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Working Girl
1988
· Movie
· 113 min
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2314
- IMDb #2680
- Rotten Tomatoes #1976
- Metacritic #1428
- Letterboxd #2408
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1595
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2827
- Metacritic Critics #1223
- Metacritic Audience #2000
- Criticker #2112
- Kinopoisk #1843
- AlloCiné #3203
- Trakt #3058
Every rating
45–88
out of 100
A determined secretary with a head for business has her ideas repeatedly stolen by her boss. When her boss is injured, she seizes the opportunity to impersonate an executive and pitch a brilliant idea directly to a major client. With the help of a savvy investment broker, she navigates the male-dominated corporate world of 1980s New York, trying to close the deal before her deception is uncovered.
Details
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Writer
- Kevin Wade
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 20 December 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $28.0M
- Box office
- $103.2M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 14 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 24 →6 major awards won · 10 wins from 24 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Original Song | " Let the River Run " Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1988 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1988 | Best Original Song – Motion Picture | "Let the River Run" Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1988 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Sigourney Weaver | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1988 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Melanie Griffith | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 1988 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television | "Let the River Run" Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Supporting Actress | Joan Cusack | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1988 | Best Director | Mike Nichols | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Melanie Griffith | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Winner | |
| Best Original Song – Motion Picture | "Let the River Run" Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Sigourney Weaver | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Mike Nichols | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Kevin Wade | Nominee |
Academy Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Song | " Let the River Run " Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon | Winner |
| Best Actress | Melanie Griffith | Nominee |
| Best Director | Mike Nichols | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Douglas Wick | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Cusack | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television | "Let the River Run" Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Mike Nichols | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Kevin Wade | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Melanie Griffith | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Cusack (also for Married to the Mob and Stars and Bars ) | Winner |
American Comedy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Joan Cusack | Winner |
| Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Melanie Griffith | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy | Juliet Taylor | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Melanie Griffith | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Sigourney Weaver | Nominee |
| Best Original Film Score | Carly Simon | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominee |