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East of Eden
1955
· Movie
· 118 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #864
- IMDb #626
- Rotten Tomatoes #810
- Metacritic #1493
- Letterboxd #874
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1499
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #560
- Metacritic Critics #1336
- Metacritic Audience #2044
- Criticker #314
- Kinopoisk #760
- AlloCiné #431
- Trakt #1152
Every rating
68–90
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In the years before World War I, two brothers in California's Salinas Valley compete for the affection of their stern, religious father. One brother is gentle and obedient, while the other is wild and desperate for approval. Their rivalry is further complicated by the discovery that their mother, long believed dead, is actually alive and running a nearby brothel.
Details
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Writer
- Paul Osborn
- Based on
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 10 April 1955
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- PG
- Box office
- $5.0M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →4 major awards won · 12 wins from 22 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1955 | Best Supporting Actress | Jo Van Fleet | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1955 | Best Dramatic Film | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1955 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1955 | Special Achievement Award | James Dean | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1955 | Best Director | Elia Kazan | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1955 | Best Actor | James Dean | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1955 | Best Screenplay | Paul Osborn | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 1955 | Palme d'Or | Elia Kazan | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Special Achievement Award | James Dean | Winner |
Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jo Van Fleet | Winner |
| Best Actor | James Dean | Nominee |
| Best Director | Elia Kazan | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Paul Osborn | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Film | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Elia Kazan | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Elia Kazan | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Written American Drama | Paul Osborn | Nominee |
Blue Ribbon Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Elia Kazan | Winner |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best American Film | Elia Kazan | Winner |
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Director | Elia Kazan | Winner |
Jussi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | James Dean | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Elia Kazan | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
Picturegoer Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | James Dean | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Film from any Source | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Actor | James Dean | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Film | Jo Van Fleet | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection | James Dean Ultimate Collector's Collection | Nominee |