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On the Basis of Sex
2018
· Movie
· 120 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2047
- IMDb #2052
- Google retired #1132
- Rotten Tomatoes #2130
- Metacritic #2634
- Letterboxd #2181
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2590
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2080
- Metacritic Critics #2522
- Metacritic Audience #2726
- Criticker #2055
- Kinopoisk #612
- AlloCiné #986
- Trakt #503
Every rating
46–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 46, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A determined young lawyer faces rampant sexism and discrimination while trying to establish her legal career in the 1950s and 60s. She is unable to find a law firm that will hire a woman. She teams up with her husband to take on a groundbreaking tax case that challenges a federal law based on gender discrimination, aiming to use it as a vehicle to overturn the system and set a precedent for equality.
Details
- Director
- Mimi Leder
- Writer
- Daniel Stiepleman
- Released
- 25 December 2018
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $38.8M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (27) →
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →4 wins from 16 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Young Entertainer Awards 2020 | Best Performance Young Actor - Feature Film | Callum Shoniker | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2019 | Best Grownup Love Story | Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2019 | Best Director | Mimi Leder | Nominee |
| Cinema for Peace Awards 2019 | Cinema for Peace Award for Women's Empowerment | On the Basis of Sex | Nominee |
| Humanitas Prize 2019 | Drama Feature Film | On the Basis of Sex | Winner |
| ReFrame 2019 | ReFrame Stamp - Feature | On the Basis of Sex | Winner |
| Women's Image Network Awards 2019 | Supporting Actress Feature Film | Cailee Spaeny | Nominee |
| Women's Image Network Awards 2019 | Outstanding Actress Feature Film | Felicity Jones | Nominee |
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16 awards — On the Basis of Sex
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Women's Image Network Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Feature Film | On the Basis of Sex | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress Feature Film | Felicity Jones | Nominee |
| Outstanding Film Directed by a Woman | Mimi Leder | Nominee |
| Supporting Actress Feature Film | Cailee Spaeny | Nominee |
| Supporting Actress Feature Film | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
Heartland Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Truly Moving Picture Award | On the Basis of Sex | Winner |
Humanitas Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Drama Feature Film | On the Basis of Sex | Winner |
ReFrame
1 nomination, 1 won
| ReFrame Stamp - Feature | On the Basis of Sex | Winner |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Mimi Leder | Nominee |
| Best Grownup Love Story | Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer | Nominee |
Women Film Critics Circle
2 nominations
| Best Equality of the Sexes | On the Basis of Sex | Nominee |
| Karen Morley Award | On the Basis of Sex | Nominee |
Cinema for Peace Awards
1 nomination
| Cinema for Peace Award for Women's Empowerment | On the Basis of Sex | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination
| Original Song - Feature Film | "Here Comes The Change" - Kesha Sebert, Drew Pearson, & Stephen Wrabel | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor | Callum Shoniker | Nominee |
Young Entertainer Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance Young Actor - Feature Film | Callum Shoniker | Nominee |