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Twelve Monkeys
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #485
- IMDb #306
- Rotten Tomatoes #772
- Metacritic #724
- Letterboxd #829
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1259
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #731
- Metacritic Critics #1051
- Metacritic Audience #390
- Douban #460
- Kinopoisk #630
- AlloCiné #327
- Trakt #423
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Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 75, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 88.
See the most agreed on films →In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Details
- Director
- Terry Gilliam
- Writers
- David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples
- Released
- 29 December 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $29.0M
- Box office
- $168.8M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 4 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Award 1995 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Brad Pitt | Winner |
| 68th Academy Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominee |
| 68th Academy Awards 1996 | Best Costume Design | Julie Weiss | Nominee |
| 22nd Saturn Awards 1996 | Best Science Fiction Film | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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| Best Costume Design | Julie Weiss | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | Winner |