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Isle of Dogs
2018
· Movie
· 101 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #90
- IMDb #70
- Google retired #125
- Rotten Tomatoes #121
- Metacritic #61
- Letterboxd #67
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #149
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #127
- Metacritic Critics #58
- Metacritic Audience #92
- Criticker #54
- Douban #93
- Kinopoisk #44
- AlloCiné #55
- Trakt #127
Every rating
62–94
out of 100
In a futuristic Japanese city, all dogs have been banished to a vast trash island after an outbreak of canine flu. A young boy flies to the island in a small plane to search for his lost dog. He is aided by a pack of exiled canines who help him navigate the dangerous island and evade the mayor's forces.
Details
- Director
- Wes Anderson
- Writers
- Jason Schwartzman, Kunichi Nomura, Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson
- Released
- 23 March 2018
- Country
- United States, Germany
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $73.0M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (49) →Awards & nominations
See all 43 →2 major awards won · 16 wins from 43 nominations across 27 ceremonies
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2019 | Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film | Adam Stockhausen and Paul Harrod | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2018 | Silver Bear for Best Director | Wes Anderson | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Animated Feature | Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 | Best Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 | Best Animated Feature | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2019 | Best Animated Feature Film | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2019 | Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
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Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Silver Bear for Best Director | Wes Anderson | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Isle of Dogs | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film | Adam Stockhausen and Paul Harrod | Winner |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Animated Feature | Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Animated Feature | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Animated Feature Film | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Producers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures | Isle of Dogs | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animation/Family | Isle of Dogs : "Domestic Trailer #1" | Winner |
| Best Motion Poster | Isle of Dogs : "Sneezing" | Winner |
| Best Animation/Family TV Spot | Isle of Dogs : ":30TV 'Sic Em" | Nominee |
| Best Motion Poster | Isle of Dogs : "Wild Post" | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Feature | Wes Anderson | Winner |
| Best Animated Voice Performance | Bryan Cranston | Winner |
Annie Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Bryan Cranston | Winner |
| Best Animated Feature | Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production | Jason Stalman | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Adam Stockhausen and Paul Harrod | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Isle of Dogs | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Isle of Dogs | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated | Darrin Moore, Christopher Scarabosio, Wayne Lemmer, Xavier Forcioli, Simon Rhodes and Peter Persaud | Winner |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Isle of Dogs | Winner |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Original Score – Animated Film | Alexandre Desplat | Winner |
Imagine Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Scream Award | Wes Anderson | Winner |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated or Mixed Media Film | Wes Anderson | Winner |
South by Southwest Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award: Headliners | Isle of Dogs | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Isle of Dogs | Winner |
World Soundtrack Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Alexandre Desplat | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations
| Best Animated Feature Film | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Animated Female | Greta Gerwig as Tracy Walker | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Animated Film | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Animated Feature | Isle of Dogs | Nominee |
| Best Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Isle of Dogs | Nominee |
Humanitas Prize
1 nomination
| Family Feature Film | Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Kunichi Nomura | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Isle of Dogs | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Wes Anderson | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | Mark Waring, Jeremy Dawson, Tim Ledbury, Lev Kolobov | Nominee |