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Charlie Wilson's War
2007
· Movie
· 102 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2640
- IMDb #2193
- Google retired #1651
- Rotten Tomatoes #1835
- Metacritic #1980
- Letterboxd #3242
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1833
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2310
- Metacritic Critics #1718
- Metacritic Audience #2523
- Criticker #1724
- Douban #1970
- Kinopoisk #5418
- AlloCiné #2617
- Trakt #2396
Every rating
49–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A hard-partying, womanizing Texas congressman becomes intrigued by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He teams up with a wealthy Houston socialite and a maverick CIA operative to launch a covert operation to supply the Afghan mujahideen with weapons, a operation that dramatically changes the course of the Cold War.
Details
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Writer
- Aaron Sorkin
- Based on
- Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile III
- Released
- 19 December 2007
- Country
- Germany, United States
- Language
- English, Dari, Russian, Urdu, Hebrew, Arabic
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $75.0M
- Box office
- $119.5M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →3 wins from 15 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2008 | Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2008 | Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2008 | Best Writer | Aaron Sorkin | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2008 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2008 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2008 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2008 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Julia Roberts | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2008 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Julia Roberts | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
| Best Writer | Aaron Sorkin | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor (also for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Savages ) | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Winner |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin | Winner |
World Soundtrack Academy
1 nomination, 1 won
| Soundtrack Composer of the Year (also for Michael Clayton and I Am Legend ) | James Newton Howard | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nominee |