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8½
1963
· Movie
· 139 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #131
- IMDb #342
- Google retired #2246
- Rotten Tomatoes #164
- Metacritic #134
- Letterboxd #155
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #220
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #436
- Metacritic Critics #109
- Metacritic Audience #438
- Douban #263
- Kinopoisk #372
- AlloCiné #739
- Trakt #677
Every rating
78–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 78, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 95, everyone else 83.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A famous Italian film director suffers from stifling creative block while preparing his next science-fiction epic. He retreats into a world of dreams, memories, and fantasies, searching for inspiration. As he struggles to fend off the pressures from his producers, crew, and the various women in his life, the lines between his reality and his imagination become increasingly blurred.
Details
- Director
- Federico Fellini
- Released
- 14 February 1963
- Country
- Italy, France
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Rated
- NR
- Awards
- 12 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →2 major awards won · 12 wins from 21 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Academy Award 1963 | Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | Piero Gherardi | Winner |
| Academy Award 1963 | Best Foreign Language Film | Italy | Winner |
| Academy Award 1963 | Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Brunello Rondi | Nominee |
| Academy Award 1963 | Best Director | Federico Fellini | Nominee |
| Academy Award 1963 | Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Piero Gherardi | Nominee |
| BAFTA Award 1963 | Best Film from any Source | N/a | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Award 1963 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Federico Fellini | Nominee |
| Bodil Award 1963 | Best European Film | N/a | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Academy Award
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | Piero Gherardi | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Italy | Winner |
| Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Piero Gherardi | Nominee |
| Best Director | Federico Fellini | Nominee |
| Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Brunello Rondi | Nominee |
BAFTA Award
1 nomination
| Best Film from any Source | N/a | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Federico Fellini | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
9 nominations, 6 won
| Best Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo | Winner |
| Best Director | Federico Fellini | Winner |
| Best Producer | Angelo Rizzoli | Winner |
| Best Score | Nino Rota | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi | Winner |
| Best Story | Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano | Winner |
| Best Actor | Marcello Mastroianni | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Piero Gherardi | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Piero Gherardi | Nominee |
National Board of Review
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Winner |
| Top Five Foreign Language Films | N/a | Winner |
Moscow International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix | Federico Fellini | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Winner |
Bodil Award
1 nomination
| Best European Film | N/a | Nominee |