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Nyad
2023
· Movie
· 121 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1227
- IMDb #2042
- Google retired #699
- Rotten Tomatoes #1069
- Metacritic #1924
- Letterboxd #2809
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1556
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1054
- Metacritic Critics #2145
- Metacritic Audience #1602
- Kinopoisk #1972
- AlloCiné #1330
Every rating
63–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 63, highest is Google on 92.
See the most agreed on films →The true story of Diana Nyad, a world-class athlete who, at the age of 64, becomes obsessed with achieving a dream she failed at decades earlier: to swim the 110-mile stretch of ocean from Cuba to Florida without a protective shark cage. The film chronicles her immense physical ordeal, the dangers of the open ocean, and the unwavering determination that drives her toward this ultimate test of human endurance.
Details
- Directors
- Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
- Writer
- Julia Cox
- Released
- 18 October 2023
- Country
- United States, Switzerland
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 7 wins, 23 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (38) →
Awards & nominations
See all 30 →7 wins from 30 nominations across 21 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2024 | Best Actress | Annette Bening | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2024 | Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2024 | Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2024 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Annette Bening | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2024 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2024 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Annette Bening | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2024 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Julia Cox | Nominee |
| Cinema for Peace awards 2025 | Dove for Women’s Empowerment | NYAD | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Annette Bening | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Annette Bening | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Annette Bening | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Julia Cox | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Annette Bening | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
3 nominations, 1 won
| Grand Dame for Defying Ageism | Annette Bening | Winner |
| Grand Dame for Defying Ageism | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
| Most Daring Performance | Annette Bening | Nominee |
Women Film Critics Circle
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screen Couple | Annette Bening & Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Best Equality of the Sexes | NYAD | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Jake Braver, Fiona Campbell, Westgate R., Christopher White, Mohsen Mousavi, Dann Tarmy | Winner |
| Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature | Korbinian Meier, Sindy Saalfeld, David Michielsen, Andreas Vrhovsek (for stormy waters) | Nominee |
Columbus Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Performance | Jodie Foster | Winner |
Mill Valley Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Variety Screenwriters to Watch | Julia Cox | Winner |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
2 nominations
| Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Feature-Length Motion Picture | Daniel Curet, Vanessa Columbo, Enzo Angileri, Darlene Brumfeld | Nominee |
| Best Contemporary Make-Up in a Feature-Length Motion Picture | Felicity Bowring, Ann Maree Hurley, Julie Hewett, Mahar Lessner | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
Cinema for Peace awards
1 nomination
| Dove for Women’s Empowerment | NYAD | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Kelli Jones | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV | NYAD | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination
| Original Score — Feature Film | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
The Queerties
1 nomination
| Next Big Thing | NYAD | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |