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Lethal Weapon
1987
· Movie
· 109 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1153
- IMDb #833
- Google retired #912
- Rotten Tomatoes #1189
- Metacritic #1341
- Letterboxd #1297
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1881
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #976
- Metacritic Critics #1668
- Metacritic Audience #892
- Criticker #1109
- Douban #1690
- Kinopoisk #356
- AlloCiné #565
- Trakt #614
Every rating
56–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A veteran detective with a death wish is paired with a cautious family man nearing retirement. Their opposing approaches clash as they investigate a young woman's suicide that leads to a massive heroin smuggling ring. Their volatile partnership is the only thing that can take down the ruthless killers.
Details
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Writer
- Shane Black
- Studio
- Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 6 March 1987
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $120.2M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Sound | Les Fresholtz | Nominee |
| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Sound | Dick Alexander | Nominee |
| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Sound | Bill Nelson | Nominee |
| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Sound | Vern Poore | Nominee |
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60th Academy Awards
4 nominations
| Best Sound | Les Fresholtz | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Dick Alexander | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Bill Nelson | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Vern Poore | Nominee |