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Bridge of Spies
2015
· Movie
· 142 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #827
- IMDb #820
- Google retired #728
- Rotten Tomatoes #652
- Metacritic #670
- Letterboxd #1714
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #856
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #887
- Metacritic Critics #607
- Metacritic Audience #1003
- Criticker #1226
- Douban #479
- Kinopoisk #1287
- AlloCiné #629
- Trakt #978
Every rating
55–92
out of 100
During the Cold War, an insurance lawyer is recruited by the CIA to undertake a nearly impossible task: negotiate the exchange of a captured Soviet spy for a captured American U-2 pilot. His mission takes him to East Berlin, a city tense with political strife and paranoia, just as the Berlin Wall is being built. He must navigate the delicate and treacherous negotiations with the KGB and Stasi, operating without official backing and adhering to his own principles of justice to secure the trade.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writers
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Matt Charman
- Released
- 15 October 2015
- Country
- United States, Germany, India
- Language
- English, German, Russian
- Runtime
- 142 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $40.0M
- Box office
- $165.5M
- Awards
- 19 wins, 44 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 63 →1 major award won · 19 wins from 63 nominations across 38 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2016 | Best Production Design | Production Design: Adam Stockhausen ; Set Decoration: Bernhard Henrich and Rena DeAngelo | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2016 | Best Sound Mixing | Drew Kunin, Andy Nelson, and Gary Rydstrom | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2016 | Best Picture | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2016 | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2016 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild 2016 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Adam Stockhausen | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Production Design: Adam Stockhausen ; Set Decoration: Bernhard Henrich and Rena DeAngelo | Nominee |
| Best Sound Mixing | Drew Kunin, Andy Nelson, and Gary Rydstrom | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
5 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Adam Stockhausen, and Rena DeAngelo | Nominee |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, and Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Adam Stockhausen | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
Hollywood Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Hollywood Cinematography Award | Janusz Kamiński | Winner |
| Hollywood Sound Award | Gary Rydstrom | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Mark Rylance | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Michael Kahn | Nominee |
| Best Film | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Film Music | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, and Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Adam Stockhausen, Bernhard Henrich, and Rena DeAngelo | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, and Gary Rydstrom | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Adam Stockhausen, Bernhard Henrich, and Rena DeAngelo | Winner |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Film | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Michael Kahn | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, and Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Drama TV Spot | "Standing Man International" | Winner |
| Best Drama | "Standing Man" | Nominee |
AACTA Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor – International | Mark Rylance | Winner |
American Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films of the Year | Bridge of Spies | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Bridge of Spies | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Mark Rylance | Winner |
Motion Picture Sound Editors
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing: Feature English Language – Dialogue/ADR | Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, and Steve Slanec | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | Bridge of Spies | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Winner |
Saturn Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Thriller Film | Bridge of Spies | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, and Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2 nominations
| Best Production Design | Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, and Bernhard Henrich | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Theatrical Release | Janusz Kamiński | Nominee |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Big Budget – Drama | Ellen Lewis, and Kate Sprance | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture – Live Action | Bridge of Spies | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Thriller | Bridge of Spies | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
Golden Eagle Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Bridge of Spies | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Bridge of Spies | Nominee |