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Pillion
2025
· Movie
· 106 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1309
- IMDb #2529
- Metacritic #778
- Letterboxd #2312
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #55
- Metacritic Critics #388
+5 more
- Metacritic Audience #2177
- Douban #1975
- Kinopoisk #3808
- AlloCiné #1620
- Trakt #3306
Every rating
66–99
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 99. Critics average 92, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A woman grieving the loss of her partner, an avid motorcyclist, decides to honor their memory by completing a cross-country journey they had planned. As a novice rider, she takes the passenger "pillion" seat, guided by an experienced but enigmatic biker she meets along the way. The physical journey across dramatic landscapes becomes an emotional passage through grief, as the rhythm of the road and the shared silence with her guide help her process her loss.
Details
- Director
- Harry Lighton
- Writer
- Harry Lighton
- Based on
- Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones
- Studio
- BBC Film, BFI, Element Pictures, Fremantle
- Released
- 28 November 2025
- Country
- United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Box office
- $6.6M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (27) →
Awards & nominations
See all 36 →2 major awards won · 16 wins from 36 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Un Certain Regard – Best Screenplay | Harry Lighton | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Palm Dog – Mutt Moment | Hippo and Rosie | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 2026 | Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Caméra d'Or | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Queer Palm | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Un Certain Regard Award | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| British Academy of Film Awards 2026 | Adapted Screenplay | Pillion | Nominee |
| British Academy of Film Awards 2026 | Outstanding British Debut | Pillion | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
5 nominations, 2 won
| Palm Dog – Mutt Moment | Hippo and Rosie | Winner |
| Un Certain Regard – Best Screenplay | Harry Lighton | Winner |
| Caméra d'Or | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| Queer Palm | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| Un Certain Regard Award | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
10 nominations, 4 won
| Best British Independent Film | Harry Lighton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Grace Snell | Winner |
| Best Debut Screenwriter | Harry Lighton | Winner |
| Best Make-Up & Hair Design | Diandra Ferreira | Winner |
| Best Director | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Gareth C. Scales | Nominee |
| Best Lead Performance | Harry Melling | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Performance | Alexander Skarsgård | Nominee |
| Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
3 nominations, 2 won
| Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year | Harry Lighton | Winner |
| British/Irish Film of the Year | Pillion | Winner |
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Alexander Skarsgård | Nominee |
Stockholm International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Harry Melling | Winner |
| Stockholm Achievement Award | Alexander Skarsgård | Winner |
Dorian Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| LGBTQ Film of the Year | Pillion | Winner |
| LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
Gotham Independent Film Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Harry Lighton | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Performance | Alexander Skarsgård | Nominee |
Valladolid International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Harry Melling | Winner |
| Golden Spike | Pillion | Nominee |
Fidos Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Rom Com Rover | Maggie | Winner |
Rotten Tomatoes Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Romance Movie | Pillion | Winner |
Thessaloniki Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Harry Melling | Winner |
British Academy of Film Awards
3 nominations
| Adapted Screenplay | Pillion | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Debut | Pillion | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Film | Pillion | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Online
2 nominations
| Best Debut Director | Harry Lighton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Alexander Skarsgård | Nominee |
Casting Society's Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Feature: Studio or Independent: Drama | Kahleen Crawford | Nominee |