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Cop Car
MEANRANK
61/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 47, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 82. Critics average 74, everyone else 59.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two young boys skipping school find an abandoned police car in a field and decide to take it for a joyride. They are unaware that the car belongs to a corrupt and desperate sheriff who has left something very important in the trunk. The sheriff will stop at nothing to get his vehicle back before his secrets are exposed.
Details
- Director
- Jon Watts
- Writers
- Christopher Ford, Jon Watts
- Released
- 8 July 2015
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $800.0K
- Box office
- $143.7K
- Awards
- 1 win, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →1 win from 5 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Saturn Awards 2016 | Best Independent Film | Cop Car | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2016 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | James Freedson-Jackson | Nominee |
| Deauville American Film Festival 2015 | Grand Special Prize | Jon Watts | Nominee |
| Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 | Audience Award | Jon Watts | Nominee |
| National Board of Review Awards 2015 | Top Ten Independent Films | Cop Car | Winner |
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×| Top Ten Independent Films | Cop Car | Winner |
| Best Independent Film | Cop Car | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | James Freedson-Jackson | Nominee |
| Grand Special Prize | Jon Watts | Nominee |
| Audience Award | Jon Watts | Nominee |