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Love Story

1970 film directed by Arthur Hiller
Movie film Q729991
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Summary

Love Story is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,822 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Original Score[3], Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama[4], Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[5], Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama[6], Golden Globe Award for Best Director[7], Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay[8], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[9]
  • Director: Arthur Hiller[10]
  • Screenwriter: Erich Segal[11]
  • Composer: Francis Lai[12]
  • Movement: New Hollywood[13]
  • Genre: romance film[14], drama film[15]
  • Based on: Love Story[16]
  • Cast member: Ali MacGraw[17], Ryan O'Neal[18], John Marley[19], Ray Milland[20], Tommy Lee Jones[21], Sydney Walker[22], Russell Nype[23], Katharine Balfour[24]
  • Producer: Howard G. Minsky[25]
  • Production company: Paramount Pictures[26]
  • Director of photography: Richard C. Kratina[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
  • Soundtrack release: Love Story – Music From The Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Picture[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 6/10[31], 63%[32], 84/100[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: United States[35]
  • Publication date: December 16, 1970[36], August 26, 1971[37]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[38], Netflix[39]
  • Narrative location: New York City[40], Boston[41]
  • Main subject: leukemia[42]
  • Film editor: Robert C. Jones[43]
  • Described by source: [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases][44]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[45], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[46], Academy Award for Best Actor[47], Academy Award for Best Actress[48], Academy Award for Best Director[49], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[50], Academy Award for Best Original Score[51]
  • Title: Love Story[52]

Why It Matters

Love Story has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did Love Story receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Score[3], Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama[4], Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[5], and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama[6].

Related Entities

Ali MacGraw Arthur Hiller Erich Segal film Francis Lai Netflix New York City Ray Milland Ryan O'Neal Tommy Lee Jones United States

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  29. [31] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  40. [42] ↑ . [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases]. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'eml', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Ampas collections film id → W061264
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 66011
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 9103
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  5. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Il cancro sul grande schermo. Quanto, come e quando il cinema si occupa delle malattie oncologiche
    Publication date → +1970-12-16T00:00:00Z, +1971-08-26T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Erich Segal
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+96'}
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