Scream
Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $173M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Scream appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #20
Placed at #20 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Horror Movies Ranked #21
Placed at #21 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #43
Placed at #43 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #92
Placed at #92 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
3 wins · 5 nominations
Saturn Awards
3 wins · 3 nominations
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Actress
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Director
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Horror Film
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Performance
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Performance
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Scream returned 12.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $14M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $173M
- Release date
- Dec 20, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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