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The Exorcist
1973
· Movie
· 122 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #783
- IMDb #215
- Google retired #2316
- Rotten Tomatoes #1345
- Metacritic #342
- Letterboxd #703
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2171
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #849
- Metacritic Critics #511
- Metacritic Audience #317
- Criticker #540
- Douban #924
- Kinopoisk #864
- AlloCiné #570
- Trakt #603
Every rating
63–87
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young girl begins to exhibit increasingly disturbing and violent behavior. After all medical explanations are exhausted, her desperate mother seeks the help of two priests. They conclude the girl is possessed by a demonic entity and must perform a dangerous exorcism to save her soul.
Details
- Director
- William Friedkin
- Writer
- William Peter Blatty
- Based on
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- Released
- 26 December 1973
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Latin, Greek, French, German, Arabic, Kurdish
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $430.9M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →6 major awards won · 11 wins from 25 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | William Peter Blatty | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Sound | Robert Knudson and Chris Newman | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Linda Blair | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Director – Motion Picture | William Friedkin | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | William Peter Blatty | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Picture | William Peter Blatty | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Director | William Friedkin | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director – Motion Picture | William Friedkin | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | William Peter Blatty | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Linda Blair | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ellen Burstyn | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Max von Sydow | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Linda Blair | Nominee |
Academy Awards
10 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | William Peter Blatty | Winner |
| Best Sound | Robert Knudson and Chris Newman | Winner |
| Best Actress | Ellen Burstyn | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Bill Malley ; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Owen Roizman | Nominee |
| Best Director | William Friedkin | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan A. Lottman, and Norman Gay | Nominee |
| Best Picture | William Peter Blatty | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jason Miller | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Linda Blair | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | William Friedkin | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Adapted from Another Medium | William Peter Blatty | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Horror Film | Winner | |
| Best Make-up | Dick Smith | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | Marcel Vercoutere | Winner |
| Best Writing | William Peter Blatty | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Soundtrack | Chris Newman, Jean-Louis Ducarme, Robert Knudson, Frederick Brown, Bob Fine, Ross Taylor, Ron Nagle, Doc Siegel, Gonzalo Gavira, and Hal Landaker | Nominee |