1988 Best Picture

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Rain Man

“A journey through understanding and fellowship.”

1988

134 min

Rated R

8.0IMDB

65Metacritic

Overview

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

Genres

Drama

Director

Barry Levinson

Cast

Dustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoGerald R. MolenJack MurdockMichael D. RobertsRalph SeymourLucinda Jenney

Community Stats

Total Ratings1

Average Rating6.0

Seen It1

On Watchlist0

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Rating Distribution

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Keywords

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