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Saving Private Ryan
1998
· Movie
· 169 min
A
MEANRANK
88/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #34
- IMDb #22
- Google retired #90
- Rotten Tomatoes #116
- Metacritic #40
- Letterboxd #151
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #514
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #73
- Metacritic Critics #154
- Metacritic Audience #26
- Criticker #244
- Douban #48
- Kinopoisk #107
- AlloCiné #40
- Trakt #35
Every rating
69–96
out of 100
Following the D-Day invasion, a group of US soldiers led by Captain Miller is sent deep into enemy territory on a critical mission: to find and retrieve a paratrooper whose three brothers have been killed in action. They must risk their lives to bring the one remaining son home safely to his mother.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writer
- Robert Rodat
- Released
- 24 July 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French, German, Czech
- Runtime
- 169 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $70.0M
- Box office
- $481.8M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 13 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →10 major awards won · 12 wins from 25 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| 56th Golden Globe Awards 1999 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Steven Spielberg | Winner |
| 71st Academy Awards 1999 | Best Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński | Winner |
| 71st Academy Awards 1999 | Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Winner |
| 71st Academy Awards 1999 | Best Sound Editing | Gary Rydstrom | Winner |
| 71st Academy Awards 1999 | Best Sound Editing | Richard Hymns | Winner |
| 71st Academy Awards 1999 | Best Sound | Andy Nelson | Winner |
| 71st Academy Awards 1999 | Best Sound | Gary Rydstrom | Winner |
| 71st Academy Awards 1999 | Best Sound | Gary Summers | Winner |
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71st Academy Awards
21 nominations, 9 won
| Best Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński | Winner |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Michael Kahn | Winner |
| Best Sound | Andy Nelson | Winner |
| Best Sound | Gary Rydstrom | Winner |
| Best Sound | Gary Summers | Winner |
| Best Sound | Ron Judkins | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing | Gary Rydstrom | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing | Richard Hymns | Winner |
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Daniel C. Striepeke | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Lois Burwell | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Conor O'Sullivan | Nominee |
| Best Original Dramatic Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Gary Levinsohn | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Mark Gordon | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Ian Bryce | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Thomas E. Sanders | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Lisa Dean | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Robert Rodat | Nominee |
56th Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Steven Spielberg | Winner |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner |
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |
11th European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Non-European Film | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |