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American Sniper
2014
· Movie
· 133 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1889
- IMDb #1385
- Google retired #1415
- Rotten Tomatoes #1834
- Metacritic #1695
- Letterboxd #2422
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2654
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1201
- Metacritic Critics #1152
- Metacritic Audience #2784
- Criticker #2419
- Douban #915
- Kinopoisk #2514
- AlloCiné #331
- Trakt #1204
Every rating
41–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 41, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The story of a Navy SEAL who becomes the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield, but the time spent on tour takes a heavy toll on his family and his psyche, creating a struggle between his duty and his desire to return home.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer
- Jason Hall
- Based on
- American Sniper by Chris Kyle
- Released
- 25 December 2014
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Arabic
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $58.8M
- Box office
- $542.3M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 27 →9 wins from 27 nominations across 25 ceremonies
| Best Action Movie 2014 | Best Action Movie | American Sniper | Nominee |
| Best Actor 2014 | Best Actor | Bradley Cooper (tied with Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel ) | Winner |
| Best Actor 2014 | Best Actor | Bradley Cooper | Nominee |
| Best Actor in an Action Movie 2014 | Best Actor in an Action Movie | Bradley Cooper | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay 2014 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Jason Hall | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography 2014 | Best Cinematography | Tom Stern | Nominee |
| Best Director 2014 | Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic 2014 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach | Nominee |
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27 awards — American Sniper
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Best Actor
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Bradley Cooper (tied with Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel ) | Winner |
| Best Actor | Bradley Cooper | Nominee |
Best Picture
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Picture | American Sniper | Winner |
| Best Picture | Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan | Nominee |
Best Actor in an Action Movie
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor in an Action Movie | Bradley Cooper | Winner |
Best Male Performance
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Male Performance | Bradley Cooper | Winner |
Best Movie Yet to Open in Iowa
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Movie Yet to Open in Iowa | American Sniper (tied with A Most Violent Year ) | Winner |
Best Sound Editing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing | Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman | Winner |
Feature English Language - Effects/Foley
1 nomination, 1 won
| Feature English Language - Effects/Foley | Bub Asman, Alan Robert Murray | Winner |
Top Ten Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Film | Winner |
Top Ten Films of the Year
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films of the Year | Winner |
Best Action Movie
1 nomination
| Best Action Movie | American Sniper | Nominee |
Best Adapted Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jason Hall | Nominee |
Best Cinematography
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Tom Stern | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach | Nominee |
Best Editing
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Gary Roach and Joel Cox | Nominee |
Best Film Editing
1 nomination
| Best Film Editing | Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach | Nominee |
Best Sound
1 nomination
| Best Sound | Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman | Nominee |
Best Sound Mixing
1 nomination
| Best Sound Mixing | John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin | Nominee |
Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Sienna Miller | Nominee |
Best Theatrical Motion Picture
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar, Robert Lorenz, Peter Morgan | Nominee |
Best Thriller Film
1 nomination
| Best Thriller Film | American Sniper | Nominee |
Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | James J. Murakami, Charisse Cardenas | Nominee |
Movie of the Year
1 nomination
| Movie of the Year | American Sniper | Nominee |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action | Walt Martin, Gregg Rudloff, John Reitz, Robert Fernandez, Thomas J. O'Connell, James Ashwell | Nominee |
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |