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Home Alone
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1333
- IMDb #513
- Google retired #91
- Rotten Tomatoes #2131
- Metacritic #1383
- Letterboxd #901
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2997
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1507
- Metacritic Audience #383
- Criticker #2152
- Douban #286
- Kinopoisk #75
- AlloCiné #1711
- Trakt #300
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Lowest is Criticker on 44, highest is Google on 96. Critics average 64, everyone else 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An eight-year-old boy named Kevin is accidentally left behind when his large family rushes to the airport for a Christmas vacation in Paris. Initially thrilled to have the house to himself, his excitement turns to fear when he realizes two incompetent burglars are planning to rob his home. He must use his wits and a series of improvised booby traps to defend his house.
Details
- Director
- Chris Columbus
- Writer
- John Hughes
- Studio
- Hughes Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 16 November 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $476.7M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 6 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 1990 | Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1990 | Best Original Song | "Somewhere in My Memory" Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1990 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Macaulay Culkin | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1990 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Grammy Awards 1990 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "Somewhere in My Memory" Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse | Nominee |
| American Comedy Awards 1990 | Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Macaulay Culkin | Winner |
| Artios Awards 1990 | Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy | Jane Jenkins and Jane Hirshenson | Winner |
| BMI Film & TV Awards 1990 | Film Music Award | John Williams | Winner |
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×| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Somewhere in My Memory" Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Macaulay Culkin | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "Somewhere in My Memory" Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse | Nominee |
| Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture | Macaulay Culkin | Winner |
| Most Entertaining Family Youth Motion Picture – Comedy/Action | Winner | |
| Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Angela Goethals | Nominee |
| Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Macaulay Culkin | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy | Jane Jenkins and Jane Hirshenson | Winner |
| Film Music Award | John Williams | Winner |
| Best Comedy Film | Winner |
| Most Promising Actor | Macaulay Culkin | Winner |
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
| Favorite Movie | Winner |
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |