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Black Mass
2015
· Movie
· 123 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2748
- IMDb #2599
- Google retired #1138
- Rotten Tomatoes #2361
- Metacritic #1829
- Letterboxd #3459
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2444
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2755
- Metacritic Critics #1607
- Metacritic Audience #2274
- Criticker #2447
- Douban #2140
- Kinopoisk #3772
- AlloCiné #1820
- Trakt #3182
Every rating
41–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 41, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, a violent South Boston crime boss who becomes an FBI informant to take down a rival Mafia family. He manipulates the relationship with his childhood friend, now an FBI agent, to consolidate his own power and eliminate anyone in his way, all while being protected by the Bureau.
Details
- Director
- Scott Cooper
- Writers
- Jez Butterworth, Mark Mallouk
- Released
- 17 September 2015
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $53.0M
- Box office
- $100.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 10 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Critics' Choice Movie Award 2015 | Best Makeup | Nominee | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award 2015 | Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award 2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards 2015 | Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival 2015 | Desert Palm Achievement Award (actor) | Johnny Depp | Winner |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2015 | Maltin Modern Master Award | Johnny Depp | Winner |
| Satellite Awards 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Jez Butterworth, Mark Mallouk | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2015 | Best Actor – Motion Picture | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Movie Award
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Desert Palm Achievement Award (actor) | Johnny Depp | Winner |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Maltin Modern Master Award | Johnny Depp | Winner |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jez Butterworth, Mark Mallouk | Nominee |
| Best Film | Black Mass | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Make-Up | Joel Harlow, Kenny Niederbaumer | Nominee |
| Best Thriller Film | Black Mass | Nominee |
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominee |