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Dark City
1998
· Movie
· 100 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1260
- IMDb #1028
- Google retired #1580
- Rotten Tomatoes #1468
- Metacritic #1452
- Letterboxd #1533
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2195
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1088
- Metacritic Critics #1866
- Metacritic Audience #887
- Criticker #544
- Douban #731
- Kinopoisk #1689
- AlloCiné #889
- Trakt #1261
Every rating
63–88
out of 100
A man awakens in a hotel bathtub with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He receives a phone call warning him he is in danger and must flee. He soon discovers he is the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders. As he investigates, he realizes that the city itself is a shifting, artificial construct controlled by a group of pale, telekinetic beings called "The Strangers" who experiment with human memories and identities each night.
Details
- Director
- Alex Proyas
- Writers
- Alex Proyas, David S. Goyer, Lem Dobbs
- Studio
- New Line Cinema, Mystery Clock Cinema
- Released
- 27 February 1998
- Country
- Australia, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $27.0M
- Box office
- $27.2M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 7 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →6 wins from 13 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 1998 | Silver Scream Award | Alex Proyas | Winner |
| Bram Stoker Awards 1998 | Best Screenplay | Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer | Winner |
| Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film 1998 | Pegasus Audience Award | Alex Proyas | Winner |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia 1998 | Best Screenplay – Original | Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer | Winner |
| Hugo Awards 1998 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Dark City | Nominee |
| International Horror Guild Awards 1998 | Best Movie | Dark City | Nominee |
| National Board of Review 1998 | Special Recognition | Dark City | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1998 | Best Science Fiction Film | Dark City | Winner |
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Saturn Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction Film | Dark City | Winner |
| Best Costume | Liz Keogh | Nominee |
| Best Director | Alex Proyas | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up | Bob McCarron, Lesley Vanderwalt, and Lynn Wheeler | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Andrew Mason, Mara Bryan, Peter Doyle, and Tom Davies | Nominee |
| Best Writer | Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer | Nominee |
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Scream Award | Alex Proyas | Winner |
Bram Stoker Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer | Winner |
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Pegasus Audience Award | Alex Proyas | Winner |
Film Critics Circle of Australia
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay – Original | Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Recognition | Dark City | Winner |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Dark City | Nominee |
International Horror Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Best Movie | Dark City | Nominee |