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Good Will Hunting
1997
· Movie
· 126 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #129
- IMDb #60
- Google retired #100
- Rotten Tomatoes #57
- Metacritic #671
- Letterboxd #55
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #199
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #130
- Metacritic Critics #1395
- Metacritic Audience #93
- Criticker #370
- Douban #61
- Kinopoisk #174
- AlloCiné #306
- Trakt #51
Every rating
66–97
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young janitor at MIT is a self-taught genius with a photographic memory for advanced mathematics, but he spends his days getting into trouble in South Boston. His talents are discovered by a professor, who arranges for him to avoid jail by studying math and attending therapy sessions with a unconventional psychologist.
Details
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Writers
- Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
- Released
- 5 December 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $225.9M
- Awards
- 21 wins, 46 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 67 →7 major awards won · 21 wins from 67 nominations across 32 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Supporting Actor | Robin Williams | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1997 | Outstanding Single Achievement | Matt Damon | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 1997 | Breakthrough Artist | Matt Damon | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 1997 | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1997 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 1997 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Robin Williams | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Picture | Lawrence Bender | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
9 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robin Williams | Winner |
| Best Actor | Matt Damon | Nominee |
| Best Director | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Pietro Scalia | Nominee |
| Best Original Dramatic Score | Danny Elfman | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " Miss Misery " Music and Lyrics by Elliott Smith | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Lawrence Bender | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Minnie Driver | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Breakthrough Artist | Matt Damon | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Matt Damon | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Robin Williams | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Robin Williams | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård, and Robin Williams | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Minnie Driver | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Matt Damon | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Single Achievement | Matt Damon | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Lawrence Bender | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Best Actor | Matt Damon | Nominee |
| Best Drama Actor | Matt Damon | Nominee |
| Best Drama Picture | Lawrence Bender | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Best Picture | Lawrence Bender | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robin Williams | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Matt Damon | Nominee |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Robin Williams | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Minnie Driver | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| British Supporting Actress of the Year | Minnie Driver | Winner |
| Actor of the Year | Matt Damon | Nominee |
| Screenwriter of the Year | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Nominee |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Actor – Video | Matt Damon | Winner |
| Favorite Actress – Video | Minnie Driver | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Most Promising Actor | Matt Damon | Winner |
| Most Promising Actor | Ben Affleck | Nominee |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Danny Elfman | Winner |
European Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema | Stellan Skarsgård | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Newcomer | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama | Winner |
Humanitas Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Feature Film | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
Key Art Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Home Entertainment Audio/Visual Trailer | R.D. Womack II | Winner |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Promising Actor | Matt Damon (also for The Rainmaker ) | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Achievement in Filmmaking | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Winner |
Telly Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama Trailer | R.D. Womack II | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
4 nominations
| Best Kiss | Matt Damon and Minnie Driver | Nominee |
| Best Male Performance | Matt Damon | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee | |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Pietro Scalia | Nominee |
Chlotrudis Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing – Music (Domestic and Foreign) | Kenneth Karman | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Nominee |
Promax Awards
1 nomination
| Home Entertainment Movie Promotion | R.D. Womack II | Nominee |
Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Actor | Matt Damon | Nominee |