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The Guest
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2316
- IMDb #2870
- Google retired #3387
- Rotten Tomatoes #1640
- Metacritic #1094
- Letterboxd #2584
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #782
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2756
- Metacritic Critics #966
- Metacritic Audience #1527
- Douban #2326
- Kinopoisk #3716
- AlloCiné #3475
- Trakt #3214
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 84, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A grieving family is visited by a charming and polite young man who claims to be a friend of their son who died in combat. The mother invites him to stay, and he quickly endears himself to the family, helping each member with their problems in increasingly violent ways. Their teenage daughter grows suspicious of their perfect guest and begins to investigate his past, uncovering a dark and dangerous truth about who he really is.
Details
- Director
- Adam Wingard
- Writer
- Simon Barrett
- Studio
- HanWay Films, Snoot Entertainment
- Released
- 5 September 2014
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $2.7M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →3 wins from 12 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2015 2015 | Best Editing | Adam Wingard | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2015 2015 | Best Male Newcomer | Dan Stevens | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2015 2015 | Best Horror | The Guest | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2015 2015 | Best Actor | Dan Stevens | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2015 2015 | Best Thriller Film | The Guest | Nominee |
| BloodGuts UK Horror Awards 2014 2014 | Best Film | The Guest | Winner |
| BloodGuts UK Horror Awards 2014 2014 | Best Soundtrack/Score | Steve Moore | Winner |
| BloodGuts UK Horror Awards 2014 2014 | Best Director | Adam Wingard | Nominee |
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12 awards — The Guest
×| Best Editing | Adam Wingard | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Dan Stevens | Winner |
| Best Film | The Guest | Winner |
| Best Soundtrack/Score | Steve Moore | Winner |
| Best Director | Adam Wingard | Nominee |
| Best Horror | The Guest | Nominee |
| Best Male Newcomer | Dan Stevens | Nominee |
| Best Horror Movie of the Year | The Guest | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Performance of the Year | Dan Stevens | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Dan Stevens | Nominee |
| Best Thriller Film | The Guest | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Artist | Dan Stevens | Nominee |