
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 · Movie · NR · 108 min · ★ 7.6 · 67% critics
A couple’s plans for marriage are tested when their daughter brings home her fiancé, raising tensions with the family over race. As different generations react, the dinner conversation turns into a high-stakes challenge to long-held beliefs and expectations.
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Details
- Years
- 1967
- Release date
- 1967-12-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (910 votes)
About
You’ll like it if you enjoy heartfelt, debate-focused 1960s dramas about interracial marriage and family reactions; Not for you if you want a fast-moving plot or purely realistic character chemistry, similar titles include Inherit the Wind and Ship of Fools.
Pros: intelligent family drama; memorable performances; timely social debate | Cons: talk-heavy scenes; some questionable casting; plot tension feels contrived
Themes
- marriage proposal
- san francisco, california
- vacation
- ruling class
- interracial relationship
- dinner
- doctor
- art gallery
- widower
- miscegenation
- publisher
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1968
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1968
- Silver nugget — the best foreign film · 1968
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment · 1968 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · nominated
Cast & crew

Spencer Tracy
as Matt Drayton

Sidney Poitier
as John Prentice

Katharine Hepburn
as Christina Drayton

Katharine Houghton
as Joanna "Joey" Drayton

Cecil Kellaway
as Monsignor Ryan

Beah Richards
as Mrs. Prentice

Roy Glenn
as Mr. Prentice

Isabel Sanford
as Tillie

Virginia Christine
as Hilary St. George

Alexandra Hay
as Carhop
Directed by Stanley Kramer