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What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
· Movie
· 118 min
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #582
- IMDb #1357
- Rotten Tomatoes #300
- Letterboxd #1350
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #225
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #763
+4 more
- Metacritic Critics #970
- Kinopoisk #981
- AlloCiné #1034
- Trakt #553
Every rating
74–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is IMDb on 74, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
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Details
- Director
- Brian Gibson
- Writer
- Kate Lanier
- Studio
- Touchstone Pictures
- Released
- 9 June 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $39.1M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (80) →
Awards & nominations
See all 17 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 17 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1993 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Angela Bassett | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Actor | Laurence Fishburne | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1993 | Best Actress | Angela Bassett | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1993 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "I Don't Wanna Fight" – Steve DuBerry, Lulu Lawrie & Billy Lawrie (songwriters) | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1993 | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | " I Don't Wanna Fight " – Tina Turner | Nominee |
| American Choreography Awards 1993 | Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film | Michael Peters | Winner |
| Artios Awards 1993 | Best Casting for Feature Film – Drama | Reuben Cannon | Nominee |
| Brit Awards 1993 | Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Angela Bassett | Winner |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Laurence Fishburne | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Angela Bassett | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | " I Don't Wanna Fight " – Tina Turner | Nominee |
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "I Don't Wanna Fight" – Steve DuBerry, Lulu Lawrie & Billy Lawrie (songwriters) | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Angela Bassett | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Laurence Fishburne | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Vanessa Bell Calloway | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Jenifer Lewis | Nominee |
American Choreography Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film | Michael Peters | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Laurence Fishburne | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Angela Bassett | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Best Casting for Feature Film – Drama | Reuben Cannon | Nominee |
Brit Awards
1 nomination
| Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Angela Bassett | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Female Performance | Angela Bassett | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination
| Best Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture – Drama | Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly | Nominee |