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The Diary of a Teenage Girl
2015
· Movie
· 102 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1861
- IMDb #2751
- Rotten Tomatoes #1217
- Metacritic #982
- Letterboxd #2328
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #395
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2337
- Metacritic Critics #286
- Metacritic Audience #3191
- Kinopoisk #4634
- AlloCiné #3511
- Trakt #4081
Every rating
60–95
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95. Critics average 91, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1970s San Francisco, a fifteen-year-old girl embarks on a journey of sexual discovery. She begins a clandestine affair with her mother's charismatic, older boyfriend. The relationship, which she chronicles in her audio diary, is both exhilarating and confusing for her. It forces her to navigate the complex terrain of power, consent, and her own emerging identity as a young artist and woman.
Details
- Director
- Marielle Heller
- Writer
- Marielle Heller
- Based on
- The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner
- Studio
- Archer Gray, Cold Iron Pictures, Caviar
- Released
- 7 August 2015
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Box office
- $1.5M
- Awards
- 14 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 41 →3 major awards won · 14 wins from 41 nominations across 23 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2016 | Best First Feature | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2015 | Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2015 | Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic | Brandon Trost | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 2016 | Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Marielle Heller | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2016 | Best First Screenplay | Marielle Heller | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2016 | Best Female Lead | Bel Powley | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2015 | Crystal Bear for the Best Film of the Generation 14plus | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
| Sundance Film Festival 2015 | U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best First Feature | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Winner |
| Best Female Lead | Bel Powley | Nominee |
| Best First Screenplay | Marielle Heller | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Winner |
| Crystal Bear for the Best Film of the Generation 14plus | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
Sundance Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic | Brandon Trost | Winner |
| U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Marielle Heller | Nominee |
FEST (film festival)
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Marielle Heller | Winner |
| Best Film | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Winner |
Gotham Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Bel Powley | Winner |
| Audience Award | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
| Best Feature | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Marielle Heller | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Director | Marielle Heller | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Woman Director | Marielle Heller | Winner |
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Bel Powley | Nominee |
| Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
| Best Woman Screenwriter | Marielle Heller | Nominee |
Gijón International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Jonah Markowitz | Winner |
| Best Film | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
Women's Image Network Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Feature Film | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress Feature Film | Bel Powley | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best New Filmmaker | Marielle Heller | Winner |
Edinburgh International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Feature Film | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Winner |
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under 5 Million Dollars | Howard Paar | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Directors to Watch | Marielle Heller | Winner |
Village Voice Film Poll
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best First Feature | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Winner |
Women Film Critics Circle
3 nominations
| Best Movie by a Woman | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
| Best Young Actress | Bel Powley | Nominee |
| Mommie Dearest Worst Screen Mom of the Year Award | Kristen Wiig | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Marielle Heller | Nominee |
| Most Promising Performer | Bel Powley | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Bel Powley | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Artist | Bel Powley | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best First Film | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
Dorian Awards
1 nomination
| Unsung Film of the Year | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Female Newcomer | Bel Powley | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Pauline Kael Breakout Award | Bel Powley | Nominee |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Bel Powley | Nominee |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | Marielle Heller | Nominee |