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I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997
· Movie
· 102 min
D
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4233
- IMDb #4654
- Google retired #2646
- Rotten Tomatoes #4075
- Metacritic #3331
- Letterboxd #3917
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3999
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4487
- Metacritic Critics #3269
- Metacritic Audience #3349
- Douban #2314
- Kinopoisk #3639
- AlloCiné #4809
- Trakt #3941
Every rating
41–80
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 41, highest is Google on 80.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Four friends accidentally hit a man with their car and, in a panic, dump his body into the sea. They make a pact to never speak of it again. One year later, they each begin receiving ominous notes stating "I know what you did last summer." A hook-wielding figure stalks them, forcing them to confront the secret they thought was buried.
Details
- Director
- Jim Gillespie
- Writer
- Kevin Williamson
- Based on
- I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
- Released
- 17 October 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $17.0M
- Box office
- $125.6M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 7 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (26) →
Awards & nominations
See all 11 →4 wins from 11 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Blockbuster Entertainment Award 1998 | Favorite Actress – Horror | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Award 1998 | Favorite Supporting Actor | Ryan Phillippe | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Award 1998 | Favorite Female Newcomer | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Award 1998 | Favorite Actress | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Award 1998 | Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Award 1998 | Favorite Actor – Horror | Freddie Prinze Jr. | Nominee |
| International Horror Guild Award 1998 | Best Movie | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards 1998 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Nominee |
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11 awards — I Know What You Did Last Summer
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Blockbuster Entertainment Award
6 nominations, 3 won
| Favorite Actress | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Winner |
| Favorite Female Newcomer | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Winner |
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Winner |
| Favorite Actor – Horror | Freddie Prinze Jr. | Nominee |
| Favorite Actress – Horror | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actor | Ryan Phillippe | Nominee |
ASCAP Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | John Debney | Winner |
International Horror Guild Award
1 nomination
| Best Movie | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Nominee |
Saturn Award
1 nomination
| Best Horror Film | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Nominee |
Young Artist Award
1 nomination
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Nominee |