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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1331
- IMDb #1677
- Google retired #2079
- Rotten Tomatoes #1227
- Metacritic #861
- Letterboxd #1651
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #994
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1881
- Metacritic Critics #721
- Metacritic Audience #1332
- Criticker #1140
- Douban #309
- Kinopoisk #1915
- AlloCiné #1851
- Trakt #2323
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Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90.
See the most agreed on films →Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
Details
- Directors
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Writers
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Based on
- a work by Jack London, Stewart Edward White
- Studio
- Mike Zoss Productions
- Released
- 9 November 2018
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 major award won · 1 win from 7 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Venice Film Festival 2018 | Best Screenplay Award | Joel and Ethan Coen | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Costume Design | Mary Zophres | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Original Song | "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2019 | Best Costume Design | Mary Zophres | Nominee |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2018 | Original Score – Feature Film | Carter Burwell | Nominee |
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7 awards — The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
×| Best Screenplay Award | Joel and Ethan Coen | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Mary Zophres | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Mary Zophres | Nominee |
| Original Score – Feature Film | Carter Burwell | Nominee |