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Anna Karenina
2012
· Movie
· 129 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3084
- IMDb #3142
- Google retired #2135
- Rotten Tomatoes #3345
- Metacritic #2529
- Letterboxd #1891
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3148
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4023
- Metacritic Critics #2125
- Metacritic Audience #3180
- Criticker #1419
- Douban #1332
- Kinopoisk #3059
- AlloCiné #2923
- Trakt #3262
Every rating
50–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 50, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In Imperial Russian high society, a married aristocrat enters into a life-changing affair with a charming cavalry officer. Their passionate and scandalous romance defies the strict social conventions of the time, leading to her ostracization. The story explores the devastating consequences of their love as she is forced to choose between her desire for personal happiness and her duties to her family and position.
Details
- Director
- Joe Wright
- Writer
- Tom Stoppard
- Based on
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Studio
- Working Title, Focus Features
- Released
- 6 September 2012
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $40.6M
- Box office
- $68.9M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 22 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 31 →3 major awards won · 9 wins from 31 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2012 | Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2012 | Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2012 | Best Art Direction | Katie Spencer Sarah Greenwood | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2012 | Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2012 | Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2012 | Best Production Design | Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award 2012 | Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2012 | Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction | Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Art Direction | Katie Spencer Sarah Greenwood | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Winner |
Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Ivana Primorac | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | Dario Marianelli | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Film | Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard | Nominee |
European Film Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Production Designer | Sarah Greenwood | Winner |
| Best Actor | Jude Law | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Tom Stoppard | Nominee |
| People's Choice Award | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations, 1 won
| Movie You Wanted to Love But Just Couldn't | Winner | |
| Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction | Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson | Nominee |
Hamptons International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performer | Domhnall Gleeson Alicia Vikander | Winner |
Hollywood Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hollywood Film Award for Production Designer of the Year | Sarah Greenwood | Winner |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Winner |
Satellite Awards 2012
6 nominations
| Best Actress – Motion Picture | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tom Stoppard | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Thomas Brown Nick Gottschalk Sarah Greenwood Niall Moroney Tom Still | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Worst Film | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Production Design | Sarah Greenwood | Nominee |