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A Room with a View
1985
· Movie
· 117 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #787
- IMDb #1786
- Rotten Tomatoes #305
- Metacritic #395
- Letterboxd #1498
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #32
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1126
- Metacritic Critics #512
- Metacritic Audience #454
- Criticker #920
- Kinopoisk #2424
- AlloCiné #1633
Every rating
59–100
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 92, everyone else 76.
See the most agreed on films →A young, repressed Englishwoman travels to Florence with her chaperone. She meets a free-spirited young man who forces her to confront her own emotions and the stifling conventions of Edwardian society. Back in England, she is courted by a wealthy but sterile suitor, forcing her to choose between social expectation and passionate love.
Details
- Director
- James Ivory
- Writer
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Based on
- A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
- Released
- 7 March 1986
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $21.0M
- Awards
- 24 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 44 →6 major awards won · 24 wins from 44 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow ; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar and Elio Altamura | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Costume Design | Jenny Beavan and John Bright | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1985 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Maggie Smith | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1985 | Best Foreign Film (Special Distinction Award) | Winner | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1985 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Picture | Ismail Merchant | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow ; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar and Elio Altamura | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Jenny Beavan and John Bright | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Nominee |
| Best Director | James Ivory | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Ismail Merchant | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Denholm Elliott | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Maggie Smith | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Maggie Smith | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | James Ivory | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film (Special Distinction Award) | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | James Ivory | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
14 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Maggie Smith | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Judi Dench | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Jenny Beavan and John Bright | Winner |
| Best Film | Ismail Merchant and James Ivory | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Simon Callow | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Denholm Elliott | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Rosemary Leach | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Nominee |
| Best Direction | James Ivory | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Humphrey Dixon | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Richard Robbins | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Tony Lenny, Ray Beckett, and Richard King | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis (also for My Beautiful Laundrette ) | Winner |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Director | James Ivory | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | James Ivory | Winner |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | James Ivory | Winner |
| Best Technical or Artistic Achievement | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Denholm Elliott | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Maggie Smith | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematographer | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis (also for My Beautiful Laundrette ) | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film of the Year | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | James Ivory | Winner |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Nominee |
Venice International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Lion | James Ivory | Nominee |