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Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
· Movie
· 124 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2255
- IMDb #2334
- Google retired #1374
- Rotten Tomatoes #1833
- Metacritic #1754
- Letterboxd #2635
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2010
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2102
- Metacritic Critics #1801
- Metacritic Audience #1667
- Criticker #2503
- Douban #1425
- Kinopoisk #3360
- AlloCiné #1983
- Trakt #944
Every rating
40–88
out of 100
It is 1942, and a determined young man from Brooklyn is repeatedly rejected from serving in World War II due to his frail physique. He is ultimately accepted into a top-secret military project that transforms him into a super-soldier known as Captain America. Donning a patriotic costume, he must battle a Nazi secret organization led by the sinister Red Skull, who possesses a mysterious artifact of untold power.
Details
- Director
- Joe Johnston
- Writers
- Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
- Based on
- Captain America
- Studio
- Marvel Studios, Marvel Entertainment
- Released
- 22 July 2011
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Norwegian, French
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $140.0M
- Box office
- $370.6M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 23 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 26 →3 wins from 26 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| BMI Film & TV Awards 2012 | Film Music Award | Alan Silvestri | Winner |
| Empire Awards 2012 | Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards 2012 | Best Hero | Captain America | Nominee |
| People's Choice Awards 2012 | Favorite Movie Superhero | Chris Evans | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2012 | Best Special Effects | Mark Soper, Christopher Townsend, Paul Corbould | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2012 | Best Science Fiction Film | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2012 | Best Actor | Chris Evans | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Stanley Tucci | Nominee |
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Scream Awards
11 nominations, 1 won
| Best Superhero | Chris Evans as Captain America | Winner |
| Best 3-D Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
| Best Comic Book Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Actor | Chris Evans | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Hayley Atwell | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Hugo Weaving as Red Skull | Nominee |
| Breakout Performance – Female | Hayley Atwell | Nominee |
| Fight Scene of the Year | Final Battle: Captain America vs. Red Skull | Nominee |
| The Ultimate Scream | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Casey Allen, Trent Claus, Brian Hajek, and Cliff Welsh | Winner |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Charlie Noble, Mark Soper, Christopher Townsend, and Edson Williams | Nominee |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Alan Silvestri | Winner |
Saturn Awards
7 nominations
| Best Actor | Chris Evans | Nominee |
| Best Costume | Anne B. Sheppard | Nominee |
| Best Music | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Rick Heinrichs | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Mark Soper, Christopher Townsend, Paul Corbould | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Stanley Tucci | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Choice Summer Movie Star: Male | Chris Evans | Nominee |
| Choice Summer: Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Hero | Captain America | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Movie Superhero | Chris Evans | Nominee |