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Soul
2020
· Movie
· 100 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #67
- IMDb #44
- Google retired #165
- Rotten Tomatoes #79
- Metacritic #49
- Letterboxd #113
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #78
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #111
- Metacritic Critics #48
- Metacritic Audience #60
- Criticker #45
- Douban #30
- Kinopoisk #10
- AlloCiné #48
- Trakt #39
Every rating
63–95
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95.
See the most agreed on films →A middle-school music teacher finally gets his big break to play jazz professionally, but an accident separates his soul from his body. He finds himself in a center where souls develop their personalities before going to Earth, and he must help an unwilling soul return to his body in time for his performance.
Details
- Directors
- Kemp Powers, Pete Docter
- Writers
- Kemp Powers, Mike Jones, Pete Docter
- Studio
- Pixar
- Released
- 25 December 2020
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Korean, Inuktitut
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $150.0M
- Box office
- $122.0M
- Awards
- 62 wins, 43 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 105 →11 major awards won · 62 wins from 105 nominations across 39 ceremonies
| Grammy Awards 2022 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross for Soul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Animated Feature | Pete Docter and Dana Murray | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Original Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2021 | Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film | Steve Pilcher | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2021 | Best Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 | Best Voice Actor in an Animated Movie | Jamie Foxx | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 | Best Animated Movie | Soul | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 | Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie | Tina Fey | Winner |
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Critics' Choice Super Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Animated Movie | Soul | Winner |
| Best Voice Actor in an Animated Movie | Jamie Foxx | Winner |
| Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie | Tina Fey | Winner |
Academy Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Feature | Pete Docter and Dana Murray | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Best Sound | Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott, and David Parker | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Feature Film | Pete Docter, Kemp Powers and Dana Murray | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
Grammy Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross for Soul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Winner |
| Best Improvised Jazz Solo | Jon Batiste for "Bigger Than Us" | Nominee |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Jon Batiste for Jazz Selections: Music from and Inspired by Soul | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film | Steve Pilcher | Winner |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Motion Picture | Dana Murray | Winner |
Annie Awards
10 nominations, 7 won
| Best Animated Feature | Soul | Winner |
| Best Character Animation – Feature | Michal Makarewicz | Winner |
| Best Editorial – Feature | Kevin Nolting, Gregory Amundson, Robert Grahamjones, and Amera Rizk | Winner |
| Best FX – Feature | Tolga Göktekin, Carl Kaphan, Hiroaki Narita, Enrique Vila, and Kylie Wijsmuller | Winner |
| Best Music – Feature | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Best Storyboarding – Feature | Trevor Jimenez | Winner |
| Best Writing – Feature | Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers | Winner |
| Best Character Design – Feature | Daniel López Muñoz | Nominee |
| Best Direction – Feature | Pete Docter and Kemp Powers | Nominee |
| Best Production Design – Feature | Steve Pilcher, Albert Lozano, Paul Abadilla, and Bryn Imagire | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
5 nominations, 5 won
| Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature | Jonathan Hoffman, Jonathan Page, Peter Tieryas, and Ron Zorman for "Terry" | Winner |
| Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature | Hosuk Chang, Sungyeon Joh, Peter Roe, and Frank Tai for "You Seminar" | Winner |
| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature | Alexis Angelidis, Keith Daniel Klohn, Aimei Kutt, and Melissa Tseng | Winner |
| Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project | Matt Aspbury and Ian Megibben | Winner |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | Pete Docter, Dana Murray, Michael Fong, and Bill Watral | Winner |
NAACP Image Awards
9 nominations, 4 won
| Outstanding Animated Motion Picture | Soul | Winner |
| Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture | Jamie Foxx | Winner |
| Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental | Music From and Inspired by Soul | Winner |
| Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album | Soul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Winner |
| Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture | Phylicia Rashad | Nominee |
| Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture | Ahmir-Khalib Thompson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture | Angela Bassett | Nominee |
| Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Soul | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, and Mike Jones | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Animation TrailerByte for a Feature Film | "Virtual Jazz Show" (ZEALOT) | Winner |
| Best Animation/Family | "Chicken Soup" (The Hive) | Winner |
| Best Motion Poster | "Virtual Jazz Show" (ZEALOT) | Winner |
| Best Animation/Family | "Live" (Rogue Planet) | Nominee |
| Best Animation/Family TV Spot | "In It" (Ignition Creative) | Nominee |
| Best BTS / EPK for a Feature Film (Under 2 Minutes) | "Live Soulfully — Passions" (ZEALOT) | Nominee |
| Best Home Ent Animation/Family | " Target Wall" (Tiny Hero) | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Animated Feature | Soul | Winner |
| Best Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Best Voice Performance | Jamie Foxx | Winner |
| Best Voice Performance | Tina Fey | Nominee |
Black Reel Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Outstanding Voice Performance | Jamie Foxx | Winner |
| Outstanding Film | Dana Murray | Nominee |
| Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers | Nominee |
| Outstanding Voice Performance | Angela Bassett | Nominee |
| Outstanding Voice Performance | Phylicia Rashad | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Film | Pete Docter and Dana Murray | Winner |
| Best Original Music | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross | Winner |
| Best Sound | Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, and David Parker | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Film | Soul | Winner |
| Best Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Feature Film | Soul | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Winner |
| Best Picture | Soul | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Film | Soul | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Winner |
| Best Picture | Soul | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Feature Film | Soul | Winner |
| Best Animated Female | Tina Fey | Winner |
National Board of Review
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Film | Pete Docter | Winner |
| Top 10 Films | Soul | Winner |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Feature | Soul | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Winner |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Feature | Soul | Winner |
| Best Music Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Score | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross | Winner |
| Best Animated Film | Soul | Nominee |
| Best Animated or VFX Performance | Jamie Foxx | Nominee |
| Best Animated or VFX Performance | Tina Fey | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Soul | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Best Animated Film | Pete Docter and Dana Murray | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score – Animated Film | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Best Soundtrack Album | Soul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music Supervision – Film | Tom MacDougall | Nominee |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Animated Movie | Soul | Winner |
| Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Tina Fey | Nominee |
| Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Jamie Foxx | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Winner |
| Best Animated Film | Soul | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Animated Feature Film | Kevin Nolting | Winner |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films of the Year | Soul | Winner |
Artios Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Animation | Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon, and Kate Hansen-Birnbaum | Winner |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated | Vincent Caro, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Atticus Ross, David Boucher, Bobby Johanson, and Scott Curtis | Winner |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation | Coya Elliott, Cheryl Nardi, Ren Klyce, Steve Orlando, Kimberly Patrick, Jonathan Stevens, Thom Brennan, Shelley Roden, John Roesch, and Dee Selby | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Music | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Winner |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Animated or Mixed Media Film | Soul | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| Best Direction | Pete Docter | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers, and Dana Murray | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste | Nominee |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1 nomination
| Technical Achievement Award | Pete Docter | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1 nomination
| Best Movie | Soul | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Soul | Nominee |