Random Hearts is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Based on the 1984 novel by Warren Adler, the film is about a police officer and a Congresswoman who discover that their spouses were having an affair prior to being killed in an air disaster.

Sergeant William "Dutch" Van Den Broeck is a seasoned police sergeant in the Internal Affairs Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, and Kay Chandler is a Congresswoman running for reelection.

They lead separate lives, unaware of each other's existence, until a fateful plane crash changes everything.

and visits the hotel where he not only discovers that his wife was planning on check in, but that Kay had changed her mind and followed him, wishing to uncover the truth about her husband.

In the 1980s, actor Dustin Hoffman met with the book's author with a view to making the film.

[4] In the early 1990s, Kevin Costner was attached to star in the project, which was then to be directed by James L. Brooks, though this, too, never came to pass.

The site's consensus states: "Even Harrison Ford could not save the dull plot and the slow pacing of the movie.

[8] In a positive review from The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote that the films of Sydney Pollack "have managed to be linear while also drifting thoughtfully through the nuances of their characters' behavior, with a stylistic polish and keenness of observation not often found in American films any more."

"[10] With an estimated budget of $64,000,000, Random Hearts was not a commercial success domestically, earning $31,502,583 in the United States and Canada.

The film went on to earn another $43,105,987 in international markets, ending up with a total worldwide gross of $74,608,570.