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Fatal Attraction
1987
· Movie
· 119 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2218
- IMDb #2407
- Google retired #1577
- Rotten Tomatoes #2185
- Metacritic #1538
- Letterboxd #2325
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2499
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2392
- Metacritic Critics #1773
- Metacritic Audience #1228
- Criticker #1640
- Douban #1688
- Kinopoisk #2114
- AlloCiné #2173
- Trakt #2711
Every rating
50–88
out of 100
A married man has a weekend affair with a woman while his family is out of town. He believes it is a casual encounter, but the woman becomes obsessively attached to him. When he tries to end it, her obsession turns violent and terrifying, threatening his career, his family, and his life as she refuses to be ignored.
Details
- Director
- Adrian Lyne
- Writer
- James Dearden
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 18 September 1987
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $14.0M
- Box office
- $320.1M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 22 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Picture | Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Director | Adrian Lyne | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actress | Anne Archer | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | James Dearden | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Film Editing | Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1987 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Adrian Lyne | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1987 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Best Director | Adrian Lyne | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | James Dearden | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anne Archer | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Adrian Lyne | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Anne Archer | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Adrian Lyne | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | Maurice Jarre | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | James Dearden | Nominee |
Goldene Kamera
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best International Actor | Michael Douglas | Winner |
| Best International Actress | Glenn Close | Winner |
| Golden Screen | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Editing | Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Michael Douglas | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Anne Archer | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | Maurice Jarre | Winner |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Actor | Michael Douglas | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama | Risa Bramon Garcia and Billy Hopkins | Nominee |
DVD Exclusive Awards
1 nomination
| Original Retrospective Documentary, Library Release | Jon Barbour | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Writing | James Dearden | Nominee |