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Dangerous Liaisons
1988
· Movie
· 119 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #998
- IMDb #1098
- Rotten Tomatoes #887
- Metacritic #937
- Letterboxd #1207
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #951
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1344
- Metacritic Critics #1134
- Metacritic Audience #802
- Criticker #504
- Kinopoisk #581
- AlloCiné #613
- Trakt #1380
Every rating
64–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In the lavish idleness of pre-revolutionary France, two rival aristocrats and former lovers engage in a cruel wager. He bets that he can seduce a famously virtuous married woman. She challenges him to corrupt a young innocent bride-to-be. They use seduction, deception, and manipulation as their weapons, treating the hearts and reputations of others as pawns in their game of emotional warfare, with devastating consequences.
Details
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Writer
- Christopher Hampton
- Based on
- Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
- Released
- 21 December 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $14.0M
- Box office
- $34.7M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (19) →
Awards & nominations
See all 34 →5 major awards won · 16 wins from 34 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Stuart Craig ; Set Decoration: Gérard James | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Costume Design | James Acheson | Winner |
| César Awards 1988 | Best Foreign Film | Stephen Frears | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1988 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Picture | Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Pfeiffer | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Stuart Craig ; Set Decoration: Gérard James | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | James Acheson | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | George Fenton | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Pfeiffer | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Stephen Frears | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Christopher Hampton | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Foreign Actor | John Malkovich | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Stephen Frears | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film (Audience Award) | Stephen Frears | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
10 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Michelle Pfeiffer | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | James Acheson | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Stephen Frears | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Mick Audsley | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up Artist | Jean-Luc Russier | Nominee |
| Best Original Film Score | George Fenton | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Stuart Craig | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Non-European Film | Stephen Frears | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Stephen Frears | Winner |
Fotogramas de Plata
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Stephen Frears | Winner |
Goldene Kamera
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Actress | Glenn Close | Winner |
Joseph Plateau Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Screenwriter of the Year | Christopher Hampton | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Pfeiffer | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Philippe Rousselot | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Philippe Rousselot | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Actor | John Malkovich | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Director | Stephen Frears | Nominee |