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The Philadelphia Story
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #298
- IMDb #602
- Rotten Tomatoes #52
- Metacritic #266
- Letterboxd #623
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #343
- Metacritic Critics #55
- Metacritic Audience #1801
- Criticker #303
- Kinopoisk #1221
- AlloCiné #766
- Trakt #913
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 98, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A wealthy socialite's upcoming wedding is complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her charming ex-husband and a handsome, cynical journalist assigned to cover the society event. The presence of these two men forces her to re-examine her choices and her own character, leading to a whirlwind of romantic confusion and witty social maneuvering in the days before the ceremony.
Details
- Director
- George Cukor
- Writers
- Donald Ogden Stewart, Waldo Salt
- Based on
- The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 5 December 1940
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $914.0K
- Box office
- $3.3M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →2 major awards won · 5 wins from 10 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1940 | Best Actor | James Stewart | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1940 | Best Screenplay | Donald Ogden Stewart | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1940 | Outstanding Production | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1940 | Best Director | George Cukor | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1940 | Best Actress | Katharine Hepburn | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1940 | Best Supporting Actress | Ruth Hussey | Nominee |
| National Film Preservation Board 1940 | National Film Registry | Winner | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1940 | Best Film | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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10 awards — The Philadelphia Story
×| Best Actor | James Stewart | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Donald Ogden Stewart | Winner |
| Best Actress | Katharine Hepburn | Nominee |
| Best Director | George Cukor | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ruth Hussey | Nominee |
| Outstanding Production | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Katharine Hepburn | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee |
| National Film Registry | Winner |
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |