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Sophie's Choice
1982
· Movie
· 150 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1272
- IMDb #1137
- Google retired #1290
- Rotten Tomatoes #1644
- Metacritic #1366
- Letterboxd #1635
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2429
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1147
- Metacritic Critics #1693
- Metacritic Audience #951
- Criticker #737
- AlloCiné #1021
Every rating
61–90
out of 100
In 1947 Brooklyn, a young writer befriends a beautiful Holocaust survivor, Sophie, and her charismatic but unstable lover. Through their complex relationship, fragments of Sophie's past in Nazi-occupied Poland emerge. The narrative slowly peels back the layers of her trauma, revealing the immense guilt and sorrow she carries. The story centers on the devastating, life-altering choice she was forced to make, a secret that continues to shape and shatter her present.
Details
- Director
- Alan J. Pakula
- Writer
- Alan J. Pakula
- Based on
- Sophie's Choice by William Styron
- Released
- 8 December 1982
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Polish, German, French, Russian
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $30.0M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 12 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →2 major awards won · 11 wins from 23 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1982 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Alan J. Pakula | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Cinematography | Néstor Almendros | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Costume Design | Albert Wolsky | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1982 | Best Original Score | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1982 | New Star of the Year – Actor | Kevin Kline | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1982 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alan J. Pakula | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Néstor Almendros | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Albert Wolsky | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Marvin Hamlisch | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| New Star of the Year – Actor | Kevin Kline | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Adapted from Another Medium | Alan J. Pakula | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Néstor Almendros | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Alan J. Pakula | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Alan J. Pakula | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Kevin Kline | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance in a Foreign Film | Meryl Streep | Nominee |