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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
· Movie
· 149 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #261
- IMDb #86
- Google retired #2546
- Rotten Tomatoes #634
- Metacritic #172
- Letterboxd #184
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1016
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #727
- Metacritic Critics #457
- Metacritic Audience #54
- Criticker #108
- Douban #91
- Kinopoisk #464
- AlloCiné #342
- Trakt #416
Every rating
73–90
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90.
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Details
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Writers
- Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
- Based on
- The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke
- Released
- 2 April 1968
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Russian, French
- Runtime
- 149 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $71.9M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →1 major award won · 10 wins from 17 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Special Visual Effects | Stanley Kubrick | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Art Direction | Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernest Archer | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1968 | Best Director | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1968 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1968 | United Nations Award | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1968 | Best Film | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1968 | Best Art Direction | Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernest Archer | Winner |
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Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Special Visual Effects | Stanley Kubrick | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernest Archer | Nominee |
| Best Director | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Art Direction | Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernest Archer | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth | Winner |
| Best Sound Track | Winston Ryder | Winner |
| Best Film | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| United Nations Award | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Stanley Kubrick | Winner |
| Best Film | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Winner |
Cinema Writers Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Stanley Kubrick | Winner |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke | Winner |
Laurel Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Road Show | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Winner |
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards
1 nomination
| Best British Original Screenplay | Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke | Nominee |