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{{short description|2002 American crime drama film by Sam Mendes}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Road to Perdition
| image          = Road to Perdition Film Poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Sam Mendes]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Richard D. Zanuck]]
* [[Dean Zanuck]]
* Sam Mendes
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| screenplay     = [[David Self]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Road to Perdition (comics)|Road to Perdition]]''|[[Max Allan Collins]]|[[Richard Piers Rayner]] by [[ DC Comics]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tom Hanks]]
* [[Paul Newman]]
* [[Jude Law]]
* [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]]
* [[Stanley Tucci]]
* [[Daniel Craig]]
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| music          = [[Thomas Newman]]
| cinematography = [[Conrad Hall|Conrad L. Hall]]
| editing        = [[Jill Bilcock]]
| studio         = [[The Zanuck Company]]
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* [[DreamWorks Pictures]] (United States)
* [[20th Century Fox]] (International)
}}
| released       = {{Film date|2002|07|12|United States}}
| runtime        = 117 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $80 million<ref name="mojo" />
| gross          = $183.4 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=roadtoperdition.htm |title=Road to Perdition (2002) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2010-04-24}}</ref><ref name="numbers">{{Cite web |url= https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Road-to-Perdition |title= Road to Perdition (2002) - Financial Information |work= [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date= January 27, 2021 }}</ref>
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'''''Road to Perdition''''' is a 2002 American [[crime drama film]] directed by [[Sam Mendes]] and written by [[David Self]], based on the first volume of the [[DC Comics]] [[Road to Perdition (comics)|graphic novel series of the same name]] by [[Max Allan Collins]] and [[Richard Piers Rayner]]. It stars [[Tom Hanks]], [[Paul Newman]] (in his final live-action theatrical film role), [[Jude Law]], [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]], [[Stanley Tucci]] and [[Daniel Craig]]. Set in 1931 during the [[Great Depression]], the film follows a [[mob enforcer]] and his son as they seek vengeance against the mobster who murdered the rest of their family. The film explores themes such as father-son relationships and the consequences of violence.

''Road to Perdition'' was screened at the [[59th Venice International Film Festival]] on August 31, 2002, where it was nominated for the [[Golden Lion]]. The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 12, 2002, and was a box office success, grossing $183.4 million against its $80 million budget. Critics received it well and praised Mendes's direction, [[Conrad Hall|Conrad L. Hall]]'s cinematography, and the cast's performances. At the [[75th Academy Awards]], the film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for Newman, [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Editing]], [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Mixing]], and [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]. Hall was posthumously awarded the Oscar for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110531042/winners-big-upsets/ |title=Winners: Big upsets |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003210924/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110531042/winners-big-upsets/ |date=March 24, 2003 |access-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |page=21 |publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>