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The Usual Suspects
1995
· Movie
· 106 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #188
- IMDb #42
- Google retired #655
- Rotten Tomatoes #374
- Metacritic #518
- Letterboxd #426
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1379
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #43
- Metacritic Critics #972
- Metacritic Audience #165
- Criticker #137
- Douban #242
- Kinopoisk #570
- AlloCiné #44
- Trakt #81
Every rating
72–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 96.
See the most agreed on films →The sole survivor of a horrific massacre and fire on a docked ship is interrogated by police. He tells a complex story of how he and four other criminals were brought together by a shadowy crime lord known as Keyser Söze. Through his detailed testimony, a customs agent pieces together the events that led to the devastating explosion and the mythical figure who may be responsible.
Details
- Director
- Bryan Singer
- Writer
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Released
- 19 July 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Hungarian, Spanish, French
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $23.3M
- Awards
- 31 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 40 →5 major awards won · 31 wins from 40 nominations across 25 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1995 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Christopher McQuarrie | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1995 | Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 1995 | Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1995 | Best Screenplay | Christopher McQuarrie | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1995 | Best Supporting Male | Benicio del Toro | Winner |
| César Awards 1995 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1995 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Kevin Spacey | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1995 | Best Cinematography | Newton Thomas Sigel | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher McQuarrie | Winner |
| Best Supporting Male | Benicio del Toro | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Newton Thomas Sigel | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Christopher McQuarrie | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Kevin Spacey | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Kevin Spacey | Nominee |
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director | Bryan Singer | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher McQuarrie | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Editing | John Ottman | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Christopher McQuarrie | Winner |
| Best Film | Bryan Singer and Michael McDonnell | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Christopher McQuarrie | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
| Most Promising Actor | Benicio del Toro | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Action/Adventure Film | Winner | |
| Best Music | John Ottman | Winner |
| Best Director | Bryan Singer | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Acting by an Ensemble | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
Seattle International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
| Best Director | Bryan Singer | Winner |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama | Francine Maisler | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
Chlotrudis Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Motion Picture | Christopher McQuarrie | Winner |
Empire Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Debut | Bryan Singer | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Bryan Singer | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Kevin Spacey | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Motion Picture | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Chazz Palminteri | Winner |
Sarajevo Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award for Best Feature Film | Bryan Singer | Winner |
Tokyo International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Award | Bryan Singer | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | John Ottman | Nominee |