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The Hunt
2012
· Movie
· 115 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #239
- IMDb #89
- Google retired #3053
- Rotten Tomatoes #308
- Metacritic #479
- Letterboxd #133
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #777
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #261
- Metacritic Critics #879
- Metacritic Audience #177
- Criticker #70
- Douban #53
- Kinopoisk #359
- AlloCiné #251
- Trakt #179
Every rating
74–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Google on 74, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A kindly kindergarten teacher's life is shattered when a small, innocent lie told by a child spreads through his small, tight-knit community. The allegation of abuse turns him into a pariah overnight, subjecting him to a whirlwind of fear, anger, and violence from his friends and neighbors, despite a lack of any evidence.
Details
- Director
- Thomas Vinterberg
- Writers
- Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm
- Released
- 25 October 2012
- Country
- Denmark, Sweden
- Language
- Danish, English, Polish
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.8M
- Box office
- $18.3M
- Awards
- 20 wins, 29 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 49 →3 major awards won · 20 wins from 49 nominations across 22 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Best Actor | Mads Mikkelsen | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Vulcan Award | Charlotte Bruus Christensen | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2014 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee | |
| Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Palme d'Or | Thomas Vinterberg | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Mads Mikkelsen | Winner |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
| Vulcan Award | Charlotte Bruus Christensen | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Thomas Vinterberg | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Robert Awards
15 nominations, 7 won
| Audience Award - Best Drama | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
| Best Actor | Mads Mikkelsen | Winner |
| Best Danish Film | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
| Best Director | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
| Best Editing | Anne Østerud, Janus Billeskov Jansen | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Susse Wold | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Charlotte Bruus Christensen | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Manon Rasmussen | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up | Bjørg Serup | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Nikolaj Egelund | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Torben Stig Nielsen | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Kristian Eidnes Andersen, Thomas Jæger | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Bo Larsen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anne Louise Hassing | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Mads Mikkelsen | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Charlotte Bruus Christensen | Winner |
| Best Danish Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Susse Wold | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Bo Larsen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Lars Ranthe | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anne Louise Hassing | Nominee |
European Film Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenwriter | Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm | Winner |
| Best Actor | Mads Mikkelsen | Nominee |
| Best Director | Thomas Vinterberg | Nominee |
| Best Editor | Janus Billeskov Jansen, Anne Østerud | Nominee |
| Best Film | Thomas Vinterberg | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Independent Film | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Foreign Films | Winner |
Nordic Council Film Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Nordic Council Film Prize | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
Vancouver International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Rogers People's Choice Award | Thomas Vinterberg | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film not in the English Language | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Actor of the Year | Mads Mikkelsen | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Mads Mikkelsen | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |