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Twister
1996
· Movie
· 113 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3364
- IMDb #3079
- Rotten Tomatoes #2875
- Metacritic #1778
- Letterboxd #2861
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2865
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3407
- Metacritic Critics #1678
- Metacritic Audience #2100
- Criticker #3051
- Douban #1367
- Kinopoisk #1960
- AlloCiné #3562
- Trakt #2300
Every rating
34–73
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 34, highest is Douban on 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A team of storm chasers, including a divorcing couple, are racing to test a new weather alert system during a severe tornado outbreak in Oklahoma. They must drive into the path of dangerous storms to deploy their sensors, competing with a rival team while facing the immense power of the twisters.
Details
- Director
- Jan de Bont
- Writers
- Anne-Marie Martin, Michael Crichton
- Released
- 10 May 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $92.0M
- Box office
- $494.5M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →7 wins from 19 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Sound | Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell, Geoffrey Patterson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Visual Effects | Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, Habib Zargarpour | Nominee |
| BMI Film & TV Awards 1997 | BMI Film Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 | Favorite Actress - Action/Adventure | Helen Hunt | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 1997 | Best Special Visual Effects | Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, Habib Zargarpour | Winner |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards 1997 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films | Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell, Geoffrey Patterson | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1997 | Worst Supporting Actress | Jami Gertz | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1997 | Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million | Twister (Warner Bros.), written by Michael Crichton & Anne-Marie Martin | Winner |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Sound | Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell, Geoffrey Patterson | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, Habib Zargarpour | Nominee |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M Using Hollywood Math | Twister (Warner Bros.), written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin | Winner |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Jami Gertz | Winner |
| Worst Picture | Twister ( Warner Bros. ) | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million | Twister (Warner Bros.), written by Michael Crichton & Anne-Marie Martin | Winner |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Jami Gertz | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Action Sequence | Truck Drives Through Farm Equipment | Winner |
| Best Female Performance | Helen Hunt | Nominee |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| BMI Film Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Actress - Action/Adventure | Helen Hunt | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Special Visual Effects | Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, Habib Zargarpour | Winner |
Saturn Awards
4 nominations
| Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | Twister | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Bill Paxton | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Helent Hunt | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, Habib Zargarpour | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films | Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell, Geoffrey Patterson | Nominee |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Movie | Twister | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Stefen Fangmeier | Nominee |