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True Lies
1994
· Movie
· 141 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1787
- IMDb #1413
- Google retired #1837
- Rotten Tomatoes #1919
- Metacritic #1776
- Letterboxd #1825
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2266
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1997
- Metacritic Critics #2189
- Metacritic Audience #1177
- Criticker #1698
- Douban #412
- Kinopoisk #672
- AlloCiné #2300
- Trakt #1239
Every rating
49–86
out of 100
A top secret agent lives a double life, keeping his thrilling profession a secret from his wife, who believes he is a dull computer salesman. Bored with their marriage, she contemplates a flirtation with a used car salesman who pretends to be a spy. He uses the resources of his agency to investigate the situation, inadvertently pulling his family into a real-life terrorist plot involving nuclear weapons.
Details
- Director
- James Cameron
- Writer
- James Cameron
- Based on
- La Totale!
- Released
- 15 July 1994
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French, Arabic, German
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $115.0M
- Box office
- $378.9M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 20 →1 major award won · 5 wins from 20 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1994 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Jamie Lee Curtis | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1994 | Best Visual Effects | John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis and Patrick McClung | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 1994 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Jamie Lee Curtis | Nominee |
| American Cinema Editors Awards 1994 | Best Edited Feature Film | Conrad Buff IV, Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris | Nominee |
| American Comedy Awards 1994 | Funniest Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Jamie Lee Curtis | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 1994 | Best Special Visual Effects | John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis, Pat McClung and Jamie Dixon | Nominee |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards 1994 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films | Lee Orloff, Michael Minkler and Bob Beemer | Nominee |
| Japan Academy Film Prize 1994 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | True Lies | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Jamie Lee Curtis | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis and Patrick McClung | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Jamie Lee Curtis | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Jamie Lee Curtis | Winner |
| Best Direction | James Cameron | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | John Bruno ( Digital Domain ) | Winner |
| Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | True Lies | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Bill Paxton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tia Carrere | Nominee |
American Comedy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Funniest Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Jamie Lee Curtis | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
5 nominations
| Best Action Sequence | Bridge Explosion/Limo Rescue | Nominee |
| Best Comedic Performance | Tom Arnold | Nominee |
| Best Dance Sequence | Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tia Carrere | Nominee |
| Best Female Performance | Jamie Lee Curtis | Nominee |
| Best Kiss | Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Conrad Buff IV, Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Special Visual Effects | John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis, Pat McClung and Jamie Dixon | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films | Lee Orloff, Michael Minkler and Bob Beemer | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | True Lies | Nominee |