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The Crucible
1996
· Movie
· 123 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2459
- IMDb #2731
- Rotten Tomatoes #2537
- Letterboxd #3060
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2637
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2914
+4 more
- Metacritic Critics #1037
- Kinopoisk #2266
- AlloCiné #2779
- Trakt #3109
Every rating
65–75
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Letterboxd on 65, highest is Metacritic critics on 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a Puritan settlement, a group of young girls are discovered dancing in the woods. To avoid punishment, they claim they were possessed by the devil and begin accusing other townspeople of witchcraft. The accusations spiral into a hysterical witch hunt that tears the community apart and condemns the innocent.
Details
- Director
- Nicholas Hytner
- Writer
- Arthur Miller
- Based on
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 27 November 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $7.3M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →1 major award won · 4 wins from 22 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Arthur Miller | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 1996 | Excellence in Production Design – Feature Film | Lilly Kilvert and John Warnkle | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1996 | Golden Bear | Nicholas Hytner | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 1996 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Paul Scofield | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Joan Allen | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Arthur Miller | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Paul Scofield | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Joan Allen | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design – Feature Film | Lilly Kilvert and John Warnkle | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Bear | Nicholas Hytner | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Paul Scofield | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Arthur Miller | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
4 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Arthur Miller | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Andrew Dunn | Nominee |
| Best Drama Actress | Winona Ryder | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama | Paul Scofield | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Drama | Joan Allen | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Arthur Miller | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
Political Film Society Awards
1 nomination
| Human Rights | Nominee |