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Richard III
MEANRANK
77/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 91, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
Details
- Director
- Richard Loncraine
- Writers
- Ian McKellen, Richard Loncraine
- Based on
- a work by Richard Eyre, Richard Eyre
- Released
- 29 December 1995
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $2.7M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 11 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 18 →1 major award won · 7 wins from 18 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 1995 | Best Director | Richard Loncraine | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1995 | Best Art Direction | Tony Burrough | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1995 | Best Costume Design | Shuna Harwood | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1995 | Golden Bear | Richard Loncraine | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1995 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1995 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1995 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1995 | Best Costume Design | Shuna Harwood | Winner |
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18 awards — Richard III
×| Best Director | Richard Loncraine | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Richard Loncraine | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Tony Burrough | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Shuna Harwood | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Shuna Harwood | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Tony Burrough | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Film | Lisa Katselas Paré, Stephen Bayly, and Richard Loncraine | Nominee |
| Best Film | Ian McKellen | Winner |
| Best Technical or Artistic Achievement | Tony Burrough | Winner |
| European Actor of the Year | Ian McKellen | Winner |
| British Actor of the Year | Ian McKellen | Winner |
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Peter Biziou | Nominee |
| Golden Frog | Peter Biziou | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Director | Richard Loncraine | Nominee |