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The Blue Lagoon
1980
· Movie
· 104 min
D
MEANRANK
55/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4728
- IMDb #4835
- Google retired #1839
- Rotten Tomatoes #4648
- Metacritic #4302
- Letterboxd #5277
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5389
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3813
- Metacritic Critics #4749
- Metacritic Audience #2742
- Criticker #3577
- Douban #974
- Kinopoisk #2308
- AlloCiné #3467
- Trakt #4193
Every rating
12–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 12, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 22, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two young children are stranded on a beautiful, secluded tropical island after a shipwreck. With no adults to guide them, they must learn to survive on their own as they grow into adolescence. Their innocent relationship naturally evolves into a romantic one as they discover the wonders of the island and the complexities of their own changing bodies and emotions.
Details
- Director
- Randal Kleiser
- Writer
- Douglas Day Stewart
- Based on
- The Blue Lagoon by Q1392055
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 5 July 1980
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $58.9M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (13) →
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →5 wins from 16 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1981 | Best Cinematography | Néstor Almendros | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1981 | New Star of the Year – Actor | Christopher Atkins | Nominee |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2006 | Worst Actor | Christopher Atkins | Nominee |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2006 | Worst Actress | Brooke Shields | Winner |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2006 | Most Intrusive Musical Score | The Blue Lagoon (Columbia) | Winner |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2006 | Worst On-Screen Couple | Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1990 | Worst New Star of the Decade | Christopher Atkins | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1990 | Worst Actress of the Decade | Brooke Shields | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Néstor Almendros | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| New Star of the Year – Actor | Christopher Atkins | Nominee |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Most Intrusive Musical Score | The Blue Lagoon (Columbia) | Winner |
| Worst Actress | Brooke Shields | Winner |
| Worst Picture | The Blue Lagoon (Columbia) | Winner |
| Worst Actor | Christopher Atkins | Nominee |
| Worst On-Screen Couple | Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Worst Actress | Brooke Shields | Winner |
| Worst Actor of the Decade | Christopher Atkins | Nominee |
| Worst Actress of the Decade | Brooke Shields | Nominee |
| Worst New Star of the Decade | Christopher Atkins | Nominee |
Jupiter Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Actress | Brooke Shields | Winner |
Young Artist Awards
3 nominations
| Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film | Christopher Atkins | Nominee |
| Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film | Brooke Shields | Nominee |
| Best Major Motion Picture – Family Entertainment | The Blue Lagoon ( Columbia ) | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Fantasy Film | The Blue Lagoon (Columbia) | Nominee |