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The Father
2020
· Movie
· 97 min
A
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #90
- IMDb #152
- Google retired #254
- Metacritic #145
- Letterboxd #125
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #85
+7 more
- Metacritic Critics #236
- Metacritic Audience #127
- Criticker #124
- Douban #243
- Kinopoisk #518
- AlloCiné #134
- Trakt #86
Every rating
73–98
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98.
See the most agreed on films →An elderly man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. He grows increasingly troubled and distrustful of his own mind as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances. The world around him seems to shift, and familiar faces become strangers in his own apartment.
Details
- Director
- Florian Zeller
- Writers
- Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
- Based on
- Le Père by Florian Zeller
- Released
- 23 December 2020
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $21.0M
- Awards
- 25 wins, 64 nominations
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Cast
Awards & nominations
See all 89 →4 major awards won · 25 wins from 89 nominations across 32 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2020 | Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2020 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| César Awards 2020 | César Award for Best Foreign Film | Winner | |
| Goya Awards (Spain) 2020 | Best European Film | Florian Zeller | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2020 | Best Production Design | Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2020 | Best Film Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2020 | Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2020 | Best Picture | David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Nominee |
| Best Picture | David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| César Award for Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Goya Awards (Spain)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best European Film | Florian Zeller | Winner |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial – First-Time Feature Film | Florian Zeller | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Best Director | Florian Zeller | Nominee |
| Best Independent British Film | Nominee | |
| Best Production Design | Peter Francis | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Best British Film | Florian Zeller, Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Nominee |
| Best Film | Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi and David Parfitt | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Peter Francis | Nominee |
European Film Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Screenwriter | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Best Director | Florian Zeller | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Father | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best New Filmmaker | Florian Zeller | Winner |
Satellite Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Director | Florian Zeller | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards ( 10th )
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best International Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Winner |
| Best International Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best International Film | Florian Zeller | Nominee |
| Best International Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
| Best Director | Florian Zeller | Nominee |
| Best First Film | Florian Zeller | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Winner |
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Director | Florian Zeller | Nominee |
Toronto International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Tribute Award | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
| Audience Award | Nominee |
AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Choice Award | Winner |
Golden Rooster Awards (China)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Film | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Winner |
San Sebastián International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Winner |
Telluride Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Medallion Award | Anthony Hopkins | Winner |
Zurich Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Eyes Award | Olivia Colman | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best British Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best British Film | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Yorgos Lamprinos | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton | Nominee |
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro (Brazil)
1 nomination
| Best International Film | Nominee |
Premios CEC (Spain)
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Florian Zeller | Nominee |