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500 Days of Summer
2009
· Movie
· 95 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1145
- IMDb #794
- Rotten Tomatoes #1071
- Metacritic #713
- Letterboxd #1641
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1426
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1176
- Metacritic Critics #948
- Metacritic Audience #480
- Criticker #1099
- Douban #612
- Kinopoisk #965
- AlloCiné #619
- Trakt #959
Every rating
56–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 86.
See the most agreed on films →Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.
Details
- Director
- Marc Webb
- Writers
- Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter
- Released
- 17 July 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $7.5M
- Box office
- $60.8M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 20 →5 wins from 20 nominations across 18 ceremonies
| Best Actor 2009 | Best Actor | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 2009 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 2009 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Zooey Deschanel | Nominee |
| Best Comedy 2009 | Best Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Director 2009 | Best Director | Marc Webb | Nominee |
| Best Directorial Debut 2009 | Best Directorial Debut | Marc Webb | Winner |
| Best Editing 2009 | Best Editing | Alan Edward Bell | Winner |
| Best Film 2009 | Best Film | Nominee |
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Best Original Screenplay
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Scott Neustadler and Michael H. Weber | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber | Nominee |
Best Directorial Debut
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Directorial Debut | Marc Webb | Winner |
Best Editing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Editing | Alan Edward Bell | Winner |
Best Screenplay
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber | Winner |
Breakthrough Screenwriter
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Screenwriter | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber | Winner |
Favorite Scene
2 nominations
| Favorite Scene | 'Morning after' dance number | Nominee |
| Favorite Scene | 'Expectations vs. reality' split-screen sequence | Nominee |
Best Actor
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Nominee |
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1 nomination
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Nominee |
Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1 nomination
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Zooey Deschanel | Nominee |
Best Comedy
1 nomination
| Best Comedy | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Marc Webb | Nominee |
Best Film
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
Best Male Lead
1 nomination
| Best Male Lead | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Nominee |
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
Best Picture
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Favorite Independent Movie
1 nomination
| Favorite Independent Movie | Nominee |
Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film
1 nomination
| Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film | Nominee |
Most Promising Filmmaker
1 nomination
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Marc Webb | Nominee |