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Moonstruck
1987
· Movie
· 102 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1382
- IMDb #1753
- Google retired #838
- Rotten Tomatoes #1042
- Metacritic #592
- Letterboxd #1186
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1046
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1558
- Metacritic Critics #517
- Metacritic Audience #1080
- Criticker #1384
- Douban #1187
- Kinopoisk #1481
- AlloCiné #3275
- Trakt #2742
Every rating
53–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 86, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A practical Italian-American widow agrees to marry a kind but dull man. When she must invite his estranged and intensely passionate younger brother to the wedding, her carefully ordered life is thrown into chaos. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to him, forcing her to confront the lack of romance in her life and leading to a tumultuous night that changes her perspective on love, family, and fate.
Details
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Writer
- John Patrick Shanley
- Released
- 16 December 1987
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian, Latin
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $122.1M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 35 →7 major awards won · 18 wins from 35 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Actress | Cher | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actress | Olympia Dukakis | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | John Patrick Shanley | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1987 | Best Director | Norman Jewison | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Olympia Dukakis | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1987 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Cher | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1987 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | John Patrick Shanley | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Picture | Norman Jewison and Patrick Palmer | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Cher | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | John Patrick Shanley | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olympia Dukakis | Winner |
| Best Director | Norman Jewison | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Norman Jewison and Patrick Palmer | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Vincent Gardenia | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Cher | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Olympia Dukakis | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nicolas Cage | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | John Patrick Shanley | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Norman Jewison | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Norman Jewison | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | John Patrick Shanley | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Cher | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olympia Dukakis | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Female Dubbing | Ludovica Modugno (for dubbing Cher) | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actress | Cher | Winner |
American Comedy Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Funniest Supporting Female Performer – Motion Picture or TV | Olympia Dukakis | Winner |
| Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Cher | Nominee |
| Funniest Supporting Male Performer – Motion Picture or TV | Vincent Gardenia | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Cher | Winner |
| Best Foreign Screenplay | John Patrick Shanley | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | Dick Hyman | Winner |
Artios Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy | Howard Feuer | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Olympia Dukakis | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Olympia Dukakis | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Cher | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Olympia Dukakis | Nominee |
| Best Film Music | Dick Hyman | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | John Patrick Shanley | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Jupiter Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Actress | Cher | Nominee |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Actress | Cher | Nominee |