Where to watch
Each link opens a search on that service. Checked 13 October 2026.
Streaming data from JustWatch
Dark Waters
2019
· Movie
· 126 min
B
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #652
- IMDb #879
- Google retired #105
- Rotten Tomatoes #365
- Metacritic #926
- Letterboxd #1050
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1104
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #120
- Metacritic Critics #1172
- Metacritic Audience #640
- Douban #255
- Kinopoisk #437
- AlloCiné #408
- Trakt #454
Every rating
48–96
out of 100
A corporate defense attorney is approached by a farmer who believes a large chemical company is poisoning his land. Initially reluctant, the attorney uncovers a disturbing truth that extends far beyond the single farm. He begins a relentless, years-long legal battle against the powerful corporation to expose a deadly secret.
Details
- Director
- Todd Haynes
- Based on
- The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare
- Studio
- Participant, Willi Hill, Killer Films
- Released
- 22 November 2019
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Korean
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $13.6M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 10 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (100) →
Awards & nominations
See all 12 →2 wins from 12 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Best Foreign Film 2021 | Best Foreign Film | Dark Waters | Nominee |
| American Values Film Award 2020 | American Values Film Award | Dark Waters | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay 2020 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan | Nominee |
| Best Drama Feature Film 2020 | Best Drama Feature Film | Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan | Nominee |
| Best Feature Film 2020 | Best Feature Film | Dark Waters | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Dark Waters | Nominee |
| Cinema For Peace Award For Justice 2020 | Cinema For Peace Award For Justice | Dark Waters | Nominee |
| International Green Film Award 2020 | International Green Film Award | Dark Waters | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More like this
Beyond the numbers
All lists →
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.
30 October 2026
Denzel Washington is more than an actor: a global Black cultural icon
How global visibility, artistic freedom and a commanding public presence gave his career a meaning that reaches beyond the films.
29 October 2026
Why Batman works without superpowers—and when the films forget why
Fear, money, detective work and moral limits: four Batman films test what makes Bruce Wayne worth watching.
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.
29 October 2026
TV shows with Black female leads: four series worth arguing about
Insecure, Queen Sugar, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, ranked for character writing, dramatic range and the lives they make room for.
29 October 2026
TV shows with the best song choices: five different ways to get it right
The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The O.C., Peaky Blinders and Euphoria: what their songs do beyond making a scene sound good.
Just released
See all →
Coming soon
Trailer — Dark Waters
×Full cast — Dark Waters
×
12 awards — Dark Waters
×
American Values Film Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| American Values Film Award | Dark Waters | Winner |
Best Feature Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Feature Film | Dark Waters | Winner |
Best Foreign Film
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Film | Dark Waters | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film | Dark Waters | Nominee |
Best Actor
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Mark Ruffalo | Nominee |
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Mark Ruffalo | Nominee |
Best Adapted Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan | Nominee |
Best Drama Feature Film
1 nomination
| Best Drama Feature Film | Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan | Nominee |
Best Screenplay, Adapted
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Nathaniel Rich | Nominee |
Cinema For Peace Award For Justice
1 nomination
| Cinema For Peace Award For Justice | Dark Waters | Nominee |
International Green Film Award
1 nomination
| International Green Film Award | Dark Waters | Nominee |
USC Scripter Award
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Award | Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan and Nathaniel Rich Based on the New York Times Magazine article "The Lawyer who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare by Nathaniel Rich | Nominee |