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Misery
1990
· Movie
· 107 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #529
- IMDb #553
- Google retired #741
- Rotten Tomatoes #778
- Metacritic #642
- Letterboxd #598
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1450
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #511
- Metacritic Critics #1047
- Metacritic Audience #265
- Criticker #618
- Douban #317
- Kinopoisk #734
- AlloCiné #363
- Trakt #447
Every rating
62–92
out of 100
A famous author is rescued from a car crash by a woman who claims to be his number one fan. She takes him to her remote home to nurse him back to health. He soon discovers she is dangerously unstable and holds him captive, forcing him to write a new novel that brings her favorite storybook character back to life.
Details
- Director
- Rob Reiner
- Writer
- William Goldman
- Based on
- Misery by Stephen King
- Released
- 30 November 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $61.3M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →2 major awards won · 4 wins from 12 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1990 | Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1990 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Kathy Bates | Winner |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1990 | Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Winner |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1990 | Most Promising Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1990 | Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Winner |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1990 | Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1990 | Best Horror Film | Nominee | |
| Saturn Awards 1990 | Best Actor | James Caan | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Kathy Bates | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Winner |
| Most Promising Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Winner |
Saturn Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | James Caan | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Frances Sternhagen | Nominee |
| Best Writing | William Goldman | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Awards | William Goldman (screenwriter) ; Stephen King (author) | Nominee |