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Love Story
1970
· Movie
· 100 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1720
- IMDb #2505
- Google retired #1881
- Rotten Tomatoes #2493
- Metacritic #601
- Letterboxd #2562
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3073
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2249
- Metacritic Audience #1278
- Kinopoisk #524
- AlloCiné #1489
- Trakt #2526
Every rating
61–86
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Google on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A wealthy Harvard law student and a quick-witted Radcliffe music student fall deeply in love despite their different social backgrounds. They marry against the wishes of his family, supporting each other through financial struggles as they build a life together. Their relationship is tested by the pressures of their circumstances and a profound personal challenge.
Details
- Director
- Arthur Hiller
- Writer
- Erich Segal
- Based on
- Love Story by Erich Segal
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Love Story Company
- Released
- 16 December 1970
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $2.2M
- Box office
- $136.4M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 27 →6 major awards won · 9 wins from 27 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Original Score | Francis Lai | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ali MacGraw | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Arthur Hiller | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Erich Segal | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Francis Lai | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 1972 | Best Instrumental Composition | Theme from Love Story – Francis Lai | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1972 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Theme from Love Story – Henry Mancini | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ali MacGraw | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Arthur Hiller | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Francis Lai | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Erich Segal | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ryan O'Neal | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | John Marley | Nominee |
Academy Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score | Francis Lai | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ryan O'Neal | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Ali MacGraw | Nominee |
| Best Director | Arthur Hiller | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Howard G. Minsky | Nominee |
| Best Story and Screenplay – Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced | Erich Segal | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Marley | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Instrumental Composition | Theme from Love Story – Francis Lai | Nominee |
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Love Story – Francis Lai | Nominee |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Theme from Love Story – Henry Mancini | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Arthur Hiller | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen | Erich Segal | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Ryan O'Neal | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actress | Ali MacGraw | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen | Winner |
Laurel Awards
5 nominations
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Top Cinematographer | Richard C. Kratina | Nominee |
| Top Composer | Francis Lai | Nominee |
| Top Female Dramatic Performance | Ali MacGraw | Nominee |
| Top Male Dramatic Performance | Ryan O'Neal | Nominee |