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Thief
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1137
- IMDb #1325
- Rotten Tomatoes #1595
- Metacritic #834
- Letterboxd #454
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2055
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1587
- Metacritic Audience #1101
- Criticker #411
- Douban #1413
- Kinopoisk #2219
- AlloCiné #1019
- Trakt #1619
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A professional safecracker and jewel thief seeks to leave his criminal life behind after one final, monumental score. He plans to use the proceeds to build a normal life complete with a home and family. However, the powerful crime syndicate that financed his last job has no intention of letting him retire, forcing him into a violent confrontation to secure his freedom.
Details
- Director
- Michael Mann
- Writer
- Michael Mann
- Studio
- Mann/Caan Productions, United Artists
- Released
- 27 March 1981
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.5M
- Box office
- $11.5M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 1 →0 wins from 1 nomination across 1 ceremony
| 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards 1982 | Worst Musical Score | Tangerine Dream | Nominee |
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