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To Die For
1995
· Movie
· 106 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2087
- IMDb #2695
- Rotten Tomatoes #1896
- Metacritic #544
- Letterboxd #1687
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1264
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2910
- Metacritic Critics #341
- Metacritic Audience #1433
- Criticker #1383
- Kinopoisk #2830
- AlloCiné #3215
- Trakt #3596
Every rating
53–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88. Critics average 87, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A relentlessly ambitious weathergirl at a small-time cable station is determined to become a famous television personality. She believes her kind but simple husband is holding her back, so she manipulates three disaffected teenagers into helping her remove him from the picture permanently.
Details
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Writer
- Buck Henry
- Based on
- To Die For by Joyce Maynard
- Released
- 22 September 1995
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $21.3M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →2 major awards won · 7 wins from 15 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Awards 1996 | Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1996 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1996 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| American Comedy Awards 1996 | Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Chlotrudis Awards 1996 | Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Chlotrudis Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| Chlotrudis Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Actress | Illeana Douglas | Nominee |
| Edgar Awards 1996 | Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Buck Henry | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
Empire Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Actress of the Year | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
Seattle International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
Chlotrudis Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Illeana Douglas | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Illeana Douglas | Nominee |
American Comedy Awards
1 nomination
| Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Edgar Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Buck Henry | Nominee |