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The Insider
1999
· Movie
· 157 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #384
- IMDb #565
- Google retired #1321
- Rotten Tomatoes #249
- Metacritic #255
- Letterboxd #393
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #297
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #525
- Metacritic Critics #398
- Metacritic Audience #258
- Criticker #336
- Douban #590
- Kinopoisk #1035
- AlloCiné #943
- Trakt #861
Every rating
67–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the most agreed on films →A research chemist for a major tobacco company decides to blow the whistle on the industry's practice of intentionally enhancing the addictiveness of cigarettes. He agrees to provide evidence for a news magazine show, but faces extreme personal and professional pressure to remain silent. The show's producer must fight his own network to get the explosive story on the air.
Details
- Director
- Michael Mann
- Writers
- Eric Roth, Michael Mann
- Based on
- The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner
- Released
- 28 October 1999
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Japanese, Arabic, Persian
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $90.0M
- Box office
- $60.3M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 30 →1 major award won · 10 wins from 30 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2000 | Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Picture | Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Director | Michael Mann | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Michael Mann and Eric Roth | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Cinematography | Dante Spinotti | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Film Editing | William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Sound | Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill and Lee Orloff | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
Academy Awards
7 nominations
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Dante Spinotti | Nominee |
| Best Director | Michael Mann | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Michael Mann and Eric Roth | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill and Lee Orloff | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Director | Michael Mann | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score | Pieter Bourke and Lisa Gerrard | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Michael Mann and Eric Roth | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Dante Spinotti | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Plummer | Winner |
| Best Director | Michael Mann | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Michael Mann | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Al Pacino | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Christopher Plummer | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Plummer | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Plummer | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |