Where to watch
Each link opens a search on that service. Checked 13 October 2026.
Streaming data from JustWatch
Bone Tomahawk
2015
· Movie
· 132 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2011
- IMDb #1948
- Google retired #3183
- Rotten Tomatoes #1382
- Metacritic #1333
- Letterboxd #1746
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #914
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2254
- Metacritic Critics #1324
- Metacritic Audience #1524
- Criticker #1069
- Douban #1677
- Kinopoisk #2893
- AlloCiné #2425
- Trakt #2342
Every rating
57–91
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →When a group of cannibalistic troglodytes abducts several people from a small frontier town, a sheriff assembles a posse to pursue them into the uncharted desert. The rescue party includes the sheriff, an aging deputy, a sophisticated gunslinger, and the determined husband of one of the captives. Their journey reveals the harsh landscape and the terrifying nature of the primitive hunters they are tracking.
Details
- Director
- S. Craig Zahler
- Writer
- S. Craig Zahler
- Released
- 23 October 2015
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $475.8K
- Awards
- 6 wins, 8 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (29) →
Awards & nominations
See all 14 →6 wins from 14 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Best Actor 2016 | Best Actor | Kurt Russell | Winner |
| Best Avant-Garde & Genre 2016 | Best Avant-Garde & Genre | S. Craig Zahler | Winner |
| Best Independent Film 2016 | Best Independent Film | Nominee | |
| Best Makeup/Creature FX 2016 | Best Makeup/Creature FX | Hugo Villasenor | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay 2016 | Best Screenplay | S. Craig Zahler | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Richard Jenkins | Nominee |
| Best Technical-Artistic Western 2016 | Best Technical-Artistic Western | Freddy Waff | Winner |
| Jury Prize 2016 | Jury Prize | S. Craig Zahler | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More like this
Beyond the numbers
All lists →
29 October 2026
Five great TV scores—and the scenes that explain why
Twin Peaks, Succession, Game of Thrones, Westworld and Stranger Things, judged for what their original music does inside the drama.
30 September 2026
The most popular film genres? What the ratings actually show
Drama leads the total, but volume, a typical film’s attention and average score tell different stories.
29 September 2026
Films rated 4.7 on Google: a 59-film archive
A historical selection, with a closer look at spectacle, sequels and what a high audience average leaves out.
16 September 2026
The r/TrueFilm canon's top twenty, from the 2018 poll
A historical community ranking, with new viewing notes and a closer look at the taste it records.
30 October 2026
Why Meryl Streep is the greatest actress of all time
The case rests on comedy, emotional precision, versatility and sustained achievement, tested against the strongest rival claims.
29 October 2026
Five great directorial debuts, ranked for what is already on screen
Citizen Kane, The 400 Blows, Get Out, Reservoir Dogs and Following: first features judged without borrowing greatness from the careers that followed.
Just released
See all →
Coming soon
Trailer — Bone Tomahawk
×Full cast — Bone Tomahawk
×
14 awards — Bone Tomahawk
×
Best Actor
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Kurt Russell | Winner |
Best Avant-Garde & Genre
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Avant-Garde & Genre | S. Craig Zahler | Winner |
Best Direction Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Direction Award | S. Craig Zahler | Winner |
Best Technical-Artistic Western
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Technical-Artistic Western | Freddy Waff | Winner |
José Luis Guarner Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| José Luis Guarner Prize | Winner |
Jury Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Jury Prize | S. Craig Zahler | Winner |
Best Supporting Actor
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard Jenkins | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard Jenkins | Nominee |
Best First Film
1 nomination
| Best First Film | Nominee |
Best Horror Film
1 nomination
| Best Horror Film | Nominee |
Best Independent Film
1 nomination
| Best Independent Film | Nominee |
Best Makeup/Creature FX
1 nomination
| Best Makeup/Creature FX | Hugo Villasenor | Nominee |
Best Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | S. Craig Zahler | Nominee |
Original Vision Award
1 nomination
| Original Vision Award | Nominee |