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Buried
2010
· Movie
· 95 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2476
- IMDb #2374
- Google retired #3557
- Rotten Tomatoes #1967
- Metacritic #1961
- Letterboxd #2879
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1348
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2976
- Metacritic Critics #1952
- Metacritic Audience #2097
- Criticker #1536
- Douban #704
- Kinopoisk #1211
- AlloCiné #2323
- Trakt #2942
Every rating
51–87
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 51, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A civilian truck driver in Iraq wakes up to find himself buried alive inside a wooden coffin with only a lighter and a cell phone. With a limited oxygen supply, he must use the phone to contact anyone who can help him, navigating bureaucratic runarounds and negotiating with his captors while struggling against the crushing confinement and panic.
Details
- Director
- Rodrigo Cortés
- Writer
- Chris Sparling
- Released
- 24 September 2010
- Country
- Spain, United States, France, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Box office
- $19.2M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 28 →3 major awards won · 9 wins from 28 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Sound | Urko Garai, James Muñoz, Marc Orts | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Chris Sparling | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Editing | Rodrigo Cortés | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Original Score | Víctor Reyes | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Original Song | "In the Lap of the Mountain" by Rodrigo Cortés and Víctor Reyes | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Special Effects | Gabriel Paré, Àlex Villagrasa | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Actor | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Cinematography | Eduard Grau | Nominee |
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Goya Awards
10 nominations, 3 won
| Best Editing | Rodrigo Cortés | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Chris Sparling | Winner |
| Best Sound | Urko Garai, James Muñoz, Marc Orts | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Eduard Grau | Nominee |
| Best Director | Rodrigo Cortés | Nominee |
| Best Film | Buried | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Víctor Reyes | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "In the Lap of the Mountain" by Rodrigo Cortés and Víctor Reyes | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Gabriel Paré, Àlex Villagrasa | Nominee |
Gaudí Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Best Editing | Rodrigo Cortés | Winner |
| Best Film in non-Catalan language | Adrián Guerra and Peter Safran | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Maria de la Cámara and Gabriel Paré | Nominee |
| Best Director | Rodrigo Cortés | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Chris Sparling | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Urko Garai, James Muñoz, Marc Orts | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Mònica Alarcón, María de la Cámara, Gabriel Paré and Àlex Villagrassa | Nominee |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Ryan Reynolds | Winner |
| Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film | Nominee | |
| Best Score | Víctor Reyes | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Chris Sparling | Nominee |
Méliès International Festivals Federation
1 nomination, 1 won
| Méliès d'Or | Winner |
National Board of Review Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Chris Sparling | Winner |
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best European Film | Adrián Guerra and Peter Safran | Winner |
IGN Movie Award
1 nomination
| Best Performance | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
MTV Movie Award
1 nomination
| Best Scared-As-S**t Performance | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
Saturn Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |