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War Horse
2011
· Movie
· 146 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1844
- IMDb #1683
- Google retired #1086
- Rotten Tomatoes #2110
- Metacritic #1700
- Letterboxd #2545
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2448
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2224
- Metacritic Critics #1269
- Metacritic Audience #2635
- Criticker #2266
- Douban #462
- Kinopoisk #750
- AlloCiné #906
- Trakt #1536
Every rating
43–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 43, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →At the outbreak of World War I, a young man's beloved horse is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. The film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he changes hands, touching the lives of everyone he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—during the war.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writers
- Lee Hall, Richard Curtis
- Based on
- War Horse by Nick Stafford
- Studio
- DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
- Released
- 25 December 2011
- Country
- United States, India
- Language
- English, German
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $66.0M
- Box office
- $177.6M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 40 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 46 →6 wins from 46 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Sound Editing | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Sound Mixing | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Art Direction | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Cinematography | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Original Score | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2011 | Best Original Score | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2011 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations
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| Best Cinematography | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score | Nominee | |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Sound Editing | Nominee | |
| Best Sound Mixing | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Winner | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Best Director | Nominee | |
| Best Film Editing | Nominee | |
| Best Motion Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score | Nominee | |
| Best Sound (Editing & Mixing) | Nominee | |
| Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Winner | |
| Best Art Direction | Nominee | |
| Best Director | Nominee | |
| Best Editing | Nominee | |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Score | Nominee | |
| Best Sound | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Winner | |
| Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | Winner | |
| Best Film | Nominee |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film of the Year 2011 | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
5 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Nominee | |
| Best Film Music | Nominee | |
| Best Production Design | Nominee | |
| Best Sound | Nominee | |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Nominee | |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Score | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
3 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Nominee | |
| Best Cinematography | Nominee | |
| Best Score | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards
2 nominations
| British Actor of the Year | Nominee | |
| Young British Performer of the Year | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | Nominee |