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Manhunter
1986
· Movie
· 120 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1589
- IMDb #1737
- Google retired #2216
- Rotten Tomatoes #1670
- Metacritic #984
- Letterboxd #918
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1857
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1940
- Metacritic Critics #1049
- Metacritic Audience #1068
- Criticker #721
- Douban #1899
- Kinopoisk #3892
- AlloCiné #610
- Trakt #2417
Every rating
61–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An FBI agent with a unique ability to enter the minds of serial killers is pulled out of retirement to track down a new murderer known as "The Tooth Fairy." To understand the killer's motives, he must consult with the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, a brilliant psychiatrist and vicious killer. The investigation becomes a dangerous psychological game.
Details
- Director
- Michael Mann
- Writer
- Michael Mann
- Based on
- Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
- Studio
- DEG, Red Dragon Productions S.A.
- Released
- 15 August 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $8.6M
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Awards
1 win & 1 nomination total
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