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Little Women
1994
· Movie
· 115 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #779
- IMDb #1539
- Rotten Tomatoes #796
- Metacritic #455
- Letterboxd #802
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #787
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1229
- Metacritic Critics #299
- Metacritic Audience #1235
- Kinopoisk #780
- AlloCiné #2417
- Trakt #1087
Every rating
68–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 90, everyone else 76.
See the most agreed on films →Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Details
- Director
- Gillian Armstrong
- Writer
- Robin Swicord
- Studio
- Di Novi Pictures, Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 21 December 1994
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $95.0M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (60) →
Awards & nominations
See all 23 →6 wins from 23 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1994 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1994 | Best Actress | Winona Ryder | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1994 | Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1994 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Robin Swicord | Nominee |
| Artios Awards 1994 | Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama | Carrie Frazier and Shani Ginsberg | Nominee |
| BMI Film & TV Awards 1994 | Film Music Award | Thomas Newman | Winner |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1994 | Best Supporting Actress | Kirsten Dunst | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 1994 | Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Winona Ryder | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Robin Swicord | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Most Promising Actress | Kirsten Dunst | Winner |
| Best Actress | Winona Ryder | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Claire Danes | Nominee |
| Most Promising Actress | Claire Danes | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Performance by a Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture | Kirsten Dunst | Winner |
| Best Family Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Performance by a Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture | Claire Danes | Nominee |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Thomas Newman | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Kirsten Dunst | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Winona Ryder | Winner |
Movieguide Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Movie for Families | Winner |
Chlotrudis Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Winona Ryder | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kirsten Dunst | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama | Carrie Frazier and Shani Ginsberg | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Classic DVD | Nominee |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Awards | Robin Swicord (screenwriter) ; Louisa May Alcott (author) | Nominee |