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Rebel Without a Cause
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #682
- IMDb #889
- Rotten Tomatoes #655
- Metacritic #358
- Letterboxd #1016
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #919
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #893
- Metacritic Critics #226
- Metacritic Audience #1093
- Criticker #569
- Douban #655
- Kinopoisk #1281
- AlloCiné #647
- Trakt #1609
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 90, everyone else 78.
See the most agreed on films →A emotionally troubled teenager arrives in a new town and almost immediately clashes with local bullies and a dismissive police force. He forms a fragile bond with two other alienated youths: a girl ignored by her parents and a boy crushed by his. Over one long, tense night, they navigate adolescent angst, parental conflict, and violent dares that spiral toward tragedy.
Details
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Writers
- Nicholas Ray, Stewart Stern
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 27 October 1955
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $4.5M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 10 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1955 | Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Natalie Wood | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1955 | Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Wood | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1955 | Best Motion Picture Story | Nicholas Ray | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1955 | Best Supporting Actor | Sal Mineo | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1955 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| British Academy Film Awards 1955 | Best Foreign Actor | James Dean | Nominee |
| Cahiers du Cinéma 1955 | Best Film | Nicholas Ray | Nominee |
| National Film Preservation Board 1955 | National Film Registry | Winner |
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10 awards — Rebel Without a Cause
×| Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Natalie Wood | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture Story | Nicholas Ray | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sal Mineo | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Wood | Nominee |
| National Film Registry | Winner |
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Actor | James Dean | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nicholas Ray | Nominee |
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection | James Dean Ultimate Collector's Collection | Nominee |