The Green Mile
Miracles happen in unexpected places.
Death row guards meet a condemned man whose gift makes their routine unbearable.
- Director
- Frank Darabont
- Signature
- Drama · Emotional · Mind-Bending
- Worldwide
- $287M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
20 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Green Mile 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
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
Death row guards meet a condemned man whose gift makes their routine unbearable.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Green Mile appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #2
Ranked #2 because it earns its sentiment by refusing to rush a single scene.
Death row as a place where people still have to live.
- Best Courtroom Dramas Ranked #2
Ranked #2 because it sits with the consequences most courtroom films cut away from.
A trial's aftermath rather than the trial itself.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #2
Ranked #2 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest fantasy titles in the catalogue.
Death row guards meet a condemned man whose gift makes their routine unbearable.
- Crime Movies Ranked #11
Ranked #11 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest crime titles in the catalogue.
Death row guards meet a condemned man whose gift makes their routine unbearable.
- Drama Movies Ranked #18
Ranked #18 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest drama titles in the catalogue.
Death row guards meet a condemned man whose gift makes their routine unbearable.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 4 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Picture
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Green Mile returned 4.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $60M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $287M
- Release date
- Dec 10, 1999
- Runtime
- 3h 9m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- French, 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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