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==Release==

===Box office===
According to trade papers, ''Brief Encounter'' was a "notable box-office attraction" and was the 21st most popular film at the British box office in 1946.<ref>{{cite book |last=Murphy |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtGIAgAAQBAJ&q=hungry%20hill%20film%20box%20office&pg=PA209 |title=Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939–48 |date=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-41502-982-7 |location=London, UK |page=209}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=15 January 1947 |title=Hollywood Sneaks in 15 Films on '25 Best' List of Arty Britain |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=2}}</ref> ''Kinematograph Weekly'' reported that the biggest box office success in Britain that year was ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'', with other major hits including ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's|The Bells of St Mary's]]'', ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'', ''[[Road to Utopia]]'', ''[[Tomorrow Is Forever]]'', ''Brief Encounter'', ''[[Wonder Man (film)|Wonder Man]]'', ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'', ''[[Kitty (1945 film)|Kitty]]'', ''[[The Captive Heart]]'', ''[[The Corn Is Green]]'', ''[[The Spanish Main]]'', ''[[Leave Her to Heaven]]'', ''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]'', ''[[Caravan (1946 film)|Caravan]]'', ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'', ''[[The Blue Dahlia]]'', ''[[The Years Between (film)|The Years Between]]'', ''[[O.S.S. (film)|O.S.S.]]'', ''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]'', ''[[Courage of Lassie]]'', ''[[My Reputation]]'', ''[[London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'', ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (film)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'', ''[[Meet the Navy (film)|Meet the Navy]]'', ''[[Men of Two Worlds]]'', ''[[Theirs Is the Glory]]'', ''[[The Overlanders (film)|The Overlanders]]'', and ''[[Bedelia (film)|Bedelia]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lant |first=Antonia |title=Blackout: Reinventing Women for Wartime British Cinema |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-69100-828-8 |location=Princeton, NJ |page=232}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
''Brief Encounter'' received widespread critical acclaim, with Johnson and Howard's performances earning high praise;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/88-brief-encounter |title=Brief Encounter |last=Turner |first=Adrian |date=26 June 2000 |website=[[The Criterion Collection]] |access-date=17 March 2017 |quote=On its initial release, ''Brief Encounter'' was hailed as a groundbreaking piece of realism [...]}}</ref> although there were doubts that it would be "generally popular".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/16/brief-encounter-romance-archive-review |title=Brief Encounter |author-link=C. A. Lejeune |first=C. A. |last=Lejeune |date=25 November 1945 |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' praised the film, stating, "Coward's name and strong story spell nice US chances."<ref>{{cite magazine |date=28 November 1945 |title=Brief Encounter |url=https://archive.org/details/variety160-1945-11/page/n200/mode/1up?q=%22brief+encounter%22 |magazine=Variety |page=17}}</ref>

It was a moderate success in the UK and became a major hit in the US, leading to Johnson's nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].

Today, ''Brief Encounter'' is widely acclaimed for its black-and-white cinematography and the evocative atmosphere created by its steam-age railway setting, elements particularly associated with David Lean's original version.<ref>{{cite book |last=Huntley |first=John |title=Railways on the Screen |publisher=Ian Allan |year=1993 |isbn=0-7110-2059-0 |location=[[Shepperton]]}}</ref> On the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 46 reviews, with an average rating of 8.6/10. The site's critical consensus states: "''Brief Encounter'' adds a small but valuable gem to the Lean filmography, depicting a doomed couple's illicit connection with affecting sensitivity and a pair of powerful performances."<ref>{{cite web |title=Brief Encounter (1945) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1003094-brief_encounter |access-date=5 April 2021 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=26 November 1945 |title=Brief Encounter |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1003094-brief_encounter/ |access-date=10 March 2016 |work=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average score]] of 92 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."<ref>{{cite web |title=Brief Encounter Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/brief-encounter |access-date=30 September 2020 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[19th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[David Lean]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947 |title=The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093757/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/19th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Celia Johnson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| [[Anthony Havelock-Allan]], David Lean, and [[Ronald Neame]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1946 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]
| colspan="2"| [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix du Festival International du Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref name="awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1946/awardCompetition.html |title=Awards 1946: Competition |publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025185247/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1946/awardCompetition.html |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |df=dmy}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1946|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1946/ |title=1946 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1946 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Celia Johnson
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1946 |title=1946 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|}