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The Imitation Game
2014
· Movie
· 114 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #434
- IMDb #295
- Google retired #95
- Rotten Tomatoes #476
- Metacritic #902
- Letterboxd #941
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #983
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #417
- Metacritic Critics #1344
- Metacritic Audience #378
- Criticker #946
- Douban #119
- Kinopoisk #600
- AlloCiné #102
- Trakt #152
Every rating
58–96
out of 100
During World War II, the British government recruits mathematician Alan Turing to crack the Enigma code used by the Nazis. He works with a team of scholars to build a machine capable of deciphering the complex codes, a race against time that could shorten the war and save millions of lives.
Details
- Director
- Morten Tyldum
- Writer
- Graham Moore
- Released
- 14 November 2014
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English, German
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $14.0M
- Box office
- $233.6M
- Awards
- 21 wins, 76 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (46) →
Awards & nominations
See all 97 →2 major awards won · 21 wins from 97 nominations across 38 ceremonies
| 2014 Writers Guild of America Awards 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Winner |
| 87th Academy Awards 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Winner |
| 2014 Art Directors Guild Awards 2015 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Maria Djurkovic | Nominee |
| 2014 Producers Guild of America Awards 2015 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman | Nominee |
| 20th Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2015 | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble | Matthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Keira Knightley, Allen Leech and Mark Strong | Nominee |
| 20th Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2015 | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
| 20th Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2015 | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| 20th Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2015 | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
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87th Academy Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Winner |
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Director | Morten Tyldum | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | William Goldenberg | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
2014 Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Winner |
20th Critics' Choice Movie Awards
6 nominations
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble | Matthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Keira Knightley, Allen Leech and Mark Strong | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay | Graham Moore | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
72nd Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations
| Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay | Graham Moore | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
21st Screen Actors Guild Awards
3 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Matthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Keira Knightley, Allen Leech and Mark Strong | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
2014 Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Maria Djurkovic | Nominee |
2014 Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman | Nominee |
67th Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Morten Tyldum | Nominee |
18th Hollywood Film Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Hollywood Actor Award | Benedict Cumberbatch | Winner |
| Hollywood Director Award | Morten Tyldum | Winner |
| Hollywood Film Composer Award | Alexandre Desplat | Winner |
| Hollywood Supporting Actress Award | Keira Knightley | Winner |
2014 Hamptons International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize | The Imitation Game | Winner |
| Narrative Competition Audience Award | The Imitation Game | Winner |
2015 Newport Beach Film Festival Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Picture | The Imitation Game | Winner |
| Outstanding Ensemble Cast | Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance and Mark Strong | Winner |
19th Satellite Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Winner |
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Maria Djurkovic and Nick Dent | Nominee |
| Best Director | Morten Tyldum | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | William Goldenberg | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
2014 London Film Critics' Circle Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Young British Performer of the Year | Alex Lawther | Winner |
| Actor of the Year | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| British Actor of the Year | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| British Actress of the Year | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
| British Film of the Year | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
2014 American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | The Imitation Game | Winner |
2014 Heartland Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Truly Moving Picture Award | The Imitation Game | Winner |
2014 Mill Valley Film Festival Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Overall Audience Favorite | The Imitation Game | Winner |
2014 National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | The Imitation Game | Winner |
2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Ensemble Cast | Matthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Keira Knightley, Allen Leech and Mark Strong | Winner |
2014 San Diego Film Festival Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Gala Film | The Imitation Game | Winner |
2014 USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore, Andrew Hodges | Winner |
39th Toronto International Film Festival Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| People's Choice Award for Best Film | The Imitation Game | Winner |
GLAAD Media Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Film – Wide Release | The Imitation Game | Winner |
68th British Academy Film Awards
9 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Nominee |
| Best British Film | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Sammy Sheldon Differ | Nominee |
| Best Editing | William Goldenberg | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald | Nominee |
| Best Sound | John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen | Nominee |
2014 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Nominee |
| Best Director | Morten Tyldum | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
4th AACTA International Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Morten Tyldum | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Graham Moore | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
17th British Independent Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
| Best Independent Film | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Graham Moore | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Alexander Desplat | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
2014 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Imitation Game | Nominee |
2014 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Graham Moore | Nominee |
2014 ACE Eddie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | William Goldenberg | Nominee |
2014 ASC Award
1 nomination
| Theatrical Motion Picture | Óscar Faura | Nominee |
2014 Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Period Film | Sammy Sheldon Differ | Nominee |
2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
2014 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominee |
2014 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Benedict Cumberbatch | Nominee |
2014 Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Stuart Bullen, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor, Simon Rowe | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for a Drama | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
MPSE Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Feature English Language - Dialogue/ADR | Lee Walpole | Nominee |