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Field of Dreams
1989
· Movie
· 107 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1557
- IMDb #1056
- Google retired #787
- Rotten Tomatoes #877
- Metacritic #2335
- Letterboxd #1720
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1267
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #990
- Metacritic Critics #2764
- Metacritic Audience #1575
- Criticker #1217
- Douban #1099
- Kinopoisk #1981
- AlloCiné #2222
- Trakt #1548
Every rating
55–92
out of 100
An Iowa farmer hears a mysterious voice in his cornfield whispering, "If you build it, he will come." Interpreting it as an instruction, he risks everything to plow under his crops and build a baseball diamond. His faith is tested as he awaits the meaning behind this strange command.
Details
- Director
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Writer
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Based on
- Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
- Released
- 21 April 1989
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $84.4M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 13 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →6 wins from 19 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1989 | Best Picture | Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1989 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1989 | Best Original Score | James Horner | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1989 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1989 | Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | James Horner | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1989 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1989 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
| American Cinema Editors Awards 1989 | Best Edited Feature Film | Ian Crafford | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | James Horner | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | James Horner | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
Blue Ribbon Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Phil Alden Robinson | Winner |
Hochi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Phil Alden Robinson | Winner |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Phil Alden Robinson | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Gaby Hoffmann | Winner |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Best Writing | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
20/20 Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Phil Alden Robinson | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Ian Crafford | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama | Margery Simkin | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Amy Madigan | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Phil Alden Robinson (director/screenplay), W.P. Kinsella ( novel ) | Nominee |