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Spoiler-free premise

A weary investigator in a futuristic Los Angeles is ordered to track down four artificial humans who have returned to Earth.

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Los Angeles blade runner Rick Deckard is ordered to retire four replicants who have escaped an off-world colony and returned to Earth. His investigation leads through the Tyrell Corporation and to Rachael, an advanced replicant who believes her implanted memories are human.

Why it belongs

Through rain, smoke, neon, layered architecture, Vangelis, and uncertainty about memory and personhood, Blade Runner makes futuristic noir physical.

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Rutger Hauer's Roy and Sean Young's Rachael complicate the dehumanizing certainty of Deckard's job. Miniatures, crowded streets, multilingual signage, shafts of light, reflective interiors, and Vangelis's electronic score give the city sedimented history.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
BAFTA3 wins1983 · official BAFTA 1983 Film Awards results ↗

Plus 3 additional wins

No headline-category win to name

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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Institutional reference ranks

Sight & Sound54IMDb Top 250200AFI 10097
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness9.3
Engagement8.8
Ease7.8

English · R
Narrative Feature
Mood: Absorbing & Reflective