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Gremlins
1984
· Movie
· 106 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1509
- IMDb #1418
- Google retired #764
- Rotten Tomatoes #1405
- Metacritic #1525
- Letterboxd #1679
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1470
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1808
- Metacritic Critics #1499
- Metacritic Audience #1729
- Criticker #1595
- Douban #1614
- Kinopoisk #1507
- AlloCiné #543
- Trakt #974
Every rating
50–92
out of 100
A man gives his son a strange creature called a Mogwai as a pet, with three important rules: never expose it to bright light, never get it wet, and never feed it after midnight. The rules are accidentally broken, leading to the creation of mischievous and destructive green monsters.
Details
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Writer
- Chris Columbus
- Released
- 8 June 1984
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $153.1M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Goldene Leinwand 1985 | Goldene Leinwand | Joe Dante | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Horror Film | Winner | |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Director | Joe Dante | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Supporting Actor | Dick Miller | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Supporting Actress | Polly Holliday | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Younger Actor | Corey Feldman | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Writing | Chris Columbus | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Music | Jerry Goldsmith | Winner |
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Saturn Awards
9 nominations, 5 won
| Best Director | Joe Dante | Winner |
| Best Horror Film | Winner | |
| Best Music | Jerry Goldsmith | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | Chris Walas | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Polly Holliday | Winner |
| Best Make-Up | Greg LaCava | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dick Miller | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Chris Columbus | Nominee |
| Best Younger Actor | Corey Feldman | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Family Motion Picture – Adventure | Winner | |
| Best Young Supporting Actor | Corey Feldman | Nominee |
Goldene Leinwand
1 nomination, 1 won
| Goldene Leinwand | Joe Dante | Winner |