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The Conversation
1974
· Movie
· 113 min
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #570
- IMDb #719
- Google retired #2839
- Rotten Tomatoes #393
- Metacritic #287
- Letterboxd #319
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #516
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #662
- Metacritic Critics #256
- Metacritic Audience #639
- Criticker #144
- Douban #599
- Kinopoisk #1146
- AlloCiné #1523
- Trakt #1317
Every rating
72–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 91, everyone else 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A meticulous and paranoid surveillance expert is hired to record the conversation of a young couple in a crowded public space. He becomes obsessed with the ambiguous dialogue on his tapes, believing it may hint at a future murder. His professional detachment erodes as his guilt and fear grow, leading him to question his role in the events that may unfold.
Details
- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Writer
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Released
- 12 April 1974
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Box office
- $4.8M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →1 major award won · 8 wins from 19 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 1974 | Grand Prix du Festival International du Film | Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1975 | Best Picture | Francis Ford Coppola & Fred Roos | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1975 | Best Sound | Walter Murch and Art Rochester | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1975 | Best Original Screenplay | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
| Golden Globes 1975 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Golden Globes 1975 | Best Screenplay | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
| Golden Globes 1975 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gene Hackman | Nominee |
| Golden Globes 1975 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix du Festival International du Film | Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
Golden Globes
4 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gene Hackman | Nominee |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Original Screenplay | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Francis Ford Coppola & Fred Roos | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Walter Murch and Art Rochester | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America
1 nomination
| Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
National Board of Review
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| Best Director | Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Editing | Walter Murch, Richard Chew | Winner |
| Best Soundtrack | Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Mike Ejve, Walter Murch | Winner |
| Best Actor | Gene Hackman | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |