Sid and Nancy
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2154
- IMDb #2296
- Rotten Tomatoes #1485
- Letterboxd #2255
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1382
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2038
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- Metacritic Critics #973
- Criticker #1495
- Kinopoisk #1627
- AlloCiné #3027
- Trakt #2827
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87. Critics average 82, everyone else 68.
See the most agreed on films →The story of the destructive, chaotic love affair between Sid Vicious, the bassist for the seminal punk band the Sex Pistols, and his American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Their relationship, fueled by drugs and a shared obsession, quickly spirals into a vortex of addiction and violence, set against the backdrop of the 1970s London punk scene, leading to a tragic conclusion.
Details
- Director
- Alex Cox
- Studio
- Initial Pictures, Zenith Entertainment
- Released
- 12 September 1986
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $4.0M
- Box office
- $2.8M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →4 wins from 6 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| BAFTA Awards 1986 | Best Make-Up Art | Peter Frampton | Nominee |
| Boston Society of Film Critics 1986 | Best Actress | Chloe Webb | Winner |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards 1986 | Most Promising Newcomer | Gary Oldman | Winner |
| National Society of Film Critics 1986 | Best Actress | Chloe Webb | Winner |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1986 | Best Actress | Chloe Webb | Nominee |
| São Paulo International Film Festival 1986 | Critics Award | Sid and Nancy | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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6 awards — Sid and Nancy
×| Best Make-Up Art | Peter Frampton | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Chloe Webb | Winner |
| Most Promising Newcomer | Gary Oldman | Winner |
| Best Actress | Chloe Webb | Winner |
| Critics Award | Sid and Nancy | Winner |
| Best Actress | Chloe Webb | Nominee |