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What Lies Beneath
MEANRANK
61/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3886
- IMDb #3121
- Google retired #3009
- Rotten Tomatoes #3504
- Metacritic #3209
- Letterboxd #3421
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3857
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3480
- Metacritic Critics #3311
- Metacritic Audience #2877
- Criticker #2698
- Douban #2178
- Kinopoisk #2492
- AlloCiné #3381
- Trakt #3503
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Lowest is Criticker on 38, highest is Google on 76. Critics average 50, everyone else 63.
See the most agreed on films →A woman living in a peaceful Vermont home begins to suspect her lakeside house is haunted. She experiences eerie phenomena and becomes convinced the ghost is trying to communicate a message. Her investigation leads her to a mysterious missing person and forces her to question whether the supernatural threat is real or a symptom of her own unraveling mental state, all while her husband remains skeptical.
Details
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Writers
- Clark Gregg, Sarah Kernochan
- Released
- 21 July 2000
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $100.0M
- Box office
- $291.4M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →4 wins from 11 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Best Actress 2000 | Best Actress | Michelle Pfeiffer | Nominee |
| Best Director 2000 | Best Director | Robert Zemeckis | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film 2000 | Best Horror Film | Jack Rapke | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film 2000 | Best Horror Film | Robert Zemeckis | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film 2000 | Best Horror Film | Steve Starkey | Nominee |
| Best Horror/Thriller 2000 | Best Horror/Thriller | What Lies Beneath | Nominee |
| Best Male Dubbing 2000 | Best Male Dubbing | Michele Gammino (dub voice of Harrison Ford in the Italian version) | Winner |
| Favorite Actor — Suspense 2000 | Favorite Actor — Suspense | Harrison Ford | Winner |
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11 awards — What Lies Beneath
×| Best Male Dubbing | Michele Gammino (dub voice of Harrison Ford in the Italian version) | Winner |
| Favorite Actor — Suspense | Harrison Ford | Winner |
| Favorite Actress – Suspense | Michelle Pfeiffer | Winner |
| Top Box Office Films | Alan Silvestri | Winner |
| Best Horror Film | Jack Rapke | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film | Robert Zemeckis | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film | Steve Starkey | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Michelle Pfeiffer | Nominee |
| Best Director | Robert Zemeckis | Nominee |
| Best Horror/Thriller | What Lies Beneath | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Suspense | Diana Scarwid | Nominee |