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The Fugitive
1993
· Movie
· 130 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #371
- IMDb #545
- Google retired #775
- Rotten Tomatoes #292
- Metacritic #209
- Letterboxd #751
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #315
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #614
- Metacritic Critics #289
- Metacritic Audience #250
- Criticker #543
- Douban #579
- Kinopoisk #484
- AlloCiné #590
- Trakt #620
Every rating
63–96
out of 100
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Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the most agreed on films →A renowned surgeon is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. After a bus accident allows him to escape custody, he becomes a fugitive from the law. A seasoned U.S. Marshal leads a relentless nationwide manhunt to recapture him, forcing the surgeon to find the real killer while staying one step ahead of his pursuer.
Details
- Director
- Andrew Davis
- Writers
- David Twohy, Jeb Stuart
- Based on
- The Fugitive
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 6 August 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Polish, Spanish
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $44.0M
- Box office
- $368.9M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 23 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 33 →2 major awards won · 10 wins from 33 nominations across 17 ceremonies
| 1994 51st Golden Globe Awards 1994 | Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Tommy Lee Jones | Winner |
| 1994 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Winner |
| 1994 51st Golden Globe Awards 1994 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Andrew Davis | Nominee |
| 1994 51st Golden Globe Awards 1994 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| 1994 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Film Editing | Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord and Dov Hoenig | Nominee |
| 1994 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| 1994 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Sound | Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño and Scott D. Smith | Nominee |
| 1994 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Sound Effects Editing | John Leveque and Bruce Stambler | Nominee |
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1994 66th Academy Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Michael Chapman | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord and Dov Hoenig | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Arnold Kopelson, producer | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño and Scott D. Smith | Nominee |
| Best Sound Effects Editing | John Leveque and Bruce Stambler | Nominee |
1994 51st Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Tommy Lee Jones | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Andrew Davis | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
1994 Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jeb Stuart, David Twohy | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards 1993
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Andrew Davis | Nominee |
1994 MTV Movie Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Action Sequence | Train Wreck | Winner |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones | Winner |
| Best Male Performance | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee |
1993 47th British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Sound | John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño | Winner |
| Achievement in Special Effects | William Mesa, Roy Arbogast | Nominee |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
| Editing | Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord, Dov Hoenig | Nominee |
1993 Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film | Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño, Scott D. Smith | Winner |
1994 ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | James Newton Howard | Winner |
19th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1993
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1993
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 1993
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Winner |
1993 6th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards
3 nominations
| Best Director | Andrew Davis | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
1993 8th Annual ASC Awards
1 nomination
| Theatrical Release | Michael Chapman | Nominee |
1994 Annual ACE Eddie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) | Dennis Virkler, Don Brochu, Dean Goodhill, Richard Nord, David Finfer | Nominee |
1994 Edgar Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture | Jeb Stuart, David Twohy | Nominee |
1994 Japan Academy Prize
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards 1993
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |