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In the Name of the Father
1993
· Movie
· 133 min
A
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #84
- IMDb #237
- Google retired #512
- Rotten Tomatoes #129
- Metacritic #289
- Letterboxd #217
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #555
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #101
- Metacritic Critics #466
- Metacritic Audience #266
- Douban #209
- Kinopoisk #643
- AlloCiné #259
- Trakt #255
Every rating
78–95
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Everyone agrees
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 78, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95.
See the most agreed on films →A young man from Belfast is wrongly imprisoned for an IRA bombing he did not commit. His father is also convicted. He spends 15 years in prison with his father, fighting to prove their innocence with the help of a tenacious lawyer. The film is based on the true story of the Guildford Four.
Details
- Director
- Jim Sheridan
- Writers
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Based on
- Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon
- Studio
- Hell's Kitchen
- Released
- 27 December 1993
- Country
- Ireland
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13.0M
- Box office
- $65.8M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 30 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 37 →1 major award won · 7 wins from 37 nominations across 18 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 1993 | Golden Bear | Jim Sheridan | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Film Editing | Gerry Hambling | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Picture | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Director | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Terry George | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Supporting Actor | Pete Postlethwaite | Nominee |
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Berlin International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Bear | Jim Sheridan | Winner |
Academy Awards
8 nominations
| Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Terry George | Nominee |
| Best Director | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Gerry Hambling | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Pete Postlethwaite | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Daniel Day-Lewis | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
| Best Original Song (" You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart ") | Gavin Friday | Nominee |
| Best Original Song (" You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart ") | Maurice Seezer | Nominee |
| Best Original Song (" You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart ") | Bono | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
PFS Award
3 nominations, 1 won
| Exposé | Winner | |
| Human Rights | Nominee | |
| Peace | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Jim Sheridan | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | Nominee |
BSFC Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | Winner |
Evening Standard British Film Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Jim Sheridan | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Emma Thompson | Winner |
NBR Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Terry George | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
Humanitas Prize
2 nominations
| Feature Film Category | Terry George | Nominee |
| Feature Film Category | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
WGA Award
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Terry George | Nominee |
ACE Eddie
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Gerry Hambling | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
DFWFCA Award
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
European Film Award
1 nomination
| European Film of the Year | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| European Silver Ribbon | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |
PGA Award
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Jim Sheridan | Nominee |