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Monster
2003
· Movie
· 109 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1339
- IMDb #1458
- Rotten Tomatoes #1528
- Metacritic #1111
- Letterboxd #1565
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1941
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1542
- Metacritic Critics #1093
- Metacritic Audience #1208
- Douban #841
- Kinopoisk #2228
- AlloCiné #1501
- Trakt #1532
Every rating
71–81
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 81.
See the most agreed on films →In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.
Details
- Director
- Patty Jenkins
- Writer
- Patty Jenkins
- Released
- 24 December 2003
- Country
- United States, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $58.5M
- Awards
- 28 wins, 25 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (37) →
Awards & nominations
See all 53 →7 major awards won · 28 wins from 53 nominations across 42 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2004 | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2004 | Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2004 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2004 | Best Female Lead | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2004 | Best First Feature | Patty Jenkins | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2004 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 2005 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Female Lead | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Patty Jenkins | Winner |
| Best First Screenplay | Patty Jenkins | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Silver Bear for Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Patty Jenkins | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Charlize Theron | Winner |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Best Actress of the Decade | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Gold Derby Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Lead Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Lead Actress of the Decade | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Patty Jenkins | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Christina Ricci | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Monster | Nominee |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films of the Year | Monster | Winner |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Casting for Feature Film, Independent | Ferne Cassel, Kimberly Mullen | Winner |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Golden Schmoes Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress of the Year | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Iowa Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Movie Yet to Open in Iowa | Patty Jenkins | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance by an Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Performer of the Year | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Winner |
International Online Cinema Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Monster | Nominee |
Italian Online Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Monster | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Female Performance | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
| Best Kiss | Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci | Nominee |
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Patty Jenkins | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Film – Wide Release | Patty Jenkins | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Best Voice Over | Monster | Nominee |
International Cinephile Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
International Horror Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Best Movie | Patty Jenkins | Nominee |
Irish Film and Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Actress of the Year | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
Robert Awards
1 nomination
| Best American Film | Patty Jenkins | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
Village Voice Film Poll
1 nomination
| Best Performance | Charlize Theron | Nominee |