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sex, lies, and videotape
1989
· Movie
· 100 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1209
- IMDb #1769
- Rotten Tomatoes #847
- Metacritic #418
- Letterboxd #869
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #332
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1759
- Metacritic Critics #354
- Metacritic Audience #935
- Criticker #811
- Kinopoisk #1234
- AlloCiné #2343
- Trakt #2488
Every rating
60–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 91, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A withdrawn man's arrival in town disrupts the lives of a married couple and her younger sister. His unusual habit of videotaping women as they discuss their intimate secrets and sexuality forces each character to confront the deceptions and dissatisfactions in their own relationships, exposing the vast gap between their public faces and private realities.
Details
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Writer
- Steven Soderbergh
- Studio
- Outlaw Productions
- Released
- 4 August 1989
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
- $24.7M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 20 →8 major awards won · 11 wins from 20 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 1990 | Best Actress | Andie MacDowell | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1990 | Best Feature | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1990 | Best Director | Steven Soderbergh | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1990 | Best Supporting Actress | Laura San Giacomo | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1989 | Best Actor | James Spader | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1989 | FIPRESCI Prize | Steven Soderbergh | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1989 | Palme d'Or | Steven Soderbergh | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 1989 | Audience Award | Steven Soderbergh | Winner |
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Independent Spirit Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress | Andie MacDowell | Winner |
| Best Director | Steven Soderbergh | Winner |
| Best Feature | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Laura San Giacomo | Winner |
| Best Actor | James Spader | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | James Spader | Winner |
| FIPRESCI Prize | Steven Soderbergh | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Steven Soderbergh | Winner |
Sundance Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Steven Soderbergh | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Andie MacDowell | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Steven Soderbergh | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Laura San Giacomo | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Steven Soderbergh | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Steven Soderbergh | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Steven Soderbergh | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Andie MacDowell | Winner |
| New Generation Award | Laura San Giacomo | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Screenplay | Steven Soderbergh | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Laura San Giacomo | Nominee |