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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
· Movie
· 129 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #184
- IMDb #146
- Google retired #1481
- Rotten Tomatoes #237
- Metacritic #163
- Letterboxd #359
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #675
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #223
- Metacritic Critics #259
- Metacritic Audience #194
- Criticker #219
- Douban #265
- Kinopoisk #285
- AlloCiné #283
- Trakt #354
Every rating
70–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the most agreed on films →In a sleepy Alabama town during the Great Depression, a young girl and her brother experience the events of a pivotal summer. Their father, a principled lawyer, is appointed to defend a black man falsely accused of a serious crime. The trial exposes the deep-seated racial prejudices of the community, and the children witness the courage required to stand up for what is right in the face of hatred and ignorance.
Details
- Director
- Robert Mulligan
- Writer
- Horton Foote
- Based on
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Released
- 20 December 1962
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Box office
- $13.1M
- Awards
- 13 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →9 major awards won · 13 wins from 29 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1962 | Best Actor | Gregory Peck | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1962 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Horton Foote | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1962 | Best Art Direction | Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead and Oliver Emert | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1962 | Gary Cooper Award | Robert Mulligan | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1962 | Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Elmer Bernstein | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1962 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gregory Peck | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1962 | Best Film Promoting International Understanding | Winner | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards 1962 | PGA Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures | Alan J. Pakula | Winner |
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Academy Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Gregory Peck | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Horton Foote | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead and Oliver Emert | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Russell Harlan | Nominee |
| Best Director | Robert Mulligan | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Elmer Bernstein | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Alan J. Pakula | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mary Badham | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gregory Peck | Winner |
| Best Film Promoting International Understanding | Winner | |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Elmer Bernstein | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Robert Mulligan | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Gary Cooper Award | Robert Mulligan | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Robert Mulligan | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| PGA Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures | Alan J. Pakula | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Written American Drama | Horton Foote | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Robert Mulligan | Nominee |
Laurel Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Top General Entertainment | Winner | |
| Top Female Supporting Performance | Mary Badham | Nominee |
| Top Male Dramatic Performance | Gregory Peck | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Gregory Peck | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film from any Source | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Actor | Gregory Peck | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Horton Foote | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Aaron Stell | Nominee |