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Speed
1994
· Movie
· 116 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1221
- IMDb #1396
- Google retired #703
- Rotten Tomatoes #968
- Metacritic #675
- Letterboxd #1483
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #414
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1908
- Metacritic Critics #835
- Metacritic Audience #619
- Criticker #2062
- AlloCiné #1722
Every rating
45–95
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 45, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95. Critics average 86, everyone else 73.
See the most agreed on films →A young police officer must prevent a bomb from exploding on a city bus. The catch: the bomb is armed once the bus goes 50 miles per hour and will explode if it drops below that speed. He must find a way to get the passengers off the bus without slowing down.
Details
- Director
- Jan de Bont
- Writers
- Graham Yost, Joss Whedon
- Released
- 9 June 1994
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $350.4M
- Awards
- 17 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| BMI Film Music Award 1995 | BMI Film Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
| Best Action Sequence - for the bus escape/airplane explosion 1995 | Best Action Sequence - for the bus escape/airplane explosion | N/a | Winner |
| Best Action/Adventure-Thriller Film 1995 | Best Action/Adventure-Thriller Film | N/a | Nominee |
| Best Actress 1995 | Best Actress | Sandra Bullock | Winner |
| Best Director 1995 | Best Director | Jan de Bont | Nominee |
| Best Edited Feature Film 1995 | Best Edited Feature Film | John Wright | Nominee |
| Best Editing 1995 | Best Editing | John Wright | Winner |
| Best Female Performance 1995 | Best Female Performance | Sandra Bullock | Winner |
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Best Sound
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Sound | Stephen Hunter Flick Gregg Landaker Steve Maslow Bob Beemer David MacMillan | Winner |
| Best Sound | Gregg Landaker Steve Maslow Bob Beemer David MacMillan | Winner |
BMI Film Music Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| BMI Film Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
Best Action Sequence - for the bus escape/airplane explosion
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Action Sequence - for the bus escape/airplane explosion | N/a | Winner |
Best Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Sandra Bullock | Winner |
Best Editing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Editing | John Wright | Winner |
Best Female Performance
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Female Performance | Sandra Bullock | Winner |
Best International Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Actress | Sandra Bullock | Winner |
Best On-Screen Duo
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best On-Screen Duo | Keanu Reeves Sandra Bullock | Winner |
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film | Stephen Hunter Flick Donald Flick David E. Stone Eric Potter Paul Berolzheimer David Bartlett John Dunn Patricio A. Libenson Dean Beville John T. Cucci Ken Dufva Judee Flick Avram D. Gold Warren Hamilton Jr. Greg Hedgepath Dean Manly Dan O'Connell Catherine Rowe Joan Rowe Kirk Schuler Bruce Stubblef | Winner |
Best Sound Effects Editing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound Effects Editing | Stephen Hunter Flick | Winner |
Best Stunt Ensemble
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Stunt Ensemble | Gary Hymes Eddie Matthews William Morts Jimmy Ortega Brian Smrz | Winner |
Best Villain
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Villain | Dennis Hopper | Winner |
Favorite Actress - Action/Adventure
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Actress - Action/Adventure | Sandra Bullock | Winner |
Golden Screen
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen | N/a | Winner |
Honorable Mentions
1 nomination, 1 won
| Honorable Mentions | Jan de Bont | Winner |
Most Desirable Female
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Desirable Female | Sandra Bullock | Winner |
Best Film Editing
2 nominations
| Best Film Editing | John Wright | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | John Wright | Nominee |
Best Achievement in Sound
1 nomination
| Best Achievement in Sound | David McMillan | Nominee |
Best Action/Adventure-Thriller Film
1 nomination
| Best Action/Adventure-Thriller Film | N/a | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Jan de Bont | Nominee |
Best Edited Feature Film
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | John Wright | Nominee |
Best Foreign Film
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | N/a | Nominee |
Best Kiss
1 nomination
| Best Kiss | Keanu Reeves Sandra Bullock | Nominee |
Best Male Performance
1 nomination
| Best Male Performance | Keanu Reeves | Nominee |
Best Motion Picture
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture | Graham Yost | Nominee |
Best Movie
1 nomination
| Best Movie | N/a | Nominee |
Best Special Visual Effects
1 nomination
| Best Special Visual Effects | Boyd Shermis John Frazier Ron Brinkman Richard E. Hollander | Nominee |
Best Visual Effects
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Boyd Shermis | Nominee |
Favorite Movie
1 nomination
| Favorite Movie | N/a | Nominee |
Favorite Movie Actor
1 nomination
| Favorite Movie Actor | Keanu Reeves | Nominee |
Favorite Movie Actress
1 nomination
| Favorite Movie Actress | Sandra Bullock | Nominee |
Most Desirable Male
1 nomination
| Most Desirable Male | Keanu Reeves | Nominee |
Most Promising Actress
1 nomination
| Most Promising Actress | Sandra Bullock | Nominee |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films | Gregg Landaker Steve Maslow Bob Beemer David MacMillan | Nominee |