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Dangerous Minds
MEANRANK
62/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3718
- IMDb #3477
- Google retired #551
- Rotten Tomatoes #3723
- Metacritic #3604
- Letterboxd #3064
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4482
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3055
- Metacritic Critics #3819
- Metacritic Audience #3089
- Criticker #2710
- Kinopoisk #1057
- AlloCiné #3398
- Trakt #2164
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 36, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 41, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A former Marine becomes a teacher at a tough, inner-city high school. Her students are unruly and disinterested. She uses unconventional methods, including karate and the lyrics of Bob Dylan, to break through their hardened exteriors and connect with them. She works to show the class that they have potential and that their choices will determine their futures.
Details
- Director
- John N. Smith
- Writers
- Elaine May, Ronald Bass
- Released
- 11 August 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $23.0M
- Box office
- $179.5M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →2 wins from 7 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Grammy Awards 1995 | — | " Gangsta's Paradise " by Coolio | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1995 | — | Michelle Pfeiffer | Winner |
| MTV Movie Awards 1995 | — | Best Movie | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards 1995 | — | Michelle Pfeiffer | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards 1995 | — | "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio | Nominee |
| MTV Video Music Awards 1995 | — | "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio | Winner |
| NAACP Image Awards 1995 | — | Outstanding Soundtrack Album | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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7 awards — Dangerous Minds
×| — | " Gangsta's Paradise " by Coolio | Nominee |
| — | Michelle Pfeiffer | Winner |
| — | "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio | Winner |
| — | Best Movie | Nominee |
| — | Michelle Pfeiffer | Nominee |
| — | "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio | Nominee |
| — | Outstanding Soundtrack Album | Nominee |