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News of the World
2020
· Movie
· 118 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1894
- IMDb #2642
- Google retired #1361
- Rotten Tomatoes #768
- Metacritic #1526
- Letterboxd #3125
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1203
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #724
- Metacritic Critics #1158
- Metacritic Audience #2321
- Criticker #2200
- Kinopoisk #3679
- AlloCiné #1580
- Trakt #2064
Every rating
44–89
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 44, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
Details
- Director
- Paul Greengrass
- Writers
- Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass
- Based on
- News of the World by Paulette Jiles
- Released
- 25 December 2020
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, North American Indian, German
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $38.0M
- Box office
- $12.7M
- Awards
- 1 win, 36 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 37 →1 win from 37 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Sound | Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, and John Pritchett | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Production Design | David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2021 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | David Crank | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Luke Davies and Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2021 | Best Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2021 | Best Picture | News of the World | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
7 nominations
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Luke Davies and Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
| Best Picture | News of the World | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan | Nominee |
| Best Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Helena Zengel | Nominee |
Academy Awards
4 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, and John Pritchett | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Helena Zengel | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Helena Zengel | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | News of the World | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | David Crank | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Luke Davies and Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Score in a Feature Film | James Newton Howard | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, and Oliver Tarney | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
4 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Luke Davies and Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Helena Zengel | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards
3 nominations
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue/ADR | Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate and Anna MacKenzie | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects/Foley | Oliver Tarney, Mike Fentum, Kevin Penney, Dawn Gough, Hugo Adams, Sue Harding, Andrea King, and Oliver Ferris | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore | Arabella Winter, David Olson, and Jim Weidman | Nominee |
AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
| Best Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action | John Patrick Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, Shawn Murphy, Mark DeSimone, and Adam Fil Méndez | Nominee |
Set Decorators Society of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film | Elizabeth Keenan and David Crank | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Roni Rodrigues, Dayaliyah Lopez, Ian Fellows, Andrew Morley, and Brandon K. McLaughlin | Nominee |