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The Thin Red Line
1998
· Movie
· 170 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1038
- IMDb #854
- Google retired #2805
- Rotten Tomatoes #1616
- Metacritic #631
- Letterboxd #416
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2051
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1639
- Metacritic Critics #819
- Metacritic Audience #506
- Criticker #333
- Douban #839
- Kinopoisk #1422
- AlloCiné #362
- Trakt #1526
Every rating
67–82
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 67, highest is AlloCiné on 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The story follows a group of Army Rangers during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. The film is a philosophical meditation on nature, war, and the inner lives of the soldiers, from the commanding officers to the lowest privates, as they struggle to survive the horrors of combat.
Details
- Director
- Terrence Malick
- Writer
- Terrence Malick
- Based on
- The Thin Red Line by James Jones
- Studio
- Fox 2000 Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, George Stevens Jr. Productions, Geisler-Roberdeau Productions
- Released
- 23 December 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Tok Pisin, Japanese, Greek
- Runtime
- 170 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $52.0M
- Box office
- $98.1M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 39 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 57 →2 major awards won · 18 wins from 57 nominations across 26 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 1998 | Golden Bear | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1998 | Honorable Mention | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Picture | Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill, and John Roberdeau | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Director | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Cinematography | John Toll | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Film Editing | Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, and Saar Klein | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Original Dramatic Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
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Berlin International Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Golden Bear | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Honorable Mention | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
Academy Awards
7 nominations
| Best Cinematography | John Toll | Nominee |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, and Saar Klein | Nominee |
| Best Original Dramatic Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill, and John Roberdeau | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and Paul Brincat | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
7 nominations, 5 won
| Best Cinematography | John Toll | Winner |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble | Winner | |
| Best Film Editing | Billy Weber | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | John Toll | Winner |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nick Nolte | Nominee |
| Most Promising Actor | Jim Caviezel | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematographer | John Toll | Winner |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Winner |
ALMA Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film | Kirk Acevedo | Winner |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | John Toll | Winner |
Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Funded Film Soundtrack | Paul Brincat, Rod Conder, Gary Dixon, Steven King, and Greg Burgmann | Winner |
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film Director | Terrence Malick | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | John Toll | Winner |
Turkish Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
12 nominations
| Best Cinematography | John Toll | Nominee |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Best Drama Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Best Drama Picture | Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill, and John Roberdeau | Nominee |
| Best Drama Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Best Film Editing | Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, and Saar Klein | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill, and John Roberdeau | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Nominee | |
| Best Sound Effects | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nick Nolte | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | John Toll | Nominee |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, and Saar Klein | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination
| Best American Film | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | John Toll | Nominee |
Chlotrudis Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | John Toll | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing – Music (Foreign & Domestic) | Lee Scott, Adam Milo Smalley, and Scott Rouse | Nominee |
Political Film Society Awards
1 nomination
| Peace | Nominee |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Awards | Terrence Malick (screenwriter) ; James Jones (author) | Nominee |