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Psycho
1960
· Movie
· 109 min
A
MEANRANK
88/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #26
- IMDb #47
- Google retired #646
- Rotten Tomatoes #46
- Metacritic #15
- Letterboxd #111
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #189
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #78
- Metacritic Critics #39
- Metacritic Audience #41
- Criticker #66
- Douban #65
- Kinopoisk #197
- AlloCiné #52
- Trakt #115
Every rating
75–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 75, highest is Metacritic critics on 97.
See the most agreed on films →A Phoenix secretary embezzles money from her employer and flees town. Exhausted by her flight, she checks into a remote motel run by a young man dominated by his mother. This decision leads to one of the most infamous encounters in cinematic history at the Bates Motel.
Details
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writer
- Joseph Stefano
- Based on
- Psycho by Robert Bloch
- Studio
- Shamley Productions
- Released
- 22 June 1960
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $806.9K
- Box office
- $50.0M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →1 major award won · 4 wins from 14 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1960 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Janet Leigh | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1960 | Best Supporting Actress | Janet Leigh | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1960 | Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Art Direction: Joseph Hurley and Robert Clatworthy ; Set Decoration: George Milo | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1960 | Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | John L. Russell | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1960 | Best Director | Alfred Hitchcock | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1960 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Alfred Hitchcock | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1960 | Best Written American Drama | Joseph Stefano | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards (2012) 2012 | Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection | Psycho (Part of the Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection ) | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Janet Leigh | Winner |
Academy Awards
4 nominations
| Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Art Direction: Joseph Hurley and Robert Clatworthy ; Set Decoration: George Milo | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | John L. Russell | Nominee |
| Best Director | Alfred Hitchcock | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Janet Leigh | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Alfred Hitchcock | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Written American Drama | Joseph Stefano | Nominee |
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Motion Picture | Joseph Stefano (screenwriter) and Robert Bloch (author) | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Saturn Awards (2008)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Classic Film Release | Psycho (Universal Legacy Series) | Winner |
Satellite Awards (2005)
1 nomination
| Best Classic DVD | Psycho (Part of the Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection ) | Nominee |
Satellite Awards (2008)
1 nomination
| Best Classic DVD | Psycho | Nominee |
Saturn Awards (2010)
1 nomination
| Best Classic Film Release | Psycho (The 50th Anniversary Edition) | Nominee |
Saturn Awards (2012)
1 nomination
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection | Psycho (Part of the Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection ) | Nominee |