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Serpico
1973
· Movie
· 130 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #561
- IMDb #712
- Google retired #1642
- Rotten Tomatoes #490
- Metacritic #384
- Letterboxd #753
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #686
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #753
- Metacritic Critics #524
- Metacritic Audience #422
- Criticker #390
- Douban #1098
- Kinopoisk #622
- AlloCiné #409
- Trakt #1066
Every rating
66–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the most agreed on films →An idealistic New York City police officer is determined to live and work by his own strict moral code. He is increasingly disturbed by the rampant corruption he witnesses within the department. His refusal to accept bribes or participate in illegal activities isolates him from his fellow officers, making him a target and forcing him to risk his own safety to expose the systemic graft.
Details
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Writers
- Norman Wexler, Waldo Salt
- Studio
- Artists Entertainment Complex, Produzioni De Laurentiis - International Manufacturing Company, The De Laurentiis Company
- Released
- 18 December 1973
- Country
- United States, Italy
- Language
- English, Italian, Spanish
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Box office
- $30.8M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →2 major awards won · 2 wins from 10 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| 26th Writers Guild of America Awards 1973 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler | Winner |
| 31st Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Al Pacino | Winner |
| 17th Annual Grammy Awards 1973 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Mikis Theodorakis | Nominee |
| 26th Directors Guild of America Awards 1973 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Sidney Lumet | Nominee |
| 31st Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Serpico | Nominee |
| 46th Academy Awards 1973 | Best Actor | Al Pacino | Nominee |
| 46th Academy Awards 1973 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler | Nominee |
| 28th British Academy Film Awards 1973 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Al Pacino | Nominee |
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31st Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Al Pacino | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Serpico | Nominee |
26th Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler | Winner |
46th Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Al Pacino | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler | Nominee |
17th Annual Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Mikis Theodorakis | Nominee |
26th Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Sidney Lumet | Nominee |
28th British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Al Pacino | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Sidney Lumet | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | Mikis Theodorakis | Nominee |