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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
· Movie
· 145 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #770
- IMDb #1425
- Rotten Tomatoes #327
- Metacritic #862
- Letterboxd #1172
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #714
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #292
- Metacritic Critics #661
- Metacritic Audience #1512
- Douban #1024
- Kinopoisk #1879
- AlloCiné #1227
Every rating
72–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the most agreed on films →When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
Details
- Director
- Rian Johnson
- Writer
- Rian Johnson
- Studio
- T-Street
- Released
- 26 November 2025
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $210.0M
- Box office
- $4.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →2 wins from 19 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| AACTA International Awards 2026 | Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2026 | Best Ensemble | Cast of Wake Up Dead Man | Nominee |
| Astra Film Awards 2026 | Best Cast Ensemble | Cast of Wake Up Dead Man | Nominee |
| Astra Film Awards 2026 | Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical | Josh O'Connor | Nominee |
| Astra Film Awards 2026 | Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2026 | Best Thriller Movie | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Nominee |
| Astra Creative Arts Awards 2025 | Best Casting | Bret Howe and Mary Vernieu | Nominee |
| Astra Creative Arts Awards 2025 | Best Second Unit Director | Katie Swain | Nominee |
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19 awards — Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Winner |
Savannah Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award | Rian Johnson | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
5 nominations
| Best Film | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Josh O'Connor | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Robert Altman Award for Best Director | Rian Johnson | Nominee |
| Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTQ Film | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Nominee |
Astra Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Cast Ensemble | Cast of Wake Up Dead Man | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical | Josh O'Connor | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Astra Creative Arts Awards
2 nominations
| Best Casting | Bret Howe and Mary Vernieu | Nominee |
| Best Second Unit Director | Katie Swain | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Online
2 nominations
| Best Ensemble Cast | Cast of Wake Up Dead Man | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Rian Johnson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Ensemble | Cast of Wake Up Dead Man | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Thriller Movie | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Nominee |