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An American Werewolf in London
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1706
- IMDb #1058
- Google retired #1186
- Rotten Tomatoes #1357
- Metacritic #2329
- Letterboxd #1011
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2043
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1089
- Metacritic Critics #2967
- Metacritic Audience #1215
- Criticker #799
- Douban #1699
- Kinopoisk #2815
- AlloCiné #2153
- Trakt #1535
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Lowest is Metacritic critics on 55, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two American backpackers are attacked by a vicious creature on the English moors; one is killed, the other is severely wounded. The survivor wakes up in a London hospital to be told his friend is dead and that he is recovering from animal attacks. He is soon haunted by graphic nightmares and the decaying corpse of his friend, who warns him that he will transform into a werewolf at the next full moon.
Details
- Director
- John Landis
- Writer
- John Landis
- Studio
- Lyncanthrope Films, Polygram Pictures
- Released
- 21 August 1981
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $32.0M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 1 →1 major award won · 1 win from 1 nomination across 1 ceremony
| 54th Academy Awards 1982 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Rick Baker | Winner |
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