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For Your Eyes Only
1981
· Movie
· 128 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3191
- IMDb #2867
- Google retired #2738
- Rotten Tomatoes #2687
- Metacritic #3087
- Letterboxd #3682
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2822
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3065
- Metacritic Critics #3058
- Metacritic Audience #3048
- Criticker #2268
- Douban #1597
- Kinopoisk #2790
- AlloCiné #2316
- Trakt #2956
Every rating
43–80
out of 100
A British spy is assigned to recover a valuable communication device sunk in a shipwreck off the Albanian coast. He must beat ruthless enemy agents to the device to prevent it from falling into Soviet hands. His mission takes him from the Spanish coast to the Greek mountains, aided by a beautiful woman seeking vengeance for her parents' murders.
Details
- Director
- John Glen
- Writers
- Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
- Based on
- Risico by Ian Fleming
- Studio
- EON Productions
- Released
- 24 June 1981
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $28.0M
- Box office
- $195.3M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 8 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1981 | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Albert R. Broccoli | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1981 | Best Original Song | " For Your Eyes Only " Music by Bill Conti ; Lyrics by Mick Leeson | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1981 | Best Original Song | "For Your Eyes Only" Music by Bill Conti; Lyrics by Mick Leeson | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1981 | Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson | Nominee |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1981 | Most Performed Feature Film Standards | "For Your Eyes Only" Music by Bill Conti; Lyrics by Mick Leeson | Winner |
| Golden Screen Awards 1981 | Golden Screen Awards | Winner | |
| Satellite Awards 1981 | Best Classic DVD Release | The James Bond DVD Collection (Volumes: 2 and 3) | Nominee |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1981 | Worst Supporting Actress | Lynn-Holly Johnson | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Albert R. Broccoli | Winner |
| Best Original Song | " For Your Eyes Only " Music by Bill Conti ; Lyrics by Mick Leeson | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "For Your Eyes Only" Music by Bill Conti; Lyrics by Mick Leeson | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Performed Feature Film Standards | "For Your Eyes Only" Music by Bill Conti; Lyrics by Mick Leeson | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Classic DVD Release | The James Bond DVD Collection (Volumes: 2 and 3) | Nominee |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Worst Supporting Actress | Lynn-Holly Johnson | Nominee |