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A Ghost Story
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2086
- IMDb #2657
- Google retired #3379
- Rotten Tomatoes #1733
- Metacritic #808
- Letterboxd #1265
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #858
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2833
- Metacritic Critics #434
- Metacritic Audience #2084
- Criticker #1167
- Douban #1045
- Kinopoisk #3195
- AlloCiné #2883
- Trakt #3220
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 88, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A musician dies in a car accident but returns as a silent ghost, shrouded in a simple white sheet. He remains in the house he shared with his grieving wife, silently observing the passage of time. He is forced to watch as she moves on and new inhabitants cycle through his home, trapped in a timeless state of longing and memory.
Details
- Director
- David Lowery
- Writer
- David Lowery
- Released
- 24 April 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $100.0K
- Box office
- $1.9M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →9 wins from 16 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | John Cassavetes Award | A Ghost Story | Nominee |
| Sundance Film Festival 2018 | Audience Award | David Lowery | Nominee |
| Georgia Film Critics Association 2018 | Best Film | A Ghost Story | Nominee |
| Georgia Film Critics Association 2018 | Best Original Song | "I Get Overwhelmed" | Nominee |
| Houston Film Critics Society 2018 | Best Original Song | "I Get Overwhelmed" | Nominee |
| Houston Film Critics Society 2018 | Texas Independent Film Award | A Ghost Story | Winner |
| National Board of Review 2018 | Top Ten Independent Films | A Ghost Story | Winner |
| Boston Society of Film Critics 2017 | Best Film Editing | David Lowery | Winner |
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16 awards — A Ghost Story
×| John Cassavetes Award | A Ghost Story | Nominee |
| Audience Award | David Lowery | Nominee |
| Critics Prize | David Lowery | Winner |
| Jury Prize | David Lowery | Winner |
| Revelation Prize | David Lowery | Winner |
| Grand Special Prize | David Lowery | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Andrew Droz Palermo | Winner |
| Carnet Jove Jury Award | David Lowery | Winner |
| Texas Independent Film Award | A Ghost Story | Winner |
| Best Original Song | "I Get Overwhelmed" | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | David Lowery | Winner |
| Camera Lucida Award | David Lowery | Winner |
| Top Ten Independent Films | A Ghost Story | Winner |
| Best Film | A Ghost Story | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "I Get Overwhelmed" | Nominee |
| Best Picture | A Ghost Story | Nominee |