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Roman Holiday
1953
· Movie
· 118 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #198
- IMDb #335
- Google retired #438
- Rotten Tomatoes #84
- Metacritic #587
- Letterboxd #226
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #215
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #229
- Metacritic Audience #430
- Criticker #297
- Douban #43
- Kinopoisk #68
- AlloCiné #948
- Trakt #257
Every rating
68–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the most agreed on films →A bored and sheltered European princess escapes her stifling schedule during a official visit to Rome. She is found by an American news reporter, who offers to show her the city, not initially revealing that he recognizes her and plans to get an exclusive story, but soon finds himself falling for her.
Details
- Director
- William Wyler
- Writers
- Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 26 August 1953
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian, German
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $12.0M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 24 →5 major awards won · 9 wins from 24 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Actress | Audrey Hepburn | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Story | Dalton Trumbo | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | Edith Head | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1953 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Audrey Hepburn | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1953 | Best Written American Comedy | Ian McLellan Hunter, Dalton Trumbo, and John Dighton | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Motion Picture | William Wyler | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Director | William Wyler | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Supporting Actor | Eddie Albert | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
10 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Audrey Hepburn | Winner |
| Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | Edith Head | Winner |
| Best Story | Dalton Trumbo | Winner |
| Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Hal Pereira and Walter H. Tyler | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | Franz Planer and Henri Alekan | Nominee |
| Best Director | William Wyler | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Robert Swink | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | William Wyler | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Eddie Albert | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Audrey Hepburn | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Written American Comedy | Ian McLellan Hunter, Dalton Trumbo, and John Dighton | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | William Wyler | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best British Actress | Audrey Hepburn | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Actor | Eddie Albert | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Actor | Gregory Peck | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Audrey Hepburn | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee |
Huabiao Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Translated Foreign Film | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Bambi Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor – International | Gregory Peck | Nominee |
| Best Actress – International | Audrey Hepburn | Nominee |
Venice International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Lion | William Wyler | Nominee |