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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
· Movie
· 121 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2714
- IMDb #2154
- Google retired #3882
- Rotten Tomatoes #2359
- Metacritic #1511
- Letterboxd #1481
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2089
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3154
- Metacritic Critics #1157
- Metacritic Audience #2288
- Douban #1840
- Kinopoisk #3078
- AlloCiné #2662
- Trakt #2612
Every rating
46–79
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Google on 46, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A respected cardiovascular surgeon lives a perfect life with his family. He has secretly been mentoring a fatherless teenage boy. The boy's presence becomes increasingly menacing as he introduces a supernatural and deadly ultimatum that forces the surgeon to make an unthinkable sacrifice to save his family.
Details
- Director
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Writers
- Efthimis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
- Studio
- Element Pictures, TPC, Film4 Productions, New Sparta Films
- Released
- 20 October 2017
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $10.7M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 17 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2017 | Best Screenplay Award | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best Cinematography | Thimios Bakatakis | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Male | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2017 | Palme D'Or | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominee |
| AACTA International Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
| London Film Critics Circle 2018 | British/Irish Actor of the Year | Colin Farrell (also for The Beguiled ) | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 2017 | Best European Actor | Colin Farrell | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay Award | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou | Winner |
| Palme D'Or | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Thimios Bakatakis | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Male | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
Sitges Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| José Luis Guarner Critics' Award | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Winner |
| Best Film | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Nominee |
European Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best European Actor | Colin Farrell | Nominee |
| Best European Director | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominee |
| Best European Screenwriter | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
| Villain of the Year | Barry Keoghan (as Martin) | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
Filmfest Hamburg
1 nomination
| Sichtwechsel Film Award | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
Ghent International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Grand Prix – Best Film | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| British/Irish Actor of the Year | Colin Farrell (also for The Beguiled ) | Nominee |