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Ghost World
2001
· Movie
· 111 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1207
- IMDb #1481
- Rotten Tomatoes #724
- Metacritic #286
- Letterboxd #1889
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #637
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1223
- Metacritic Critics #156
- Metacritic Audience #1054
- Criticker #789
- Douban #768
- Kinopoisk #2246
- AlloCiné #2677
- Trakt #2153
Every rating
60–93
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93. Critics average 92, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two cynical, intelligent teenage girls graduate high school with no plans for the future. They befriend a lonely, older man obsessed with record collecting as a cruel joke. One of the girls finds herself genuinely drawn to him, causing a rift in her friendship and forcing her to confront her own aimlessness and fear of adulthood.
Details
- Director
- Terry Zwigoff
- Writers
- Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff
- Based on
- Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
- Released
- 20 July 2001
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $7.0M
- Box office
- $8.8M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →2 major awards won · 8 wins from 21 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2002 | Best First Screenplay | Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2002 | Best Supporting Actor | Steve Buscemi | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
| Golden Globes 2002 | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | Thora Birch | Nominee |
| Golden Globes 2002 | Best Supporting Actor | Steve Buscemi | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2002 | Best First Feature | Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
| American Film Institute 2002 | Featured Actor | Steve Buscemi | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best First Screenplay | Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Steve Buscemi | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
Golden Globes
2 nominations
| Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | Thora Birch | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Steve Buscemi | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Thora Birch | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Scarlett Johansson | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Steve Buscemi | Winner |
| Best Actress | Thora Birch | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
Golden Space Needle Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Thora Birch | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Steve Buscemi | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Steve Buscemi | Winner |
American Film Institute
2 nominations
| Featured Actor | Steve Buscemi | Nominee |
| Screenwriter of the Year | Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress, Comedy or Musical | Thora Birch | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor, Comedy or Musical | Steve Buscemi | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Independent Spirit Award | Terry Zwigoff | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination
| Best Family Feature Film - Comedy | Ghost World | Nominee |