* [[Julie Bovasso]] as Rita Cappomagi{{efn|name=cappomagi|There is an error in the credits: that name has "gg", but in the film scene the name appears in the shop window, written as Cappomagi, with only one "g".}}
* [[Louis Guss]] as Raymond Cappomagi{{efn|name=cappomagi}}
* [[John Mahoney]] as Perry
* [[Feodor Chaliapin Jr.|Feodor Chaliapin]] as Grandpa Castorini / Old Man
* [[Anita Gillette]] as Mona
* [[Leonardo Cimino]] as Felix
* [[Paula Trueman]] as Lucy
* Nada Despotovich as Chrissy
* [[Joe Grifasi]] as Shy Waiter
* Gina DeAngeles as Old Crone
* [[Robin Bartlett]] as Barbara
* [[Helen Hanft]] as Lotte
* David S. Howard as Irv
* Robert Weil as Bobo
* Patricia Magrini as Benjamin's Secretary
* [[Amy Aquino]] as Bonnie
{{Div col end}}

==Reception==
===Box office===
On its [[wide release]], the film finished third at the US box office and spent 20 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 and finally grossed $80.6 million in the United States and Canada.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moonstruck.htm |title=Moonstruck |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424144329/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moonstruck.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>  Internationally it grossed $41.5 million for a worldwide total of $122.1 million,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 11, 1995|page=92|title=UIP's $25M-Plus Club}}</ref> on a budget of $15 million.

===Critical response===
''Moonstruck'' received critical acclaim upon release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moonstruck (1987) – History |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/57753 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |quote=Moonstruck opened in New York City, Toronto, and Los Angeles, CA, on 16 Dec 1987 to critical acclaim}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 89% based on reviews from 76 critics, with an average score of 7.8/10. The site's consensus read, "Led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher, ''Moonstruck'' is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decade's most appealing comedies."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Moonstruck |title=Moonstruck (1987) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=April 16, 2024 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204045542/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moonstruck |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based on reviews from 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |title=Moonstruck |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/moonstruck |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-date=2020-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004045226/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/moonstruck |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com |access-date=2021-05-05 |archive-date=2017-09-16 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170916153548/https://m.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote, "John Patrick Shanley's witty, shapely script puts an octet of New Yorkers under a lunar-tuney spell one romantic night. Cher shines brightest of all."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,967134,00.html |title=Critics' Choice |magazine=Time |date=April 4, 1988 |access-date=January 6, 2024}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]], who later added the film among his "Great Movies" list, said: "Reviews of the movie tend to make it sound like a madcap ethnic comedy, and that it is. But there is something more here, a certain bittersweet yearning that comes across as ineffably romantic, and a certain magical quality".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880115/REVIEWS/801150304 |title=Review of ''Moonstruck'' |first=Roger|last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=January 15, 1988 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990302045618/http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1988/01/274003.html |archive-date=1999-03-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Film historian [[Leonard Maltin]] gave the picture 4 out of 4 stars.<ref>Maltin's TV, Movie, & Video Guide</ref>

[[Gene Siskel]], writing for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', recommended "''Moonstruck'', which is being sold as a romance but actually is one of the funniest pictures to come out in quite some time. [...] You will not easily forget this incredibly robust family, created by writer [[John Patrick Shanley]] and directed by [[Norman Jewison]], who makes a comeback with this uproarious film."<ref>{{cite news|author=Gene Siskel|author-link=Gene Siskel|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/01/15/flick-of-week-comedy-is-king-in-moonstruck/|title=Flick Of Week: Comedy Is King In 'Moonstruck'|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=1988-01-15|access-date=2013-12-02|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050948/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-01-15/entertainment/8803220440_1_star-flick-film|url-status=live}}</ref>

It appeared on both Siskel's and Ebert's Top 10 lists for 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandthemovies/best_worst.html|title=Ebert & Roeper and the movies - Best & Worst|date=5 June 2001|access-date=26 October 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010605232324/http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandthemovies/best_worst.html|archive-date=5 June 2001}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked Cher's work the all-time greatest acting performance by a musician.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 4, 2018 |title=The 100 Best Acting Performances by Musicians in Movies |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/musician-movie-performances-top-100-8477854/ |access-date=April 25, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[60th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Norman Jewison]] and Patrick Palmer
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{Cite web|title=The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988|access-date=31 July 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Norman Jewison
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Cher]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Vincent Gardenia]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Olympia Dukakis]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| [[John Patrick Shanley]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[American Comedy Awards#1988 awards|American Comedy Awards]]
| Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
| Cher
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| Funniest Supporting Male Performer – Motion Picture or TV
| Vincent Gardenia
| {{nom}}
|-
| Funniest Supporting Female Performer – Motion Picture or TV 
| Olympia Dukakis
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]
| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Comedy)|Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy]]
| [[Howard Feuer]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1988 |title=Nominees/Winners |publisher=[[Casting Society of America]] |accessdate= January 5, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards]]
| Top Box Office Films
| [[Dick Hyman]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[38th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| rowspan="2"| Norman Jewison
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/03_preistr_ger_1988/03_Preistraeger_1988.html |title=Berlinale: 1988 Prize Winners |access-date=2011-03-06 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=2014-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101063851/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/03_preistr_ger_1988/03_Preistraeger_1988.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silver Bear for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[42nd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Cher
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1989/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1989 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1989 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1989}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| Olympia Dukakis
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| John Patrick Shanley
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|Best Film Music]]
| Dick Hyman
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| Cher
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| Best Foreign Screenplay
| John Patrick Shanley
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[45th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/moonstruck |title=Moonstruck – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1988}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| [[Nicolas Cage]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Cher
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Olympia Dukakis
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| John Patrick Shanley
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Jupiter Award (film award)#11th Jupiter Award / 1989|Jupiter Awards]]
| Best International Actress
| Cher
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| colspan="2"| Best Film
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1980-89/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1980-89 |website=kcfcc.org |date=14 December 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Best Actress
| Cher
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| rowspan="2"| Olympia Dukakis
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1987 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1987.php |title=The 13th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| John Patrick Shanley
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Foreign Actress
| Cher
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| Best Female Dubbing
| Ludovica Modugno <small>(for dubbing Cher)</small>
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1987|National Board of Review Awards]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="2"| Olympia Dukakis
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1987/ |title=1987 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1987 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1987 |title=1987 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Actress
| Cher
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[40th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| John Patrick Shanley
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|}

In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. ''Moonstruck'' was acknowledged as the eighth best film in the romantic comedy genre.<ref>{{cite news | author = American Film Institute | author-link = American Film Institute | title = AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres | work = ComingSoon.net | date = 2008-06-17 | url = http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072 | access-date = 2008-06-18 | archive-date = 2008-08-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080818100312/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = American Film Institute | author-link = American Film Institute | title = AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres | work = ComingSoon.net | date = 2008-06-17 | url = http://www.afi.com/10top10/romanticcomedy.html | access-date = 2008-06-18 | archive-date = 2008-06-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080619174502/http://www.afi.com/10top10/romanticcomedy.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The film is also number 72 on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] "100 Funniest Movies," and number 41 on [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs]].

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – #41<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2013-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316140859/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2002: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions]] – #17<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/passions100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2016-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624052654/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/passions100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2005: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** Loretta Castorini: "Snap out of it!" – #96<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2011-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150615/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2008: [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]:
** #8 Romantic Comedy Film<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 10 Top 10: Top 10 Romantic Comedy |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=2 |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2016-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615004316/http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Influential film critic Roger Ebert entered the film to his "Great Movies" collection in June 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Moonstruck |date=June 22, 2003 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20030622%2FREVIEWS08%2F306220301%2F1023 |access-date=March 14, 2009 |archive-date=April 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401233300/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20030622%2FREVIEWS08%2F306220301%2F1023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Home media==
''Moonstruck'' was released on VHS and [[LaserDisc]] in 1988 following its theatrical release. It was released on DVD in 1998. It was released on [[Blu-ray]] by MGM on February 15, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blu-ray News and Reviews {{!}} High Def Digest |url=https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/4499/moonstruck.html |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=bluray.highdefdigest.com}}</ref> [[The Criterion Collection]] released a remastered Blu-ray on November 17, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blu-ray News and Reviews {{!}} High Def Digest |url=https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/87526/moonstruckcriterioncollection.html |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=bluray.highdefdigest.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Song !! Artist !! Notes
|-
| [[That's Amore]] || [[Dean Martin]] || [[Harry Warren]], [[Jack Brooks (lyricist)|Jack Brooks]]
|-
| Canzone Per Loretta/Addio, [[Mulberry Street (Manhattan)|Mulberry Street]] || Jack Zaza (mandolin) || [[Dick Hyman]]
|-
| Mr. Moon || || Dick Hyman
|-
| [[It Must Be Him (song)|It Must Be Him]] || [[Vikki Carr]] || [[Gilbert Bécaud]], [[Mack David]], Maurice Vidalin
|-
| Old Man Mazurka || Dominic Cortese (accordion) || Dick Hyman
|-
| Lament for Johnny's Mama || || Dick Hyman
|-
| [[Che gelida manina]] || [[Ed Bickert]] (guitar) || [[Giacomo Puccini]]
|-
| [[Donde lieta uscì]] || [[Renata Tebaldi]] || Giacomo Puccini
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| Canzone Per Loretta || || Dick Hyman
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| [[O soave fanciulla]] || [[Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)|Carlo Bergonzi]], Renata Tebaldi || Giacomo Puccini
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| [[Musetta's Waltz]] || [[Moe Koffman]] (alto saxophone) || Giacomo Puccini
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| Musetta's Entrance || Nora Shulman (flute) || Giacomo Puccini
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| ''La bohème'' (instrumental excerpts) || || Giacomo Puccini
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| (In Loretta's Bedroom) Gettin' Ready || Moe Koffman (alto saxophone) || Dick Hyman
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| Brooklyn Heights Stroll || || Dick Hyman
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| Beautiful Signorina || || Dick Hyman
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| [[Moonglow (song)|Moonglow]] || || [[Eddie DeLange]], Will Hudson, [[Irving Mills]]
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| Canzone Per Loretta || Dominic Cortese (accordion) || Dick Hyman
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| Gioventù mia, tu non sei morta (''La bohème'', act 2) || Carlo Bergonzi, [[Cesare Siepi]], [[Ettore Bastianini]], [[Fernando Corena]], [[Gianna D'Angelo]], Renata Tebaldi, Renato Cesari || Giacomo Puccini
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<sup>Soundtrack references:</sup> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093565/soundtrack|title=Moonstruck (1987)|access-date=26 October 2017|website=IMDb.com|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505024457/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093565/soundtrack|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/moonstruck-mw0000195746|title=Moonstruck - Original Soundtrack - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027125559/https://www.allmusic.com/album/moonstruck-mw0000195746|url-status=live}}</ref>

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* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7192-moonstruck-life-in-the-in-between ''Moonstruck: Life in the In-Between''] – an essay by [[Emily St. James]] at [[The Criterion Collection]]

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