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Lawless
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2124
- IMDb #1657
- Google retired #1123
- Rotten Tomatoes #2391
- Metacritic #2443
- Letterboxd #2473
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2910
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2216
- Metacritic Critics #2618
- Metacritic Audience #2086
- Criticker #1637
- Douban #1371
- Kinopoisk #1306
- AlloCiné #394
- Trakt #1782
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See the films the platforms disagree about most →Three brothers run a successful moonshine business in Prohibition-era Virginia, operating with relative impunity until a new, sadistic deputy arrives from Chicago. The lawman is determined to take a cut of their profits and will use any method of violence and intimidation to break them. The brothers must decide whether to bow to his authority or stand their ground, risking a bloody war.
Details
- Director
- John Hillcoat
- Writer
- Nick Cave
- Based on
- The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant
- Released
- 29 August 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $26.0M
- Box office
- $55.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 65th Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Palme d'Or | John Hillcoat | Nominee |
| Georgia Film Critics Association 2012 | Best Original Song | "Cosmonaut" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Nominee |
| Georgia Film Critics Association 2012 | Best Original Song | "Fire in the Blood" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Nominee |
| Georgia Film Critics Association 2012 | Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema | Nick Cave & John Hillcoat | Nominee |
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4 awards — Lawless
×| Palme d'Or | John Hillcoat | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Cosmonaut" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Fire in the Blood" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Nominee |
| Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema | Nick Cave & John Hillcoat | Nominee |