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The Man Who Fell to Earth
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2284
- IMDb #3530
- Rotten Tomatoes #2158
- Metacritic #1205
- Letterboxd #2367
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2132
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2764
- Metacritic Audience #2760
- Kinopoisk #2352
- AlloCiné #3722
- Trakt #4097
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 58, highest is Metacritic critics on 81. Critics average 80, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An extraterrestrial humanoid arrives on Earth from a drought-stricken planet. Using his advanced scientific knowledge, he rapidly builds a powerful technology conglomerate to finance the construction of a spacecraft to ship water back to his homeworld. He struggles with the sensory overload of human culture, vices, and emotions, which threaten to corrupt his mission and his very essence.
Details
- Director
- Nicolas Roeg
- Writer
- Paul Mayersberg
- Based on
- The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
- Released
- 18 March 1976
- Country
- United Kingdom, Netherlands Antilles
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Awards
- 1 win, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →1 win from 4 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 1976 | Golden Bear | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nominee |
| Hugo Awards 1977 | Best Dramatic Presentation | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1977 | Best Science Fiction Film | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1977 | Best Actor | David Bowie | Winner |
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4 awards — The Man Who Fell to Earth
×| Golden Bear | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nominee |
| Best Actor | David Bowie | Winner |
| Best Science Fiction Film | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nominee |
| Best Dramatic Presentation | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nominee |