1990 · 1h 43m · Comedy, Family

Home Alone

Directed byChris Columbus

IMDb

7.8

756K votes

Metacritic

critics

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

critics

Box office

$477M

26.5x its $18M budget

Released Nov 10, 1990 by 20th Century Studios and Great Oaks Productions

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5th of 122Films of 1990 with 10,000+ votes

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Critics vs the crowd

Critics (Metacritic)63

Audience (IMDb x 10)78

Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 15 points.

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Cast

Crew

Director: Chris Columbus
Writer: John Hughes
Music: John Williams
Cinematography: Julio Macat
Editing: Raja Gosnell
Producers: John Hughes

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1991
Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
Nominated
Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1991
John Williams
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