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Unforgiven
1992
· Movie
· 130 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #147
- IMDb #141
- Google retired #694
- Rotten Tomatoes #119
- Metacritic #248
- Letterboxd #213
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #306
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #222
- Metacritic Critics #396
- Metacritic Audience #247
- Criticker #112
- Douban #320
- Kinopoisk #610
- AlloCiné #218
- Trakt #239
Every rating
73–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the most agreed on films →A retired, once-ruthless outlaw-turned-pig farmer is tempted back into one last job for a large bounty. He partners with his old partner and a brash young gunman to track down two cowboys who disfigured a prostitute. The journey forces him to confront the violent man he used to be, challenging his reformed nature as they are pursued by a brutal sheriff who forbids firearms in his town.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer
- David Webb Peoples
- Released
- 7 August 1992
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $14.4M
- Box office
- $159.2M
- Awards
- 45 wins, 40 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (42) →
Awards & nominations
See all 85 →7 major awards won · 45 wins from 85 nominations across 32 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Film Editing | Joel Cox | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Picture | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1992 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Sound | Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
9 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Joel Cox | Winner |
| Best Picture | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| Best Actor | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Janice Blackie-Goodine | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Jack N. Green | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | David Webb Peoples | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | David Webb Peoples | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | David Webb Peoples | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
5 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay | David Webb Peoples | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Jack N. Green | Winner |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay | David Webb Peoples | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Jack N. Green | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
12 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Jack N. Green | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Joel Cox | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Gene Hackman | Nominee |
| Best Cast Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Best Costume Design | Glenn Wright, Valerie T. O'Brien, Joanne Hansen and Carla Hetland | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Lennie Niehaus | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | David Webb Peoples | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Henry Bumstead and Janice Blackie-Goodine | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Rick Alexander, Rob Young, Alan Robert Murray and Walter Newman | Nominee |
20/20 Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Picture | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Actor | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Henry Bumstead | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Jack N. Green | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Joel Cox | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | David Webb Peoples | Nominee |
| Best Sound Design | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Gene Hackman | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | John N. Green | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Film | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | David Webb Peoples | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Alan Robert Murray, Walter Newman, Rob Young, Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Dick Alexander | Nominee |
ASECAN Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | Joel Cox | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Lennie Niehaus | Winner |
Fotogramas de Plata
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
Hochi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film of the Year | Winner |
Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Winner |
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
Western Heritage Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Theatrical Motion Pictures | Winner |
Western Writers of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Movie Script | David Webb Peoples | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | David Webb Peoples | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman | Nominee |
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture | David Webb Peoples | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |