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{{short description|1988 film directed by Barry Levinson}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Rain Man
| image          = Rain Man poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by [[John Alvin]]
| director       = [[Barry Levinson]]
| producer       = [[Mark Johnson (producer)|Mark Johnson]]
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|
* [[Barry Morrow]]
* [[Ronald Bass]]
}}
| story          = Barry Morrow
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Dustin Hoffman]]
* [[Tom Cruise]]
* [[Valeria Golino]]
}}
| music          = [[Hans Zimmer]]
| cinematography = [[John Seale]]
| editing        = [[Stu Linder]]
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[United Artists]]
* Guber-Peters Company<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55772|title=Rain Man (1988)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=November 5, 2018|archive-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160540/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55772|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Star Partners II, Ltd.<ref name=afi/>
}}
| distributor    = [[MGM/UA Communications Co.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1988|12|16}}
| runtime        = 134 minutes<ref name=afi/>
| country        = United States<ref name=afi/>
| language       = English
| budget         = $25{{nbsp}}million<ref name=bom/>
| gross          = $354.8–429.4{{nbsp}}million<ref name=bom/><ref name="numbers">{{cite web|title=Rain Man (1988) - Financial Information|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Rain-Man#tab=summary|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref><ref name=VarietyBO/> (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|354.8|1988}}}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US}}
}}

'''''Rain Man''''' is a 1988 American [[road movie|road]] [[comedy]]-[[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Barry Levinson]] and written by [[Barry Morrow]] and [[Ronald Bass]]. It tells the story of abrasive and selfish [[wikt:wheeler-dealer|wheeler-dealer]] Charlie Babbitt ([[Tom Cruise]]), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond ([[Dustin Hoffman]]), an [[Autism|autistic]] [[Savant syndrome|savant]] whose existence Charlie was unaware of. Morrow created the character of Raymond after meeting real-life savant [[Kim Peek]]; his characterization was based on both Peek and [[Bill Sackter]], a good friend of Morrow who was the subject of ''[[Bill (1981 film)|Bill]]'', an earlier film that Morrow wrote.<ref name="DVD">Barry Morrow's [[audio commentary]] for ''Rain Man'' from the DVD release.</ref>

''Rain Man'' competed at the [[39th Berlin International Film Festival]], where it won the highest prize: the [[Golden Bear]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1989/03_preistr_ger_1989/03_Preistraeger_1989.html |title=Berlinale: 1989 Prize Winners |access-date=March 13, 2011 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609015427/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1989/03_preistr_ger_1989/03_Preistraeger_1989.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was released theatrically by [[MGM/UA Communications Co.]] under the [[United Artists]] label in the United States on December 16, 1988, to critical and commercial success. Praise was given to Levinson's direction, the performances (particularly Cruise and Hoffman), the screenplay, the musical score, the cinematography, and the film's portrayal of autism. The film grossed $354–$429.4{{nbsp}}million on a $25 million budget, becoming [[1988 in film|the highest-grossing film of 1988]], and received a leading eight nominations at the [[61st Academy Awards]], winning four: [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (for Hoffman), and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]].<ref name="Oscars1989"/>

{{As of|2024}}, ''Rain Man'' is the only film to win both the Berlin International Film Festival's highest award and the Academy Award for Best Picture in the same year. It was also the last film released by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) to be nominated for Best Picture until ''[[Licorice Pizza]]'' in [[94th Academy Awards|2021]] — 33 years later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=February 9, 2022 |title=MGM's Michael de Luca & Pam Abdy on Studio's First In-House Best Picture Oscar Nomination in 33 Years, Being "Mildly Psychotically Obsessive" About Movies & What's Ahead – Q&A |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/mgm-future-oscars-michael-de-luca-pam-abdy-interview-1234929534/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702212329/https://deadline.com/2022/02/mgm-future-oscars-michael-de-luca-pam-abdy-interview-1234929534/|archive-date=July 2, 2024}}</ref>