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Jackie Brown
1997
· Movie
· 154 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1206
- IMDb #997
- Google retired #1148
- Rotten Tomatoes #916
- Metacritic #1765
- Letterboxd #857
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1250
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1083
- Metacritic Critics #2266
- Metacritic Audience #1014
- Criticker #766
- Douban #1250
- Kinopoisk #2216
- AlloCiné #564
- Trakt #991
Every rating
60–90
out of 100
A flight attendant for a small airline smuggles money into the country for a dangerous arms dealer. When she is caught by ATF agents, they pressure her to help them bring down her employer. She devises an intricate plan to play both the law and the criminal against each other, hoping to walk away with a large sum of money for herself.
Details
- Director
- Quentin Tarantino
- Writer
- Quentin Tarantino
- Based on
- Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
- Released
- 25 December 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $74.7M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 16 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 1998 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | Samuel L. Jackson | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | Robert Forster | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1998 | Golden Berlin Bear | Quentin Tarantino | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award 1998 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Pam Grier | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award 1998 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Samuel L. Jackson | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award 1998 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Pam Grier | Nominee |
| Chicago Film Critics Association 1998 | Best Actress | Pam Grier | Nominee |
| Chicago Film Critics Association 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | Robert Forster | Nominee |
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Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Silver Bear for Best Actor | Samuel L. Jackson | Winner |
| Golden Berlin Bear | Quentin Tarantino | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
2 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Samuel L. Jackson | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Pam Grier | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Forster | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Pam Grier | Nominee |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Forster | Winner |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actress | Pam Grier | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Sally Menke | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Forster | Nominee |
| Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders) | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Pam Grier | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Forster | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Pam Grier | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Forster | Nominee |