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Body Double
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2425
- IMDb #2724
- Rotten Tomatoes #2277
- Metacritic #1744
- Letterboxd #1272
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2141
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3013
- Metacritic Critics #1575
- Metacritic Audience #2211
- Criticker #997
- Kinopoisk #3537
- AlloCiné #2094
- Trakt #3351
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A struggling actor housesitting a luxurious home becomes obsessed with watching a beautiful neighbor who performs a seductive dance each night. When he witnesses her murder, he is plunged into a mystery. His investigation leads him into the dark underworld of the adult film industry, where nothing is as it seems. He must decipher reality from performance to uncover the truth behind the violent act he saw.
Details
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Writers
- Brian De Palma, Robert J. Avrech
- Released
- 25 October 1984
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $8.8M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →2 wins from 4 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1984 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Melanie Griffith | Nominee |
| Clio Awards 1984 | Award for teaser trailer | Winner | |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1984 | Worst Director | Brian De Palma | Nominee |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards 1984 | Best Supporting Actress | Melanie Griffith | Winner |
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×| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Melanie Griffith | Nominee |
| Award for teaser trailer | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Melanie Griffith | Winner |
| Worst Director | Brian De Palma | Nominee |