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Cape Fear
1991
· Movie
· 128 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1688
- IMDb #1431
- Google retired #2638
- Rotten Tomatoes #1888
- Metacritic #1165
- Letterboxd #1366
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2277
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1938
- Metacritic Audience #1182
- Criticker #1281
- Douban #1270
- Kinopoisk #2051
- AlloCiné #874
- Trakt #1510
Every rating
54–80
out of 100
A convicted rapist is released from prison after serving a 14-year sentence. He begins to systematically stalk the family of the defense lawyer he believes intentionally buried evidence that could have acquitted him. His campaign of psychological terror escalates into direct threats, forcing the lawyer to take extreme measures to protect his wife and daughter.
Details
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Writer
- Wesley Strick
- Based on
- Cape Fear
- Released
- 13 November 1991
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $182.3M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →3 wins from 16 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Best Actor 1991 | Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1991 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography 1991 | Best Cinematography | Freddie Francis | Nominee |
| Best Director 1991 | Best Director | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |
| Best Editing 1991 | Best Editing | Thelma Schoonmaker | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Actor 1991 | Best Foreign Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best International Actor 1991 | Best International Actor | Robert De Niro | Winner |
| Best Kiss 1991 | Best Kiss | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
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Best International Actor
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Actor | Robert De Niro | Winner |
Most Promising Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Promising Actress | Juliette Lewis | Winner |
N/a
1 nomination, 1 won
| N/a | Elmer Bernstein | Winner |
Best Kiss
2 nominations
| Best Kiss | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Kiss | Juliette Lewis | Nominee |
Best Actor
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1 nomination
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
Best Cinematography
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Freddie Francis | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |
Best Editing
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Thelma Schoonmaker | Nominee |
Best Foreign Actor
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
Best Male Performance
1 nomination
| Best Male Performance | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Juliette Lewis | Nominee |
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Juliette Lewis | Nominee |
Best Villain
1 nomination
| Best Villain | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
Golden Berlin Bear
1 nomination
| Golden Berlin Bear | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |