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RoboCop
1987
· Movie
· 102 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1070
- IMDb #827
- Google retired #769
- Rotten Tomatoes #1193
- Metacritic #857
- Letterboxd #778
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1643
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1204
- Metacritic Critics #1491
- Metacritic Audience #243
- Criticker #1199
- Douban #834
- Kinopoisk #933
- AlloCiné #1418
- Trakt #981
Every rating
55–92
out of 100
A dedicated police officer in crime-ridden Detroit is brutally murdered by a gang of criminals. A powerful corporation uses his body to create a revolutionary cybernetic law enforcer. He retains fragments of his memory and humanity, which he uses to seek justice against the men who killed him.
Details
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Writers
- Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner
- Released
- 17 July 1987
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13.0M
- Box office
- $53.4M
- Awards
- 1 win, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →1 win from 6 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Film Editing | Frank J. Urioste | Nominee |
| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Sound | Aaron Rochin | Nominee |
| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Sound | Carlos Delarios | Nominee |
| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Sound | Michael J. Kohut | Nominee |
| 60th Academy Awards 1988 | Best Sound | Robert Wald | Nominee |
| 15th Saturn Awards 1988 | Best Science Fiction Film | Winner |
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6 awards — RoboCop
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60th Academy Awards
5 nominations
| Best Film Editing | Frank J. Urioste | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Aaron Rochin | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Carlos Delarios | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Michael J. Kohut | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Robert Wald | Nominee |
15th Saturn Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction Film | Winner |