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45 Years
2015
· Movie
· 95 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1788
- IMDb #2066
- Google retired #3584
- Rotten Tomatoes #1494
- Metacritic #254
- Letterboxd #968
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #278
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2839
- Metacritic Critics #83
- Metacritic Audience #1373
- Criticker #842
- Kinopoisk #4200
- AlloCiné #2471
- Trakt #3641
Every rating
60–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 95, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A married couple is preparing to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary when a letter arrives for the husband. The body of his first love, who died in a accident in the Swiss Alps decades before their marriage, has been discovered, preserved in ice. This news stirs long-buried memories and quietly threatens the foundation of their life together.
Details
- Director
- Andrew Haigh
- Writer
- Andrew Haigh
- Studio
- Film4 Productions, Creative England, BFI, The Bureau
- Released
- 29 May 2015
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $4.3M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (10) →
Awards & nominations
See all 43 →2 major awards won · 16 wins from 43 nominations across 24 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 2015 | Best Actor | Tom Courtenay | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2015 | Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2015 | Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2015 | Golden Bear | Andrew Haigh | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2015 | Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
| Boston Society of Film Critics 2015 | Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2015 | Outstanding British Film | Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2015 | Best Screenplay | Andrew Haigh | Nominee |
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Berlin International Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Tom Courtenay | Winner |
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Andrew Haigh | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
6 nominations, 3 won
| Actor of the Year | Tom Courtenay | Winner |
| Actress of the Year | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
| British / Irish Film of the Year | 45 Years | Winner |
| British / Irish Actress of the Year | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
| Director of the Year | Andrew Haigh | Nominee |
| Film of the Year | 45 Years | Nominee |
Edinburgh International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Performance in a British Feature Film | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
| Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film | Andrew Haigh | Winner |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Editor's Award | 45 Years | Winner |
| Best Actor | Tom Courtenay | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
| Best Film | 45 Years | Nominee |
European Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best European Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
| Best European Actor | Tom Courtenay | Nominee |
| Best European Screenwriter | Andrew Haigh | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
Indiewire Critics Poll
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Lead Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Independent Films | 45 Years | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films | 45 Years | Winner |
Valladolid Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Winner |
British Independent Film Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actor | Tom Courtenay | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
| Best British Independent Film | 45 Years | Nominee |
| Best Director | Andrew Haigh | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Andrew Haigh | Nominee |
| Producer of the Year | Tristan Goligher | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Andrew Haigh | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding British Film | Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
David di Donatello
1 nomination
| Best European Film | 45 Years | Nominee |
Dorian Awards
1 nomination
| Performance Of The Year — Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best British Film | 45 Years | Nominee |
Irish Film & Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominee |