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The Wicker Man
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #838
- IMDb #1079
- Google retired #2217
- Rotten Tomatoes #884
- Metacritic #351
- Letterboxd #653
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #796
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1458
- Metacritic Critics #305
- Metacritic Audience #789
- Criticker #493
- Douban #652
- Kinopoisk #2242
- AlloCiné #1315
- Trakt #1567
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 90, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A devoutly Christian police sergeant travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. The island's inhabitants practice a mysterious pagan religion and are evasive and uncooperative. He finds his own beliefs challenged as he uncovers the community's deeply unsettling seasonal rituals.
Details
- Director
- Robin Hardy
- Writer
- Anthony Shaffer
- Based on
- Ritual by David Pinner
- Studio
- British Lion Films
- Released
- 6 December 1973
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $810.0K
- Box office
- $885.4K
- Awards
- 3 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Saturn Awards 2014 | Best Classic Film Release | The Wicker Man | Nominee |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards 2006 | Best DVD Commentary | Christopher Lee Robin Hardy Edward Woodward Mark Kermode | Winner |
| Satellite Awards 2006 | Best Classic DVD Release | The Wicker Man | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1979 | Best Writing | Anthony Shaffer | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1979 | Best Music | Paul Giovanni | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1979 | Best Actor | Christopher Lee | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1979 | Best Horror Film | The Wicker Man | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1979 | Best Director | Robin Hardy | Nominee |
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9 awards — The Wicker Man
×| Best Horror Film | The Wicker Man | Winner |
| Best Actor | Christopher Lee | Nominee |
| Best Classic Film Release | The Wicker Man | Nominee |
| Best Director | Robin Hardy | Nominee |
| Best Music | Paul Giovanni | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Anthony Shaffer | Nominee |
| Golden Licorn (Best Film) | The Wicker Man | Winner |
| Best DVD Commentary | Christopher Lee Robin Hardy Edward Woodward Mark Kermode | Winner |
| Best Classic DVD Release | The Wicker Man | Nominee |