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The Black Dahlia
2006
· Movie
· 121 min
F
MEANRANK
48/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #5429
- IMDb #5131
- Rotten Tomatoes #4773
- Metacritic #4110
- Letterboxd #4841
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4617
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #5014
- Metacritic Critics #3489
- Metacritic Audience #4549
- Criticker #3440
- Kinopoisk #4057
- AlloCiné #4417
- Trakt #4944
Every rating
27–65
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 27, highest is Kinopoisk on 65.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two LAPD detectives and former boxer partners are assigned to investigate the horrifically gruesome murder of a young aspiring actress, a case that becomes known as the Black Dahlia. The investigation becomes an obsession for one of the detectives, pulling him into a dark world of corruption, jealousy, and deceit within the city’s upper crust, and threatening to destroy his partnership and his sanity.
Details
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Writer
- Josh Friedman
- Based on
- The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
- Released
- 15 September 2006
- Country
- United States, France, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $50.0M
- Box office
- $49.3M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →3 wins from 17 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Academy Award 2006 | Best Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond | Nominee |
| Venice Film Festival 2006 | Golden Lion | Brian De Palma | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2006 | Hall of Shame | Winner | |
| American Society of Cinematographers 2006 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Vilmos Zsigmond | Nominee |
| Hollywood Film Awards 2006 | Cinematographer of the Year | Vilmos Zsigmond | Winner |
| International Dubbing Gran Priz 2006 | Audience Award for Best Voice Actress | Laura Lenghi | Nominee |
| International Dubbing Gran Priz 2006 | Audience Award for Best Voice Actress | Ilaria Stagni | Nominee |
| International Dubbing Gran Priz 2006 | Audience Award for Best Voice Actor | Adriano Giannini | Nominee |
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Academy Award
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond | Nominee |
Venice Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Lion | Brian De Palma | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Shame | Winner |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cinematographer of the Year | Vilmos Zsigmond | Winner |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Ribbon for Best Production Design | Dante Ferretti | Winner |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
4 nominations
| Worst Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Worst On-Screen Couple | Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank & Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
| Worst Sense of Direction | Brian De Palma | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Fiona Shaw | Nominee |
International Dubbing Gran Priz
3 nominations
| Audience Award for Best Voice Actor | Adriano Giannini | Nominee |
| Audience Award for Best Voice Actress | Laura Lenghi | Nominee |
| Audience Award for Best Voice Actress | Ilaria Stagni | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Jenny Beavan | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Vilmos Zsigmond | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors
1 nomination
| Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing for Sound Effects and Foley in a Foreign Film | Paula Fairfield, Carla Murray, Jill Purdy, Lee de Lang, Nathan Robitaille, Lisa J. Levine & Steve Baine | Nominee |
Teen Choice Award
1 nomination
| Choice Movie Actress – Drama | Scarlett Johansson (also for The Prestige ) | Nominee |