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Cruel Intentions
1999
· Movie
· 97 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2950
- IMDb #2594
- Google retired #2648
- Rotten Tomatoes #2618
- Metacritic #2332
- Letterboxd #3084
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3565
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1625
- Metacritic Critics #2849
- Metacritic Audience #1402
- Criticker #2327
- Douban #2230
- Kinopoisk #552
- AlloCiné #2835
- Trakt #2332
Every rating
42–80
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 42, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 80. Critics average 56, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two wealthy, manipulative step-siblings at a Manhattan prep school make a wicked bet. The rakish young man must seduce the new headmaster's virtuous daughter. If he succeeds, he wins the chance to bed his stepsister; if he fails, he must give her his prized Jaguar.
Details
- Director
- Roger Kumble
- Writer
- Roger Kumble
- Based on
- Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
- Released
- 5 March 1999
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $10.5M
- Box office
- $76.3M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →8 wins from 22 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 | Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
| Csapnivalo Awards 1999 | Best Movie | Nominee | |
| Csapnivalo Awards 1999 | Best Teen Movie | Nominee | |
| Csapnivalo Awards 1999 | Best Movie Soundtrack | Nominee | |
| Csapnivalo Awards 1999 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Nominee |
| Csapnivalo Awards 1999 | Best Original Score | Edward Shearmur | Winner |
| Golden Trailer Awards 1999 | Trashiest Trailer | Winner | |
| MTV Movie Awards 1999 | Best Male Performance | Ryan Phillippe | Nominee |
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Teen Choice Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Choice Drama Movie | Winner | |
| Choice Movie Sleazebag | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actor | Ryan Phillippe | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actress | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Hissy Fit | Ryan Phillippe | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Sleazebag | Ryan Phillippe | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Soundtrack | Cruel Intentions | Nominee |
| Choice Sexiest Love Scene | Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Female Performance | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Winner |
| Best Kiss | Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair | Winner |
| Best Breakthrough Female Performance | Selma Blair | Nominee |
| Best Male Performance | Ryan Phillippe | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Nominee |
Csapnivalo Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score | Edward Shearmur | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee | |
| Best Movie Soundtrack | Nominee | |
| Best Teen Movie | Nominee |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Trashiest Trailer | Winner |
Vega Digital Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Social Campaigns | Winner |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Worst Remake | Nominee |