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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
· Movie
· 120 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #444
- IMDb #550
- Google retired #1195
- Rotten Tomatoes #428
- Metacritic #109
- Letterboxd #453
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #277
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #967
- Metacritic Critics #84
- Metacritic Audience #384
- Criticker #609
- Douban #337
- Kinopoisk #1512
- AlloCiné #1420
- Trakt #825
Every rating
62–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 95, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A noble warrior decides to leave his legendary sword behind, but it is stolen almost immediately. The pursuit of the thief unveils a hidden world of romance, honor, and a young aristocrat's desperate yearning for a life of adventure beyond her arranged marriage.
Details
- Director
- Ang Lee
- Writers
- James Schamus, Tsai Kuo-Jung, Wang Huiling
- Based on
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu
- Released
- 6 July 2000
- Country
- Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States, China
- Language
- Mandarin
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $17.0M
- Box office
- $214.0M
- Awards
- 53 wins, 47 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 100 →10 major awards won · 53 wins from 100 nominations across 22 ceremonies
| 2000 Directors Guild of America Awards 2000 | Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
| 58th Golden Globe Awards 2000 | Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
| 58th Golden Globe Awards 2000 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| 73rd Academy Awards 2000 | Best Foreign Language Film | Taiwan | Winner |
| 73rd Academy Awards 2000 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction and Set Decoration: Tim Yip | Winner |
| 73rd Academy Awards 2000 | Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Winner |
| 73rd Academy Awards 2000 | Best Original Score | Tan Dun | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2000 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Winner |
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73rd Academy Awards
10 nominations, 4 won
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction and Set Decoration: Tim Yip | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Taiwan | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Tan Dun | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Tim Yip | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | Jorge Calandrelli, Tan Dun and James Schamus for " A Love Before Time " | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Bill Kong, Hsu Li-kong, and Ang Lee | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Awards 2000
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Winner |
58th Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Best Original Score | Tan Dun | Nominee |
2000 Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards 2000
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung | Nominee |
20th Hong Kong Film Awards
16 nominations, 8 won
| Best Action Choreography | Yuen Wo-ping | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Winner |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Original Film Score | Tan Dun | Winner |
| Best Original Film Song | Tan Dun, Jorge Calandrelli, Yee Kar-yeung, Coco Lee | Winner |
| Best Sound Design | Eugene Gearty | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Cheng Pei-pei | Winner |
| Best Actor | Chow Yun-fat | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Michelle Yeoh | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Tim Yip | Nominee |
| Best Costume Make Up Design | Tim Yip | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Chang Chen | Nominee |
37th Golden Horse Awards – 2000
12 nominations, 6 won
| Best Action Choreography | Yuen Wo-ping | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Winner | |
| Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Tan Dun | Winner |
| Best Sound Design | Eugene Gearty | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Leo Lo, and Rob Hodgson | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Tim Yip | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominee |
| Best Leading Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
| Best Leading Actress | Michelle Yeoh | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay Adaption | Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung | Nominee |
54th British Academy Film Awards
14 nominations, 4 won
| Best Costume Design | Tim Yip | Winner |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Winner | |
| Best Music | Tan Dun | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Michelle Yeoh | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Nominee | |
| Best Production Design | Tim Yip | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Nominee | |
| Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2000
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Winner | |
| Best Original Score | Tan Dun | Winner |
| Most Promising Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2000
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Winner |
| Best Music Score | Tan Dun | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Production Design | Tim Yip | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2000
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress | Michelle Yeoh | Winner |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Winner |
Ammy Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Female Actor in a Cinematic Production | Michelle Yeoh | Winner |
| Best Hollywood Picture | Ang Lee | Winner |
| Best Male Actor in a Cinematic Production | Chow Yun Fat | Winner |
| Best Female Actor in a Cinematic Production | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Tan Dun | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
27th Saturn Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Chow Yu-Fat | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Michelle Yeoh | Nominee |
| Best Costumes | Timmy Yip | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominee |
| Best Music | Tan Dun and Yo-Yo Ma | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Zhang Ziyi | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Kuo Jung Tsai | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards 2000
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Top Foreign Films | Nominee |
2000 Film Fest Gent festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Georges Delerue Award | Tan Dun | Winner |
2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Winner |
2000 Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| People's Choice Award | Ang Lee | Winner |
54th Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Non-American Film | Winner |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2000
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Hugo Award (2001)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Winner |
2000 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Peter Pau | Nominee |