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Detroit
2017
· Movie
· 143 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1285
- IMDb #1548
- Google retired #2244
- Rotten Tomatoes #1591
- Metacritic #1523
- Letterboxd #1542
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1810
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1772
- Metacritic Critics #851
- Metacritic Audience #3004
- Kinopoisk #3253
- AlloCiné #433
- Trakt #1572
Every rating
65–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 65, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During the Detroit riots of 1967, a report of gunshots prompts a raid on the Algiers Motel by police and National Guardsmen. The film follows the events of one night where several black men and two white women were terrorized and interrogated by police officers, leading to the death of three young men.
Details
- Director
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Writer
- Mark Boal
- Studio
- Annapurna Pictures, Page 1, Harpers Ferry
- Released
- 28 July 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $34.0M
- Box office
- $23.4M
- Awards
- 1 win, 7 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (54) →
Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 win from 8 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Black Reel Awards 2018 | Outstanding Film | Detroit | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2018 | Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture | Algee Smith | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2018 | Outstanding Ensemble | Victoria Thomas | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2018 | Outstanding Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 2018 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Detroit | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 2018 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Algee Smith | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 2018 | Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | Mark Boal | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 2018 | Outstanding Independent Motion Picture | Detroit | Winner |
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NAACP Image Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Independent Motion Picture | Detroit | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Algee Smith | Nominee |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Detroit | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | Mark Boal | Nominee |
Black Reel Awards
4 nominations
| Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture | Algee Smith | Nominee |
| Outstanding Ensemble | Victoria Thomas | Nominee |
| Outstanding Film | Detroit | Nominee |
| Outstanding Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |