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A Woman Under the Influence
1974
· Movie
· 155 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #234
- IMDb #389
- Rotten Tomatoes #620
- Metacritic #332
- Letterboxd #51
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1286
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #476
- Metacritic Critics #261
- Metacritic Audience #825
- Criticker #13
- Kinopoisk #889
- AlloCiné #495
- Trakt #549
Every rating
77–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 77, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 91.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A blue-collar husband and his wife struggle to maintain a semblance of normal family life. The wife’s unconventional, emotionally volatile behavior increasingly unnerves her husband, his coworkers, and their neighbors. Her struggle with mental instability and his inability to cope with it create a tense and painful domestic environment, highlighting the immense strain her condition places on their marriage and their children.
Details
- Director
- John Cassavetes
- Writer
- John Cassavetes
- Studio
- Faces International Films
- Released
- 18 November 1974
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Box office
- $12.2M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →1 major award won · 8 wins from 14 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1974 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gena Rowlands | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1974 | Best Actress | Gena Rowlands | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1974 | Best Director | John Cassavetes | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1974 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | John Cassavetes | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1974 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1974 | Best Director – Motion Picture | John Cassavetes | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1974 | Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen | John Cassavetes | Nominee |
| Belgian Film Critics Association 1974 | Grand Prix | Winner |
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Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gena Rowlands | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | John Cassavetes | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | John Cassavetes | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Gena Rowlands | Nominee |
| Best Director | John Cassavetes | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen | John Cassavetes | Nominee |
San Sebastián International Film Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Gena Rowlands | Winner |
| OCIC Award (Honorable Mention) | John Cassavetes | Winner |
| Silver Seashell | John Cassavetes | Winner |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Gena Rowlands | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Gena Rowlands | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |