You Can Count on Me

You Can Count on Me
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kenneth Lonergan
Written by	Kenneth Lonergan
Produced by	Jeffrey Sharp John Hart Larry Meistrich Barbara De Fina
Starring	Laura Linney Mark Ruffalo Matthew Broderick Jon Tenney Rory Culkin
Cinematography	Stephen Kazmierski
Edited by	Anne McCabe
Music by	Lesley Barber
Production companies	Hart Sharp Entertainment The Shooting Gallery Cappa Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Classics
Release dates	January 21, 2000 (2000-01-21) (Sundance) December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22) (United States)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.2 million[1]
Box office	$11.2 million[2]

You Can Count on Me is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan in his feature directorial debut. Starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, and Matthew Broderick, the film follows a single mother living in a small Catskill Mountains town, whose life is disrupted when her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns.

You Can Count on Me premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2000, where it tied with Girlfight for the Grand Jury Prize, and Lonergan won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. It was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Classics on December 22, 2000, to critical acclaim. At the 73rd Academy Awards, Linney was nominated for Best Actress and Lonergan was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.