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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
· Movie
· 158 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #562
- IMDb #526
- Google retired #1041
- Rotten Tomatoes #973
- Metacritic #961
- Letterboxd #777
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1420
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #982
- Metacritic Critics #1358
- Metacritic Audience #473
- Douban #545
- Kinopoisk #721
- AlloCiné #588
- Trakt #595
Every rating
71–90
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 71, highest is Google on 90.
See the most agreed on films →A disgraced journalist is hired by a wealthy industrialist to solve the forty-year-old disappearance of his beloved niece. He is aided by a brilliant but deeply troubled computer hacker. Together, they uncover a dark history of murder and corruption hidden within the powerful family's past.
Details
- Director
- David Fincher
- Writer
- Steven Zaillian
- Released
- 14 December 2011
- Country
- Sweden, United States
- Language
- English, Swedish
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $90.0M
- Box office
- $232.6M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 36 →2 major awards won · 9 wins from 36 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| Grammy Awards 2013 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Winner |
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Film Editing | Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter | Winner |
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Cinematography | Jeff Cronenweth | Nominee |
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Sound Mixing | David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson | Nominee |
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Sound Editing | Ren Klyce | Nominee |
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Actress | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 2012 | Best Director | David Fincher | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2012 | Best Original Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
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84th Academy Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film Editing | Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter | Winner |
| Best Actress | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Jeff Cronenweth | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Ren Klyce | Nominee |
| Best Sound Mixing | David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | David Fincher | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Ceán Chaffin and Scott Rudin | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Steven Zaillian | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Rooney Mara | Winner |
| Best Scene | Blur Studio (for the opening credits) | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Jeff Cronenweth | Nominee |
| Best Director | David Fincher | Nominee |
| Best Music | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Steven Zaillian | Winner |
| Best Director | David Fincher | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Editing | Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall | Winner |
| Best Composer | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance | Rooney Mara (Tied with Felicity Jones for Like Crazy ) | Winner |
| Top Ten Film | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film Music or Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Winner |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Horror or Thriller Film | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Female Performance | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
| Best On-Screen Transformation | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Performance | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
65th British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Jeff Cronenweth | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Jeff Cronenweth | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
Denver Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Rooney Mara | Nominee |
Kerrang! Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |