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Flight
2012
· Movie
· 138 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1737
- IMDb #1400
- Google retired #1433
- Rotten Tomatoes #1964
- Metacritic #1085
- Letterboxd #2164
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2233
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2105
- Metacritic Critics #928
- Metacritic Audience #1502
- Criticker #1617
- Douban #1243
- Kinopoisk #1345
- AlloCiné #1440
- Trakt #1736
Every rating
50–88
out of 100
A skilled airline pilot miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly everyone on board. Hailed as a hero, he soon faces an investigation that threatens to reveal his personal demons and a secret that could destroy his career and reputation.
Details
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Writer
- John Gatins
- Released
- 22 February 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $31.0M
- Box office
- $161.8M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 34 →7 wins from 34 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| Academy Award 2012 | Best Original Screenplay | John Gatins | Nominee |
| Academy Award 2012 | Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Award 2012 | Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Nelson Coates | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award 2012 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Award 2012 | Best Original Screenplay | John Gatins | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards 2012 | Best International Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Black Reel Award 2012 | Best Ensemble | The Cast of Flight | Nominee |
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Academy Award
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | John Gatins | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Nelson Coates | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | John Gatins | Nominee |
Satellite Award
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri and Ryan Tudhope | Winner |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Jeremiah O'Driscoll | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay, Original | John Gatins | Nominee |
| Best Sound (Editing & Mixing) | Dennis Leonard, Dennis Sands, Randy Thom and William Kaplan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | John Goodman | Nominee |
Black Reel Award
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Winner |
| Best Ensemble | The Cast of Flight | Nominee |
| Best Film | Flight | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tamara Tunie | Nominee |
NAACP Image Award
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Actor | Denzel Washington | Winner |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Flight | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor | Don Cheadle | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | John Gatins | Nominee |
Chicago International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Founder's Award | Robert Zemeckis | Winner |
Hollywood Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Spotlight Award | Kelly Reilly | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Spotlight Award | John Goodman, also for Argo, ParaNorman, and Trouble with the Curve | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Director of the Year | Robert Zemeckis | Winner |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | John Gatins | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence) | The plane crash | Nominee |
AACTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | Kevin Ballie, Michael Lantieri, Chris Stoski, Ryan Tudhope | Nominee |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |