Stand by Me

""If I could only have one food to eat for the rest of my life?" "That's easy. Pez. Cherry flavor Pez. No question about it.""

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7.8/10

6,335 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Academy Awards

📋 1 nomination

Nominated

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$8.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$52.3M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$44.3M

ROI: +554%

Budget Recovery654% of budget

$0|Budget: $8.0M|Revenue: $52.3M

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712.5K

Daily Avg

11.9K

7-Day Trend

-27%

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The Body

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

California

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1 Location Found

Story Setting

Set In

Oregon

Time Period

19851956

Themes & Subjects

#puberty#mourning#malebonding#self-discovery#dysfunctionalfamily#death#friendship

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Thomas Del Ruth

Film Editing

Robert Leighton

Music / Score

Jack Nitzsche

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Distributors

Columbia PicturesNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Stand by Me

Available in 69 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaR	Netflix, YouTube TV	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom15	—	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
CanadaPG	Crave, Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel, Starz Amazon Channel	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaM	Foxtel Now, Stan	SBS On Demand	JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
India	Netflix	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom15

CanadaPG

AustraliaM

Germany6

FranceU

JapanR18+

Austria6

+12 more countries

Production

Director

Rob Reiner

Writers

Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans, Stephen King

Production Companies

Act III Productions

Cast

Wil Wheaton

Gordie Lachance

River Phoenix

Chris Chambers

Corey Feldman

Teddy Duchamp

Jerry O'Connell

Vern Tessio

Kiefer Sutherland

Ace Merrill

Casey Siemaszko

Billy Tessio

Gary Riley

Charlie Hogan

Bradley Gregg

Eyeball Chambers

Jason Oliver

Vince Desjardins

Marshall Bell

Mr. Lachance

Frances Lee McCain

Mrs. Lachance

Bruce Kirby

Mr. Quidacioluo

Tags & Keywords

friendshipbased on novel or bookleechbullyingroad triporegon, usacoming of agenostalgicrailroad trackstory within the storyflipping coincampfire storypie eatingtold in flashbackkids

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