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Paterson
2016
· Movie
· 118 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1174
- IMDb #1515
- Google retired #2816
- Rotten Tomatoes #1213
- Metacritic #252
- Letterboxd #836
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #269
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2423
- Metacritic Critics #180
- Metacritic Audience #749
- Criticker #727
- Kinopoisk #1874
- AlloCiné #1846
- Trakt #2403
Every rating
61–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 93, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey, quietly observes the world around him and writes poetry in his notebook. He finds beauty and inspiration in the mundane details of his daily routine, his relationship with his creative partner, and the rhythms of his small, ordinary life.
Details
- Director
- Jim Jarmusch
- Writer
- Jim Jarmusch
- Studio
- K5 International, Le Pacte, Inkjet, Animal Kingdom
- Released
- 17 November 2016
- Country
- United States, Germany, France
- Language
- English, Italian
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $2.2M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 17 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Palm Dog Award | Nellie (posthumous award) | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Palme d'Or | Jim Jarmusch | Nominee |
| Belgian Film Critics Association 2017 | Grand Prix | Paterson | Nominee |
| London Film Critics' Circle 2017 | Actor of the Year | Adam Driver | Nominee |
| Online Film Critics Society 2017 | Best Actor | Adam Driver | Nominee |
| Online Film Critics Society 2017 | Best Picture | Paterson | Nominee |
| Chicago Film Critics Association 2016 | Best Actor | Adam Driver | Nominee |
| Gotham Awards 2016 | Audience Award | Paterson | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Palm Dog Award | Nellie (posthumous award) | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Jim Jarmusch | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Adam Driver | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Adam Driver | Winner |
Gotham Awards
4 nominations
| Audience Award | Paterson | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Adam Driver | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Paterson | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Jim Jarmusch | Nominee |
Women Film Critics Circle
3 nominations
| Best Equality of the Sexes | Paterson | Nominee |
| Best Male Image in a Movie | Paterson | Nominee |
| Best Screen Couple | Paterson | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Adam Driver | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Paterson | Nominee |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Grand Prix | Paterson | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Adam Driver | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| Actor of the Year | Adam Driver | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Adam Driver | Nominee |