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Sully
2016
· Movie
· 96 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1101
- IMDb #1216
- Google retired #383
- Rotten Tomatoes #1152
- Metacritic #1027
- Letterboxd #2160
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1515
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1243
- Metacritic Critics #1083
- Metacritic Audience #1016
- Criticker #1627
- Douban #390
- Kinopoisk #1373
- AlloCiné #375
- Trakt #779
Every rating
50–94
out of 100
The story of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who became a hero after gliding his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. However, even as the public hails him, an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board is launched, questioning his decision to land on water and suggesting he could have made it back to an airport, threatening his career and reputation.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer
- Todd Komarnicki
- Based on
- Highest Duty by Chesley Sullenberger
- Released
- 7 September 2016
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $60.0M
- Box office
- $240.8M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 21 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (62) →
Awards & nominations
See all 26 →5 wins from 26 nominations across 18 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2017 | Best Sound Editing | Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Editing | Blu Murray | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Picture | Sully | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Komarnicki | Nominee |
| AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards 2017 | Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards 2017 | Best Picture | Sully | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Komarnicki | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Blu Murray | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Sully | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing | Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor | Tom Hanks | Winner |
| Favorite Dramatic Movie | Sully | Nominee |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hollywood Actor Award | Tom Hanks | Winner |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Sully | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Icon Award | Tom Hanks | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Editing | Blu Murray | Winner |
AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Sully | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Komarnicki | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Sully | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action | James Ashwill, Bobby Fernandez, Jose Antonio Garcia, Thomas J. O'Connell, Tom Ozanich and John Reitz | Nominee |
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Feature English Language: Dialogue/ADR | Bub Asman, Alan Robert Murray, Hugo Weng and Katy Wood | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
1 nomination
| Feature-Length Motion Picture – Contemporary Hair Styling | Patricia Dehaney and Jose Zamora | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
Society of Operating Cameramen
1 nomination
| Camera Operator of the Year – Film | Stephen Campanelli | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Mark Curtis, Tyler Kehl, Bryan Litson, Michael Owens and Steven Riley | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Blu Murray | Nominee |