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Memento
2000
· Movie
· 113 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #104
- IMDb #57
- Google retired #611
- Rotten Tomatoes #148
- Metacritic #173
- Letterboxd #252
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #496
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #133
- Metacritic Critics #497
- Metacritic Audience #35
- Criticker #133
- Douban #164
- Kinopoisk #488
- AlloCiné #199
- Trakt #73
Every rating
72–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the most agreed on films →A man with short-term memory loss uses an intricate system of Polaroid photographs and tattoos to track down the person who murdered his wife and attacked him. Unable to form new memories, he must rely on the notes he leaves for himself, but the information he collects is unreliable, leaving him unsure of who to trust, including himself.
Details
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Writer
- Christopher Nolan
- Based on
- Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan
- Released
- 11 October 2000
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.0M
- Box office
- $40.1M
- Awards
- 32 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (13) →
Awards & nominations
See all 51 →7 major awards won · 32 wins from 51 nominations across 26 ceremonies
| BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards 2000 | Enhancement of Linear Media | Winner | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2000 | Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2000 | Best Film | Memento | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2000 | Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2000 | Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2000 | Best Supporting Female | Carrie-Anne Moss | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2000 | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Film | Memento | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Supporting Female | Carrie-Anne Moss | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Picture | Memento | Nominee |
Sundance Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan | Winner |
| Grand Jury Prize | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Enhancement of Linear Media | Winner |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film Editing | Dody Dorn | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Breakthrough Filmmaker | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Picture | Memento | Winner |
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
| Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
Deauville American Film Festival
4 nominations, 3 won
| CinéLive Award | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Critics Award | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Jury Special Prize | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Grand Special Prize | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Drama | Memento | Winner |
| Most Original | Memento | Winner |
| Best of Show | Memento | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Memento | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
AFI Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Story of the Year | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Editor of the Year | Dody Dorn | Nominee |
| Movie of the Year | Memento | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| British Screenwriter of the Year | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| British Director of the Year | Christopher Nolan | Nominee |
| Film of the Year | Memento | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Russell Smith Award | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
| Best Film | Memento | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | Memento | Winner |
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
Bram Stoker Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan | Winner |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Independent Film | Memento | Winner |
Casting Society of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Casting | John Papsidera | Winner |
Edgar Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best New Filmmaker | Christopher Nolan | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Memento | Winner |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Grand Prix | Nominee |