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Amadeus
1984
· Movie
· 160 min
A
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #79
- IMDb #70
- Google retired #423
- Rotten Tomatoes #294
- Metacritic #127
- Letterboxd #67
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1017
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #81
- Metacritic Critics #296
- Metacritic Audience #64
- Criticker #111
- Douban #197
- Kinopoisk #121
- AlloCiné #107
- Trakt #181
Every rating
73–95
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95.
See the most agreed on films →The story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told through the eyes of his envious rival, composer Antonio Salieri. Now in an asylum, Salieri recounts how he was tormented by Mozart's genius and claims he was responsible for the young composer's mysterious and premature death.
Details
- Director
- Miloš Forman
- Writer
- Peter Shaffer
- Based on
- Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
- Studio
- The Saul Zaentz Company
- Released
- 19 September 1984
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian, Latin, German, French
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $90.0M
- Awards
- 42 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 55 →14 major awards won · 42 wins from 55 nominations across 23 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Makeup | Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Sound | Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, and Christopher Newman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Director | Miloš Forman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Actor | F. Murray Abraham | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Peter Shaffer | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Patrizia von Brandenstein ; Set Decoration: Karel Černý | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Costume Design | Theodor Pištěk | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Picture | Saul Zaentz | Winner |
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Academy Awards
11 nominations, 8 won
| Best Actor | F. Murray Abraham | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Patrizia von Brandenstein ; Set Decoration: Karel Černý | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Theodor Pištěk | Winner |
| Best Director | Miloš Forman | Winner |
| Best Makeup | Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc | Winner |
| Best Picture | Saul Zaentz | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Peter Shaffer | Winner |
| Best Sound | Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, and Christopher Newman | Winner |
| Best Actor | Tom Hulce | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Miroslav Ondříček | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | F. Murray Abraham | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Miloš Forman | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Peter Shaffer | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Tom Hulce | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Jeffrey Jones | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Miloš Forman | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
9 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Miroslav Ondříček | Winner |
| Best Editing | Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler | Winner |
| Best Make-Up Artist | Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith | Winner |
| Best Sound | John Nutt, Christopher Newman, and Mark Berger | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | F Murray Abraham | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Peter Shaffer | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Theodor Pištěk | Nominee |
| Best Film | Saul Zaentz and Miloš Forman | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Patrizia von Brandstein | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | F. Murray Abraham | Winner |
| Best Director | Miloš Forman | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay | Peter Shaffer | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Tom Hulce | Winner |
| Best Foreign Director | Miloš Forman | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Miloš Forman | Winner |
Joseph Plateau Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Artistic Contribution | Winner | |
| Best Director | Miloš Forman | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Tom Hulce | Winner |
| Best Foreign Director | Miloš Forman | Winner |
Amanda Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Feature Film | Miloš Forman | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | Nena Danevic and Michael Chandley | Winner |
Artios Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting | Mary Goldberg | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Jussi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Filmmaker | Miloš Forman | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | F. Murray Abraham | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Miloš Forman | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
Robert Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Miloš Forman | Winner |
Turkish Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
DVD Exclusive Awards
2 nominations
| Best Audio Commentary, Library Release | Miloš Forman and Peter Shaffer | Nominee |
| Original Retrospective Documentary, Library Release | Paul Hemstreet, Bill Jersey, and Charles Kiselyak | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Miroslav Ondrícek | Nominee |