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Rain Man
1988
· Movie
· 133 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #516
- IMDb #309
- Google retired #729
- Rotten Tomatoes #637
- Metacritic #1394
- Letterboxd #800
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1237
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #495
- Metacritic Critics #1978
- Metacritic Audience #617
- Criticker #538
- Douban #173
- Kinopoisk #93
- AlloCiné #91
- Trakt #328
Every rating
63–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A selfish young car dealer discovers his father's fortune has been left to an older brother he never knew existed, an autistic savant living in an institution. In an attempt to get half the money, he checks his brother out of the facility. A cross-country journey together forces him to reconnect with family and reevaluate his life.
Details
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Writers
- Barry Morrow, Ronald Bass
- Released
- 12 December 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $354.8M
- Awards
- 26 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 46 →9 major awards won · 26 wins from 46 nominations across 25 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Picture | Mark Johnson | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Director | Barry Levinson | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Actor | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1988 | Golden Bear | Barry Levinson | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1988 | Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award | Barry Levinson | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1988 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Barry Levinson | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1988 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner |
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Academy Awards
8 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
| Best Director | Barry Levinson | Winner |
| Best Picture | Mark Johnson | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Ida Random and Linda DeScenna | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Stu Linder | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Barry Levinson | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award | Barry Levinson | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Barry Levinson | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Barry Levinson | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Barry Levinson | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow | Nominee |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
| Best Director | Barry Levinson | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Cruise | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Barry Levinson | Winner |
| Best Foreign Director | Barry Levinson | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Producer | Mark Johnson | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Screenplay | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | Stu Linder | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
Goldene Kamera (1989)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen | Winner |
Goldene Kamera (1991)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen with 1 Star | Winner |
Heartland Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Truly Moving Picture Award | Barry Levinson | Winner |
Jupiter Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Film | Barry Levinson | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Barry Levinson | Winner |
Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Barry Levinson | Winner |
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture | Winner |
YoGa Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Worst Foreign Actor | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Dustin Hoffman | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Stu Linder | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Director | Barry Levinson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Valeria Golino | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | John Seale | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Dustin Hoffman | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
MTV Video Music Awards
1 nomination
| Best Video from a Film | " Iko Iko " – The Belle Stars | Nominee |