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Strictly Ballroom
1992
· Movie
· 94 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1313
- IMDb #1820
- Rotten Tomatoes #805
- Metacritic #1750
- Letterboxd #1212
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1169
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #922
- Metacritic Critics #1326
- Metacritic Audience #2773
- Kinopoisk #1135
- AlloCiné #2234
- Trakt #2246
Every rating
67–89
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 89.
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Details
- Director
- Baz Luhrmann
- Writers
- Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce
- Studio
- Beyond Films, M & A, Australian Film Finance Corporation, New South Wales Film & Television Office
- Released
- 20 August 1992
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $33.9M
- Awards
- 17 wins, 19 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (18) →
Awards & nominations
See all 36 →1 major award won · 17 wins from 36 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 1992 | Award of the Youth for Foreign Film | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1992 | Un Certain Regard | Baz Luhrmann | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Baz Luhrmann, Antoinette Albert and Tristram Miall | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1992 | Best Art Direction | Catherine Martin | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1992 | Best Original Score | David Hirschfelder | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1992 | Best Supporting Actress | Pat Thomson | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1992 | Best Original Screenplay | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1992 | Best Film Editing | Jill Bilcock | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Award of the Youth for Foreign Film | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
| Un Certain Regard | Baz Luhrmann | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Baz Luhrmann, Antoinette Albert and Tristram Miall | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute Awards
13 nominations, 8 won
| Best Achievement in Costume Design | Angus Strathie | Winner |
| Best Achievement in Direction | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
| Best Achievement in Editing | Jill Bilcock | Winner |
| Best Achievement in Production Design | Catherine Martin | Winner |
| Best Film | Tristram Miall | Winner |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Barry Otto | Winner |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Pat Thomson | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Winner |
| Best Achievement in Cinematography | Steve Mason | Nominee |
| Best Achievement in Sound | Bruce Brown, Ben Osmo and Roger Savage | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Paul Mercurio | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Tara Morice | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Gia Carides | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Costume Design | Angus Strathie and Catherine Martin | Winner |
| Best Original Film Music | David Hirschfelder | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Catherine Martin | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Tara Morice | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Jill Bilcock | Nominee |
| Best Film | Tristram Miall and Baz Luhrmann | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Antony Gray, Ben Osmo, Roger Savage, Ian McLoughlin and Phil Judd | Nominee |
Chicago International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best First Feature Film | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Newcomer of the Year | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
Robert Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| People's Choice Award | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
Vancouver International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Popular Film | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
20/20 Awards
6 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Catherine Martin | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Angus Strathie | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Jill Bilcock | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | David Hirschfelder | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Pat Thomson | Nominee |
Bogotá Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best Film | Baz Luhrmann | Nominee |