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The Hunt for Red October
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1275
- IMDb #1024
- Google retired #794
- Rotten Tomatoes #783
- Metacritic #2047
- Letterboxd #1193
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1260
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #740
- Metacritic Critics #2681
- Metacritic Audience #1057
- Criticker #879
- Douban #965
- Kinopoisk #3816
- AlloCiné #1169
- Trakt #448
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See the films the platforms disagree about most →At the height of the Cold War, a brilliant Soviet submarine captain commands a new, virtually undetectable nuclear submarine. He appears to be heading for the American coast to launch an attack. A young CIA analyst deduces that the captain may actually be attempting to defect, and he must convince his superiors of this theory to prevent a catastrophic confrontation between the two superpowers.
Details
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Writers
- Donald E. Stewart, Larry Ferguson
- Based on
- The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
- Released
- 2 March 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Russian
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $200.5M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 8 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 1991 63rd Academy Awards 1991 | Best Sound Effects Editing | Cecelia Hall, George Watters II | Winner |
| 1991 63rd Academy Awards 1991 | Best Film Editing | Dennis Virkler, John Wright | Nominee |
| 1991 63rd Academy Awards 1991 | Best Sound | Richard Bryce Goodman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Don J. Bassman | Nominee |
| 1991 44th British Academy Film Awards 1991 | Best Actor | Sean Connery | Nominee |
| 1991 44th British Academy Film Awards 1991 | Best Production Design | Terence Marsh | Nominee |
| 1991 44th British Academy Film Awards 1991 | Best Sound | Cecelia Hall, George Watters II, Richard Bryce Goodman, Don J. Bassman | Nominee |
| 1991 BMI Film Music Awards 1991 | BMI Film Music Award | Basil Poledouris | Winner |
| 1991 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards 1991 | Best Sound Editing – ADR | Winner |
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8 awards — The Hunt for Red October
×| Best Sound Effects Editing | Cecelia Hall, George Watters II | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Dennis Virkler, John Wright | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Richard Bryce Goodman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Don J. Bassman | Nominee |
| BMI Film Music Award | Basil Poledouris | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing – ADR | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sean Connery | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Terence Marsh | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Cecelia Hall, George Watters II, Richard Bryce Goodman, Don J. Bassman | Nominee |