True Lies
When he said I do, he never said what he did.
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
- Director
- James Cameron
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $379M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How True Lies actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 10 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
Golden Globes
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
BAFTA Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Screen Actors Guild Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Saturn Awards
1 win
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Director
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerJapan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film
MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance
MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
The numbers
Box Office & Release
True Lies returned 3.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $115M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $379M
- Release date
- Jul 15, 1994
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Arabic, German
- 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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