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The English Patient
1996
· Movie
· 162 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1019
- IMDb #1235
- Google retired #1848
- Rotten Tomatoes #1142
- Metacritic #485
- Letterboxd #1723
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1469
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1327
- Metacritic Critics #337
- Metacritic Audience #1196
- Criticker #1288
- Douban #296
- Kinopoisk #499
- AlloCiné #877
- Trakt #2125
Every rating
54–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Metacritic critics on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →At the end of World War II, a severely burned man lies in an Italian monastery being cared for by a nurse. He is a man without a name or a past. Through his fragmented memories, a story unfolds of a passionate, ill-fated love affair set against the sweeping backdrop of the North African desert and the turmoil of the war, revealing the tragic events that led to his current condition.
Details
- Director
- Anthony Minghella
- Writer
- Anthony Minghella
- Based on
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
- Released
- 14 November 1996
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, German, Italian, Arabic
- Runtime
- 162 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $27.0M
- Box office
- $232.0M
- Awards
- 56 wins, 50 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 106 →19 major awards won · 56 wins from 106 nominations across 41 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Picture | Saul Zaentz | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Director | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Actress | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Stuart Craig ; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Costume Design | Ann Roth | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Film Editing | Walter Murch | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Original Dramatic Score | Gabriel Yared | Winner |
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Academy Awards
12 nominations, 9 won
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Stuart Craig ; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Ann Roth | Winner |
| Best Director | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Walter Murch | Winner |
| Best Original Dramatic Score | Gabriel Yared | Winner |
| Best Picture | Saul Zaentz | Winner |
| Best Sound | Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, and Christopher Newman | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Kristin Scott Thomas | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Gabriel Yared | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Kristin Scott Thomas | Nominee |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Saul Zaentz | Winner |
| Visionary Award – Theatrical Motion Pictures | Saul Zaentz | Winner |
Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design – Feature Film | Stuart Craig and Aurelio Crugnola | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | The English Patient – Gabriel Yared | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
4 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Naveen Andrews, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Jürgen Prochnow, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Julian Wadham | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Kristin Scott Thomas | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
Goya Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
13 nominations, 6 won
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
| Best Editing | Walter Murch | Winner |
| Best Film | Saul Zaentz and Anthony Minghella | Winner |
| Best Original Music | Gabriel Yared | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Kristin Scott Thomas | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Ann Roth | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| Best Make Up/Hair | Fabrizio Sforza and Nigel Booth | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Stuart Craig | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Mark Berger, Pat Jackson, Walter Murch, Chris Newman, David Parker, and Ivan Sharrock | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
14 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
| Best Drama Picture | Saul Zaentz | Winner |
| Best Picture | Saul Zaentz | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Kristin Scott Thomas | Nominee |
| Best Director | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| Best Drama Actor | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
| Best Drama Actress | Kristin Scott Thomas | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Walter Murch | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Fabrizio Sforza and Nigel Booth | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan | Nominee |
| Best Score | Gabriel Yared | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
9 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Gabriel Yared | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Kristin Scott Thomas | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Stuart Craig | Nominee |
| Best Director | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Walter Murch | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
European Film Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| European Actress of the Year | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
| European Cinematographer of the Year | John Seale | Winner |
| European Film of the Year | Saul Zaentz | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kristin Scott Thomas | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
Chlotrudis Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Naveen Andrews | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | Walter Murch | Winner |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | John Seale | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
Cabourg Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures | Christopher Newman, Walter Murch, Mark Berger, and David Parker | Winner |
Empire Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best British Director | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Motion Picture Feature Films: Music Editing | Robert Randles | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| British Director of the Year | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Winner |
Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Anthony Minghella | Winner |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| USC Scripter Awards | Anthony Minghella (screenwriter) ; Michael Ondaatje (author) | Winner |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama | David Rubin | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Saul Zaentz | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | John Seale | Nominee |
Czech Lion Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Anthony Minghella | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |