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Queen & Slim
2019
· Movie
· 132 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1769
- IMDb #2063
- Google retired #1364
- Rotten Tomatoes #892
- Metacritic #1791
- Letterboxd #1418
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1820
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #367
- Metacritic Critics #1087
- Metacritic Audience #3204
- Criticker #1689
- Kinopoisk #4096
- AlloCiné #2386
- Trakt #1366
Every rating
50–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 50, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A first date between a young man and woman takes a drastic turn when they are pulled over by a police officer for a minor traffic violation. The situation escalates, resulting in the man shooting the officer in self-defense. Labeled cop killers, they are forced to go on the run, their flight across America becoming a symbolic journey of protest, love, and tragic destiny.
Details
- Director
- Melina Matsoukas
- Writers
- James Frey, Lena Waithe
- Released
- 27 November 2019
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $47.8M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 35 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 47 →12 wins from 47 nominations across 22 ceremonies
| Directors Guild of America Awards 2020 | Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
| ASCAP London Awards 2020 | Top Music Film Awards | Devonté Hynes | Winner |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards 2020 | Best Woman's Breakthrough Performance | Jodie Turner-Smith | Nominee |
| Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2020 | Best First Film | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
| BET Awards 2020 | Best Movie | Queen & Slim | Winner |
| Black Reel Awards 2020 | Outstanding Emerging Director | Melina Matsoukas | Winner |
| Black Reel Awards 2020 | Outstanding Film | Melina Matsoukas, Lena Waithe and James Frey | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2020 | Outstanding Director | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
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Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
Black Reel Awards
14 nominations, 4 won
| Outstanding Cinematography | Tad Radcliffe | Winner |
| Outstanding Emerging Director | Melina Matsoukas | Winner |
| Outstanding First Screenplay | Lena Waithe | Winner |
| Outstanding Original Song | "Collide" (by Tiana Major9 and EarthGang ) | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor | Daniel Kaluuya | Nominee |
| Outstanding Actress | Jodie Turner-Smith | Nominee |
| Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female | Jodie Turner-Smith | Nominee |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Shiona Turini | Nominee |
| Outstanding Director | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
| Outstanding Film | Melina Matsoukas, Lena Waithe and James Frey | Nominee |
| Outstanding Original Score | Dev Hynes | Nominee |
| Outstanding Original Song | "Guarding the Gates" (by Lauryn Hill ) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Production Design | Karen Murphy | Nominee |
| Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Lena Waithe | Nominee |
African-American Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Impact Award | Melina Matsoukas, Lena Waithe and James Frey | Winner |
| Top 10 Best Films | Melina Matsoukas, Lena Waithe and James Frey | Winner |
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Lena Waithe | Winner |
| Best Picture | Melina Matsoukas, Lena Waithe and James Frey | Nominee |
ASCAP London Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Music Film Awards | Devonté Hynes | Winner |
BET Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Movie | Queen & Slim | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best First Film | Melina Matsoukas | Winner |
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $25 Million | Kier Lehman | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Directorial Debut | Melina Matsoukas | Winner |
NAACP Image Awards
7 nominations
| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Daniel Kaluuya | Nominee |
| Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Jodie Turner-Smith | Nominee |
| Outstanding Breakthrough Role in a Motion Picture | Jodie Turner-Smith | Nominee |
| Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Queen & Slim | Nominee |
| Outstanding Independent Motion Picture | Queen & Slim | Nominee |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Queen & Slim | Nominee |
| Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album | Queen & Slim Soundtrack | Nominee |
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations
| Best Equality of the Sexes | Queen & Slim | Nominee |
| Best Screen Couple | Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith | Nominee |
| Best Woman Storyteller | Lena Waithe | Nominee |
Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best First Film | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
| Best New Filmmaker | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
2 nominations
| Best Soundtrack Album | Queen & Slim Soundtrack | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music Supervision - Film | Kier Lehman | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
1 nomination
| Best Woman's Breakthrough Performance | Jodie Turner-Smith | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best First Film | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Shiona Turini | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best First Feature | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Underscore | Joseph S. DeBeasi | Nominee |
Online Association of Female Film Critics
1 nomination
| Breakthrough Filmmaker | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Debut Feature | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Lena Waithe | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best First Feature | Melina Matsoukas | Nominee |