The Big Lebowski
Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
- Director
- Joel Coen
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Humour
- Worldwide
- $47M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Big Lebowski actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Big Lebowski appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Comedies Ranked #32
Placed at #32 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Comedy Movies Ranked #34
Placed at #34 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #36
Placed at #36 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Crime Movies Ranked #37
Placed at #37 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #186
Placed at #186 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Non-European Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Big Lebowski returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $47M
- Release date
- Mar 6, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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