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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1601
- IMDb #1805
- Rotten Tomatoes #1369
- Metacritic #662
- Letterboxd #1994
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #957
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2235
- Metacritic Audience #1296
- Kinopoisk #1988
- AlloCiné #911
- Trakt #1894
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 35, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 87, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A renowned professor, his assistant, and a harpooner are taken prisoner by the enigmatic Captain Nemo aboard his technologically advanced submarine, the Nautilus. They are taken on a journey through the wonders of the deep sea, exploring underwater forests and battling giant squid. They soon learn that Nemo is a man haunted by his past, waging a private war against the world above the waves.
Details
- Director
- Richard Fleischer
- Writer
- Earl Felton
- Based on
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- Studio
- Walt Disney Productions
- Released
- 23 December 1954
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $28.2M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →2 major awards won · 4 wins from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 27th Academy Awards 1954 | Best Art Direction – Color | John Meehan, Emile Kuri | Winner |
| 27th Academy Awards 1954 | Best Special Effects | John Hench, Joshua Meador | Winner |
| 27th Academy Awards 1954 | Best Film Editing | Elmo Williams | Nominee |
| National Board of Review Awards 1954 1954 | Top Ten Films | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Winner |
| Online Film & Television Association Awards 1954 | Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner | |
| Saturn Awards 1954 | Best DVD Classic Film Release | Nominee |
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6 awards — 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
×| Best Art Direction – Color | John Meehan, Emile Kuri | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | John Hench, Joshua Meador | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Elmo Williams | Nominee |
| Top Ten Films | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Winner |
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |
| Best DVD Classic Film Release | Nominee |