Head-On
2004
· Movie
· 121 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #911
- IMDb #616
- Rotten Tomatoes #355
- Metacritic #508
- Letterboxd #464
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #918
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #275
- Metacritic Critics #818
- Metacritic Audience #295
- Kinopoisk #973
- AlloCiné #1002
- Trakt #1162
Every rating
46–93
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 46, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two self-destructive strangers of Turkish descent in Germany meet in a hospital. She is desperate to escape her conservative family; he is numb with grief. They enter into a chaotic marriage of convenience, which quickly evolves into a passionate, violent, and deeply damaging relationship that becomes their only anchor.
Details
- Director
- Fatih Akin
- Writer
- Fatih Akin
- Released
- 11 March 2004
- Country
- Germany, Turkey
- Language
- German, Turkish, English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Box office
- $11.0M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →7 wins from 10 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Screenwriter | Fatih Akin | Nominee |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Film | Arte | Winner |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Film | Fatih Akin | Winner |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Film | Norddeutscher Rundfunk | Winner |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Film | Corazón International | Winner |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Film | Wüste Film | Winner |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Director | Fatih Akin | Winner |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Actor | Birol Ünel | Nominee |
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17th European Film Awards
9 nominations, 6 won
| Best Director | Fatih Akin | Winner |
| Best Film | Arte | Winner |
| Best Film | Fatih Akin | Winner |
| Best Film | Norddeutscher Rundfunk | Winner |
| Best Film | Corazón International | Winner |
| Best Film | Wüste Film | Winner |
| Best Actor | Birol Ünel | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Sibel Kekilli | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Fatih Akin | Nominee |
Golden Bear
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Bear | Winner |