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Beasts of No Nation
2015
· Movie
· 137 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #544
- IMDb #736
- Google retired #427
- Rotten Tomatoes #410
- Metacritic #526
- Letterboxd #624
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #902
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #380
- Metacritic Critics #751
- Metacritic Audience #403
- Criticker #589
- Kinopoisk #1652
- AlloCiné #733
- Trakt #864
Every rating
63–94
out of 100
In a war-torn West African nation, a young boy is forced to flee his home after his family is killed. He is captured by a ruthless militia and forced to become a child soldier. The charismatic but brutal commandant of the group becomes a surrogate father figure, pulling the boy deeper into a world of violence and trauma that threatens to erase his childhood entirely.
Details
- Director
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Writer
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Based on
- Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
- Released
- 11 September 2015
- Country
- Brazil, United States
- Language
- English, Akan
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $9.1M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 14 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →3 major awards won · 8 wins from 22 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2015 | Best Male Lead | Abraham Attah | Winner |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Male | Idris Elba | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Idris Elba | Winner |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2015 | Best Cinematography | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2015 | Best Feature | Daniel Crown, Idris Elba, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Uzodinma Iweala, Amy Kaufman, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker and Jeffrey Skoll | Nominee |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2015 | Best Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture | Idris Elba | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Abraham Attah, Kurt Egyiawan and Idris Elba | Nominee |
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Film Independent Spirit Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Male Lead | Abraham Attah | Winner |
| Best Supporting Male | Idris Elba | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
| Best Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Daniel Crown, Idris Elba, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Uzodinma Iweala, Amy Kaufman, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker and Jeffrey Skoll | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Idris Elba | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Abraham Attah, Kurt Egyiawan and Idris Elba | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture | Idris Elba | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Independent Motion Picture | Winner | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Abraham Attah | Nominee |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Idris Elba | Nominee |
72nd Venice International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Marcello Mastroianni Award | Abraham Attah | Winner |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Jenny Eagan | Winner |
George Foster Peabody Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence | Red Crown Productions, Participant Media, Come What May Productions, and New Balloon (Distributed by Netflix ) | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance | Abraham Attah | Winner |
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Abraham Attah | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
| Best Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Idris Elba | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Male Newcomer | Abraham Attah | Nominee |