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Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
· Movie
· 130 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #855
- IMDb #735
- Google retired #174
- Rotten Tomatoes #1297
- Metacritic #1561
- Letterboxd #584
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2282
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #637
- Metacritic Critics #2078
- Metacritic Audience #822
- Criticker #1148
- Douban #143
- Kinopoisk #829
- AlloCiné #720
- Trakt #502
Every rating
56–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A timid housewife, feeling middle-aged and invisible, befriends an elderly woman in a nursing home. The old woman tells her the story of two fearless women who ran a cafe in their small Alabama town in the 1920s, and their deep friendship that helped them overcome abuse, prejudice, and even a murder mystery. The tale inspires the listener to change her own life.
Details
- Director
- Jon Avnet
- Writers
- Carol Sobieski, Fannie Flagg
- Based on
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
- Studio
- Act III Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, The Avnet/Kerner Company, The Rank Organisation
- Released
- 27 December 1991
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $119.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →2 wins from 11 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Tandy | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Fried Green Tomatoes | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Jessica Tandy | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1992 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski | Nominee |
| BMI Awards 1993 | Motion Picture Composer Award | Thomas Newman | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 1993 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Fried Green Tomatoes | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Jessica Tandy | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Tandy | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski | Nominee |
BMI Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Motion Picture Composer Award | Thomas Newman | Winner |
GLAAD Media Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Film – Wide Release | Fried Green Tomatoes | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Jessica Tandy | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
Guldbagge Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Fried Green Tomatoes | Nominee |