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Forrest Gump
1994
· Movie
· 142 min
A
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #65
- IMDb #11
- Google retired #67
- Rotten Tomatoes #1070
- Metacritic #171
- Letterboxd #233
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2398
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #66
- Metacritic Critics #582
- Metacritic Audience #24
- Criticker #287
- Douban #4
- Kinopoisk #3
- AlloCiné #1
- Trakt #19
Every rating
68–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Despite having a low IQ, a kind-hearted man from Alabama inadvertently influences several defining historical events in 20th-century America. His extraordinary life journey weaves through decades, touching the lives of many, all while he maintains a lifelong, unwavering love for his childhood friend, who follows a very different and troubled path through the same turbulent times.
Details
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Writer
- Eric Roth
- Based on
- Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
- Released
- 23 June 1994
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 142 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $55.0M
- Box office
- $677.4M
- Awards
- 29 wins, 32 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 61 →13 major awards won · 29 wins from 61 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| 1995 BAFTA Film Awards 1995 | Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects | Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall | Winner |
| 1995 Directors Guild of America 1995 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Robert Zemeckis, Charles Newirth, Bruce Moriarity, Cherylanne Martin, and Dana J. Kuznetzkoff | Winner |
| 1995 Golden Globe Awards 1995 | Best Motion Picture - Drama | Wendy Finerman | Winner |
| 1995 Golden Globe Awards 1995 | Best Director | Robert Zemeckis | Winner |
| 1995 Golden Globe Awards 1995 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Tom Hanks | Winner |
| 1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1995 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Tom Hanks | Winner |
| 1995 Writers Guild of America Awards 1995 | Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium | Eric Roth | Winner |
| 67th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Picture | Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch | Winner |
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67th Academy Awards
13 nominations, 6 won
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Winner |
| Best Director | Robert Zemeckis | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Arthur Schmidt | Winner |
| Best Picture | Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch | Winner |
| Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Adapted Screenplay) | Eric Roth | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Allen Hall and Stephen Rosenbaum | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Rick Carter and Nancy Haigh | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Don Burgess | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Daniel C. Striepeke, Judith A. Cory and Hallie D'Amore | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, and William B. Kaplan | Nominee |
| Best Sound Effects Editing | Randy Thom and Gloria S. Borders | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gary Sinise | Nominee |
1995 Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Tom Hanks | Winner |
| Best Director | Robert Zemeckis | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture - Drama | Wendy Finerman | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Eric Roth | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Gary Sinise | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Robin Wright | Nominee |
1995 BAFTA Film Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects | Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Sally Field | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Eric Roth | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Don Burgess | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Arthur Schmidt | Nominee |
| Best Film | Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey, and Robert Zemeckis | Nominee |
| David Lean Award for Direction | Robert Zemeckis | Nominee |
1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Tom Hanks | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Robin Wright | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Sally Field | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Gary Sinise | Nominee |
1995 Directors Guild of America
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Robert Zemeckis, Charles Newirth, Bruce Moriarity, Cherylanne Martin, and Dana J. Kuznetzkoff | Winner |
1995 Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium | Eric Roth | Winner |
1994 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gary Sinise | Winner |
1995 People's Choice Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Favorite Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture | Tom Hanks | Winner |
| Favorite All-Around Motion Picture | Winner | |
| Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture | Winner |
1995 Saturn Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Fantasy Film | Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gary Sinise | Winner |
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Music | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Ken Ralston | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Eric Roth | Nominee |
1995 Young Artist Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor 10 or Younger | Haley Joel Osment | Winner |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress 10 or Younger | Hanna R. Hall | Winner |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Co-Starring | Michael Conner Humphreys | Nominee |
1995 Amanda Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film - International | Winner |
1995 American Cinema Editors
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | Arthur Schmidt | Winner |
1995 American Comedy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture - Leading Role | Tom Hanks | Winner |
1995 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Winner |
1995 Motion Picture Sound Editors - Golden Reel Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing | Winner |
1995 PGA Golden Laurel Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award | Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey, and Charles Newirth | Winner |
1995 MTV Movie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Mykelti Williamson | Nominee |
| Best Male Performance | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee |
1995 American Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Don Burgess | Nominee |
1995 Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Best Casting for Feature Film - Drama | Ellen Lewis | Nominee |
30th Guldbagge Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |