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An Ideal Husband
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71/100
Every rating
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Lowest is Letterboxd on 65, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 85.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
Details
- Director
- Oliver Parker
- Writer
- Oliver Parker
- Released
- 14 January 1999
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $14.0M
- Box office
- $18.5M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 13 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →2 wins from 15 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| BAFTA Award 2000 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominee | |
| BAFTA Award 2000 | Best Makeup and Hair | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Award 1999 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Nominee | |
| Chlotrudis Award 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Nominee | |
| Chlotrudis Award 2000 | Best Actor | Nominee | |
| Chlotrudis Award 2000 | Best Actress | Nominee | |
| London Film Critics Circle Award 2000 | Actor of the Year | Jeremy Northam | Winner |
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| Best Makeup and Hair | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
| Actor of the Year | Jeremy Northam | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Julianne Moore | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Nominee | |
| Best Costume Design | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Nominee | |
| Best Actress | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Rupert Everett | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominee |