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Waterworld
MEANRANK
62/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3722
- IMDb #3841
- Google retired #1779
- Rotten Tomatoes #3568
- Metacritic #2941
- Letterboxd #4143
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3275
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4329
- Metacritic Critics #2864
- Metacritic Audience #3015
- Criticker #3324
- Douban #1033
- Kinopoisk #978
- AlloCiné #3323
- Trakt #3699
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 31, highest is Google on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a future where the polar ice caps have melted and covered the Earth with water, a mutated drifter with gills sails the endless seas on his trimaran. He becomes embroiled in a conflict with a vicious gang of smokers when they attack a floating atoll and kidnap a young girl. He discovers she holds a secret: a tattoo on her back that is believed to be a map to the mythical Dryland.
Details
- Director
- Kevin Reynolds
- Writers
- David Twohy, Peter Rader
- Based on
- Waterworld by Max Allan Collins
- Released
- 28 July 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $175.0M
- Box office
- $264.2M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 7 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 wins from 9 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1995 | — | Best Sound | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1995 | — | Best Special Visual Effects | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1995 | — | Worst Picture | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1995 | — | Worst Director | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1995 | — | Worst Actor | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 1995 | — | Worst Supporting Actor | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1995 | — | Best Science Fiction Film | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1995 | — | Best Costume | Nominee |
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