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American Gangster
2007
· Movie
· 157 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #708
- IMDb #531
- Google retired #737
- Rotten Tomatoes #1025
- Metacritic #805
- Letterboxd #668
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1932
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #501
- Metacritic Critics #938
- Metacritic Audience #740
- Criticker #873
- Douban #735
- Kinopoisk #336
- AlloCiné #345
- Trakt #439
Every rating
59–92
out of 100
A chauffeur for a Harlem crime boss rises to power by creating a ruthless and sophisticated drug empire. He does this by cutting out middlemen and importing pure heroin directly from Southeast Asia. His rise occurs as a dedicated and honest cop begins to piece together the clues to bring down this powerful criminal organization.
Details
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writer
- Steven Zaillian
- Based on
- a work by Mark Jacobson
- Released
- 2 November 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Thai, Spanish
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $100.0M
- Box office
- $269.8M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 17 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Screen Actors Guild Award 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Ruby Dee | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Art Direction | Arthur Max and Beth A. Rubino | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Ruby Dee | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2007 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| BAFTA Awards 2007 | Best Original Screenplay | Steven Zaillian | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2007 | Best Cinematography | Harris Savides | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2007 | Best Music | Marc Streitenfeld | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2007 | Best Editing | Pietro Scalia | Nominee |
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Screen Actors Guild Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Ruby Dee | Winner |
| Best Cast | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
5 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Harris Savides | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Pietro Scalia | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Music | Marc Streitenfeld | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Steven Zaillian | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Arthur Max and Beth A. Rubino | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ruby Dee | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Editing | Pietro Scalia | Winner |
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | Anthony Hamilton For the song " Do You Feel Me " | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ruby Dee | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Thriller | Winner |