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Cloverfield
2008
· Movie
· 85 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2760
- IMDb #2111
- Google retired #3388
- Rotten Tomatoes #2174
- Metacritic #1886
- Letterboxd #2493
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2162
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2714
- Metacritic Critics #2023
- Metacritic Audience #1682
- Criticker #2064
- Douban #1330
- Kinopoisk #2832
- AlloCiné #2526
- Trakt #2578
Every rating
45–78
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 45, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A going-away party in New York City is violently interrupted by a massive creature that attacks the city. A group of friends documents their harrowing journey through the crumbling streets on a handheld camera as they attempt to rescue a friend trapped in her apartment across town.
Details
- Director
- Matt Reeves
- Writer
- Drew Goddard
- Studio
- Bad Robot
- Released
- 15 January 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $170.8M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 26 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 31 →5 wins from 31 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2009 | Top Box Office Films | Michael Giacchino | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2009 | Best Score | Michael Giacchino | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2009 | Best Wide Release Film | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2009 | Worst Film | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Gold Derby Awards 2009 | Visual Effects | Kevin Blank, Mike Ellis and Eric Leven | Nominee |
| Golden Reel Awards 2009 | Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Douglas Murray, Will Files, Cheryl Nardi, Sue Fox and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | Nominee |
| Golden Reel Awards 2009 | Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Will Files, Douglas Murray, Luke Dunn Gielmuda, Robert Shoup, Josh Gold, Andrea Gard, Steve Bissinger, Kim Foscato, Samuel H. Hinckley, Andy Malcolm and Goro Koyama | Nominee |
| International Film Music Critics Awards 2009 | Film Music Composition of the Year | Michael Giacchino | Nominee |
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Golden Schmoes Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Horror Movie of the Year | Cloverfield | Winner |
| Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects of the Year | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Best Trailer of the Year | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie Poster of the Year | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Most Underrated Movie of the Year | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Trippiest Movie of the Year | Cloverfield | Nominee |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Score | Michael Giacchino | Winner |
| Best Wide Release Film | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Worst Film | Cloverfield | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction Film | Cloverfield | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lizzy Caplan | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | Michael Giacchino | Winner |
Internet Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Experimental Film | Cloverfield | Winner |
International Online Cinema Awards
3 nominations
| Best Sound Editing | Douglas Murray and Will Files | Nominee |
| Best Sound Mixing | Anna Behlmer, Will Files and Ed White | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Cloverfield | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
3 nominations
| Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller Actor | Michael Stahl-David | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller Actress | Odette Yustman | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
3 nominations
| Best Single Visual Effect of the Year | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Cloverfield | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
2 nominations
| Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Douglas Murray, Will Files, Cheryl Nardi, Sue Fox and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Will Files, Douglas Murray, Luke Dunn Gielmuda, Robert Shoup, Josh Gold, Andrea Gard, Steve Bissinger, Kim Foscato, Samuel H. Hinckley, Andy Malcolm and Goro Koyama | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
2 nominations
| Best Thriller | Cloverfield | Nominee |
| Most Original | Cloverfield | Nominee |
Gold Derby Awards
1 nomination
| Visual Effects | Kevin Blank, Mike Ellis and Eric Leven | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Film Music Composition of the Year | Michael Giacchino | Nominee |
Italian Online Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Special Effects | Cloverfield | Nominee |
Scream Awards
1 nomination
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Cloverfield | Nominee |