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The Untouchables
1987
· Movie
· 119 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #707
- IMDb #544
- Google retired #1838
- Rotten Tomatoes #977
- Metacritic #580
- Letterboxd #912
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1772
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #632
- Metacritic Critics #765
- Metacritic Audience #521
- Criticker #690
- Douban #961
- Kinopoisk #675
- AlloCiné #105
- Trakt #450
Every rating
61–89
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During the Prohibition era, a determined Treasury agent is tasked with bringing down a powerful and vicious Chicago crime lord. He assembles a small, dedicated team of unlikely heroes who are uncorrupted by the city's rampant crime and corruption. They wage a dangerous war against the mob, using unconventional methods to target the crime lord's empire and finally put him behind bars for tax evasion.
Details
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Writer
- David Mamet
- Based on
- The Untouchables by Eliot Ness
- Released
- 3 June 1987
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $76.3M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →3 major awards won · 10 wins from 22 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actor | Sean Connery | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Sean Connery | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 1987 | Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | Ennio Morricone | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Art Direction | Patrizia von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott and Hal Gausman | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Costume Design | Marilyn Vance | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
| César Awards 1987 | Best Foreign Film | Brian De Palma | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1987 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Sean Connery | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Patrizia von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott and Hal Gausman | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Marilyn Vance | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Sean Connery | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | Ennio Morricone | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Brian De Palma | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | David Mamet | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Sean Connery | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Marilyn Vance | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Patrizia von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott and Hal Gausman | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | Ennio Morricone | Winner |
Blue Ribbon Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Brian De Palma | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Sean Connery | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Actor of the Year | Sean Connery | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Score | Ennio Morricone | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Sean Connery | Winner |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Stephen H. Burum | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Art Linson | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |