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V for Vendetta
2005
· Movie
· 132 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #803
- IMDb #188
- Google retired #280
- Rotten Tomatoes #1458
- Metacritic #1263
- Letterboxd #798
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2514
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #493
- Metacritic Critics #2219
- Metacritic Audience #156
- Criticker #677
- Kinopoisk #576
- AlloCiné #314
- Trakt #103
Every rating
61–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 68, everyone else 81.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a futuristic, totalitarian Britain, a young woman is rescued from a life-threatening situation by a masked vigilante known only as V. He is a charismatic revolutionary who uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive regime and inspires a movement to seize freedom.
Details
- Director
- James McTeigue
- Writers
- Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
- Based on
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
- Released
- 23 February 2006
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, French, Latin, Spanish
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $54.0M
- Box office
- $134.7M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →3 wins from 21 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Art Directors Guild 2007 | Excellence In Production Design For A Fantasy Feature Film | Owen Paterson | Nominee |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards 2007 | Excellence in Fantasy Film | Sammy Sheldon | Nominee |
| GLAAD Media Awards 2007 | Outstanding Film - Wide Release | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
| Hugo Awards 2007 | Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
| Internet Movie Poster Awards 2007 | Best Serious Tagline | People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. - V for Vendetta | Nominee |
| Saturn Award 2007 | Best Actress | Natalie Portman | Winner |
| Saturn Award 2007 | Best Costume | Sammy Sheldon | Nominee |
| Saturn Award 2007 | Best Writing | The Wachowski sisters | Nominee |
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21 awards — V for Vendetta
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Art Directors Guild
1 nomination
| Excellence In Production Design For A Fantasy Feature Film | Owen Paterson | Nominee |
Saturn Award
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Natalie Portman | Winner |
| Best Costume | Sammy Sheldon | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
| Best Writing | The Wachowski sisters | Nominee |
Brothers Manaki International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Award | V for Vendetta | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Owen Paterson | Winner |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Owen Paterson, Marco Bittner Rosser, Sarah Horton, Sebastian T. Krawinkel, Stephan O. Gessler | Nominee |
| Best Overall DVD | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Dan Glass | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Movies - Choice Action Adventure | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
| Movies - Choice Actress: Drama/Action Adventure | Natalie Portman | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Most Promising Director | James McTeigue | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Fantasy Film | Sammy Sheldon | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Film - Wide Release | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Best Action | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Single Cue of 2006 | Dario Marianelli - "Evey Reborn" | Nominee |
Internet Movie Poster Awards
1 nomination
| Best Serious Tagline | People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. - V for Vendetta | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual/Special Effects | V for Vendetta | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture | José Granell, Nigel Stone | Nominee |