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Harriet
2019
· Movie
· 125 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2005
- IMDb #2748
- Google retired #623
- Rotten Tomatoes #1059
- Metacritic #1966
- Letterboxd #2406
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2450
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #29
- Metacritic Critics #1812
- Metacritic Audience #2310
- Criticker #2679
- Kinopoisk #4583
- AlloCiné #1332
- Trakt #874
Every rating
39–97
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 39, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 97.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Enslaved woman Minty escapes a Maryland plantation and makes a dangerous journey north to freedom. After reaching Philadelphia, she changes her name to Harriet Tubman and becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Risking her own freedom, she makes multiple trips back south to lead dozens of other enslaved people to freedom.
Details
- Director
- Kasi Lemmons
- Writers
- Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons
- Released
- 1 November 2019
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $17.0M
- Awards
- 13 wins, 29 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (44) →
Awards & nominations
See all 42 →13 wins from 42 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| Grammy Awards 2021 | — | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2020 | — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2020 | — | " Stand Up " (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2020 | — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2020 | — | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2020 | — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2020 | — | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2020 | — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| — | " Stand Up " (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| — | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| — | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| — | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
Women Film Critics Circle
4 nominations, 4 won
| — | Harriet | Winner |
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Winner |
| — | Janelle Monáe | Winner |
| — | Kasi Lemmons | Winner |
AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| — | Harriet | Winner |
| — | Kasi Lemmons, Gregory Allen Howard | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| — | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Winner |
| — | Terence Blanchard | Nominee |
African-American Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Harriet | Winner |
Heartland Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Harriet | Winner |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Winner |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Winner |
Mill Valley Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Kasi Lemons | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Winner |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Winner |
NAACP Image Awards
8 nominations
| — | "Harriet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" (by Terence Blanchard) | Nominee |
| — | Kasi Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard | Nominee |
| — | Kasi Lemmons | Nominee |
| — | Harriet | Nominee |
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| — | Janelle Monáe | Nominee |
| — | Leslie Odom Jr. | Nominee |
| — | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominee |
Black Reel Awards
6 nominations
| — | John Toll | Nominee |
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| — | Paul Tazewell | Nominee |
| — | Warren Alan Young | Nominee |
| — | Kasi Lemmons | Nominee |
| — | Janelle Monáe | Nominee |
Movieguide Awards
2 nominations
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| — | Harriet | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| — | Cynthia Erivo | Nominee |
| — | Terence Blanchard | Nominee |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| — | Kim Coleman, Erica Arvold, Anne Chapman, Meghan Apostoles | Nominee |