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The Graduate
1967
· Movie
· 106 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #463
- IMDb #316
- Google retired #2156
- Rotten Tomatoes #711
- Metacritic #311
- Letterboxd #383
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1371
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #512
- Metacritic Critics #514
- Metacritic Audience #253
- Criticker #294
- Douban #626
- Kinopoisk #523
- AlloCiné #396
- Trakt #839
Every rating
68–90
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A recent college graduate returns home to his affluent parents’ California home, feeling aimless and disillusioned with his future. He is soon seduced by an older friend of the family, a situation that becomes exponentially more complicated when he falls in love with her sophisticated but idealistic daughter.
Details
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Writers
- Buck Henry, Calder Willingham
- Based on
- The Graduate by Charles Webb
- Released
- 21 December 1967
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $104.9M
- Awards
- 20 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 36 →10 major awards won · 20 wins from 36 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1967 | Best Director | Mike Nichols | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1967 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Mike Nichols | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1967 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Mike Nichols | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1967 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1967 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Anne Bancroft | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1967 | Most Promising Newcomer – Male | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1967 | Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Katharine Ross | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 1967 | Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Dave Grusin and Paul Simon | Winner |
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Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Anne Bancroft | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Mike Nichols | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Winner | |
| Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Katharine Ross | Winner |
| Most Promising Newcomer – Male | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Dustin Hoffman | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Buck Henry and Calder Willingham | Nominee |
Academy Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Mike Nichols | Winner |
| Best Actor | Dustin Hoffman | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Anne Bancroft | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Robert L. Surtees | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Lawrence Turman | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Buck Henry and Calder Willingham | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Katharine Ross | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Mike Nichols | Winner |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Dave Grusin and Paul Simon | Winner |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| PGA Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures | Lawrence Turman – The Graduate | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Written American Comedy | Buck Henry and Calder Willingham | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
7 nominations, 5 won
| Best Direction | Mike Nichols | Winner |
| Best Editing | Sam O'Steen | Winner |
| Best Film | Mike Nichols | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Buck Henry and Calder Willingham | Winner |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Dustin Hoffman | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Anne Bancroft | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Katharine Ross | Nominee |
Laurel Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Top Female Supporting Performance | Katharine Ross | Winner |
| Top Comedy | Nominee | |
| Top Female Dramatic Performance | Anne Bancroft | Nominee |
| Top Male Comedy Performance | Dustin Hoffman | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Mike Nichols | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Buck Henry and Calder Willingham | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Classic DVD | The Graduate: 40th Anniversary Edition | Winner |
| Best DVD Extras | The Graduate: 40th Anniversary Edition | Nominee |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |