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Barton Fink
1991
· Movie
· 116 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #789
- IMDb #874
- Rotten Tomatoes #601
- Metacritic #1174
- Letterboxd #476
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1055
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #663
- Metacritic Critics #1571
- Metacritic Audience #648
- Criticker #258
- Douban #581
- Kinopoisk #863
- AlloCiné #915
- Trakt #1334
Every rating
69–90
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A celebrated New York playwright moves to Hollywood to write for the movies, suffering from intense writer's block. He checks into a strangely ominous hotel where he encounters a series of bizarre characters, including his jovial neighbor, as his reality begins to distort and collapse around him.
Details
- Directors
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Writers
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Studio
- Working Title, Circle Films
- Released
- 1 August 1991
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.0M
- Box office
- $6.2M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →3 major awards won · 9 wins from 21 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 1991 | Palme d'Or | Joel Coen | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1991 | Best Director | Joel Coen | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1991 | Best Actor | John Turturro | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Costume Design | Richard Hornung | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Supporting Actor | Michael Lerner | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Art Direction | Dennis Gassner and Nancy Haigh | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | John Goodman | Nominee |
| Artios Awards 1991 | Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama | Donna Isaacson and John Lyons | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | John Turturro | Winner |
| Best Director | Joel Coen | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Joel Coen | Winner |
Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Dennis Gassner and Nancy Haigh | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Richard Hornung | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Michael Lerner | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | John Goodman | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins (also for Homicide ) | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Michael Lerner | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Judy Davis (also for Naked Lunch ) | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
| Best Actor | John Turturro | Nominee |
| Best Director | Joel Coen | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Goodman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Michael Lerner | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama | Donna Isaacson and John Lyons | Nominee |
Belgian Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Grand Prix | Nominee |