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Knockin' on Heaven's Door
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #597
- IMDb #636
- Rotten Tomatoes #363
- Letterboxd #701
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #770
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #390
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92. Critics average 92, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two young men from very different backgrounds meet in a hospital and are both given terminal diagnoses. Deciding to make the most of their remaining time, they escape from the hospital in a stolen sports car. Their goal is to see the ocean for the first time, leading them on a liberating, comedic, and sometimes dangerous road trip across Germany.
Details
- Director
- Thomas Jahn
- Writers
- Thomas Jahn, Til Schweiger
- Released
- 20 February 1997
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 0 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →2 wins from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| German Film Award 1997 | German Film Award | Winner | |
| Moscow International Film Festival 1997 | Moscow International Film Festival | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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2 awards — Knockin' on Heaven's Door
×| German Film Award | Winner |
| Moscow International Film Festival | Winner |