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Thelma & Louise
1991
· Movie
· 130 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #480
- IMDb #859
- Google retired #792
- Rotten Tomatoes #1127
- Metacritic #310
- Letterboxd #188
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1350
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1420
- Metacritic Critics #230
- Metacritic Audience #883
- Criticker #1027
- Douban #66
- Kinopoisk #850
- AlloCiné #206
- Trakt #640
Every rating
57–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two friends, a meek housewife and a sharp-tongued waitress, set out on a weekend fishing trip to escape their dreary lives. What begins as a simple vacation takes a dark turn when a tragic incident at a roadside bar forces them to flee from the law. Their journey across the American Southwest becomes a liberating but desperate flight from the authorities, transforming them into outlaws.
Details
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writer
- Callie Khouri
- Released
- 24 May 1991
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States, France
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $45.4M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 35 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 53 →3 major awards won · 18 wins from 53 nominations across 25 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Original Screenplay | Callie Khouri | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Callie Khouri | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1991 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Callie Khouri | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Actress | Geena Davis | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Film Editing | Thom Noble | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Cinematography | Adrian Biddle | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Actress | Susan Sarandon | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Callie Khouri | Winner |
| Best Actress | Geena Davis | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Susan Sarandon | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Adrian Biddle | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Thom Noble | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Callie Khouri | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Susan Sarandon | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Geena Davis | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Callie Khouri | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Actress of the Year | Susan Sarandon (also for White Palace ) | Winner |
| Director of the Year | Ridley Scott | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Susan Sarandon | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actress | Geena Davis | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
Valladolid International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film (Audience Award) | Ridley Scott | Winner |
| Golden Spike | Ridley Scott | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Female Dubbing | Rossella Izzo (for dubbing Susan Sarandon) | Winner |
| Best Foreign Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Non-European Film | Ridley Scott | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Geena Davis | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Harvey Keitel (also for Bugsy and Mortal Thoughts ) | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
PEN Center USA West Literary Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Screenplay | Callie Khouri | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
8 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Susan Sarandon | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Geena Davis | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Adrian Biddle | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Thom Noble | Nominee |
| Best Film | Mimi Polk Gitlin and Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Original Film Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Original | Callie Khouri | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actress | Geena Davis | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Susan Sarandon | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Callie Khouri | Nominee |
| Most Promising Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Female Performance | Geena Davis | Nominee |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Mimi Polk Gitlin and Ridley Scott | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Adrian Biddle | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Geena Davis | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Callie Khouri | Nominee |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Actress | Susan Sarandon | Nominee |