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Coraline
2009
· Movie
· 100 min
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #114
- IMDb #69
- Google retired #96
- Rotten Tomatoes #182
- Metacritic #62
- Letterboxd #34
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #139
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #255
- Metacritic Critics #73
- Metacritic Audience #61
- Criticker #64
- Douban #61
- Kinopoisk #146
- AlloCiné #162
- Trakt #77
Every rating
61–94
out of 100
A curious young girl discovers a hidden door in her new home that leads to a seemingly perfect parallel version of her life. In this Other World, her button-eyed Other Parents are attentive and exciting, offering everything she desires. However, this idealized facade begins to crack, revealing a sinister truth. Coraline realizes that this world's enchanting allure is a trap, and she must outsmart the predatory entity behind it to save herself and her real parents.
Details
- Director
- Henry Selick
- Writer
- Henry Selick
- Based on
- a work by Neil Gaiman
- Studio
- LAIKA, Pandemonium
- Released
- 5 February 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Russian
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $60.0M
- Box office
- $185.9M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 21 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 31 →10 wins from 31 nominations across 19 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2009 | Best Animated Feature | Henry Selick | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2009 | Best Animated Film | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2009 | Best Animated Feature Film | Nominee | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards 2009 | Producer of the Year in Animated Motion Picture | Nominee | |
| American Film Institute Awards 2009 | Best 10 Movies | Winner | |
| Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2009 | Best Feature – Tied | Winner | |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Best Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production | Travis Knight | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Shane Prigmore; Shannon Tindle | Winner |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Henry Selick | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature Film | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Producer of the Year in Animated Motion Picture | Nominee |
Annie Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Shane Prigmore; Shannon Tindle | Winner |
| Best Music in an Animated Feature Production | Bruno Coulais | Winner |
| Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Christopher Appelhans; Tadahiro Uesugi | Winner |
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee | |
| Best Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production | Travis Knight | Nominee |
| Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Henry Selick | Nominee |
| Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Chris Butler | Nominee |
| Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Dawn French | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Career Achievement (sound designer/re-recording mixer) | Randy Thom | Winner |
| Lifetime Achievement | Henry Selick | Winner |
EDA Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Female (the character of Coraline) | Winner | |
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best 10 Movies | Winner |
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Feature – Tied | Winner |
British Academy Children's Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Feature Film | Bill Mechanic, Henry Selick, Claire Jennings, Mary Sandell | Winner |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
Visual Effects Society Awards
4 nominations
| Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Coraline – Lead Animators Travis Knight and Trey Thomas | Nominee |
| Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Claire Jennings, Henry Selick | Nominee |
| Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | John Allan Armstrong, Richard Kent Burton, Craig Dowsett | Nominee |
| Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture | Deborah Cook, Matthew DeLeu, Paul Mack, Martin Meunier | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Music, Dialogue and ADR Animation in a Feature Film | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated 3D Movie of 2009 | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
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