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The Last King of Scotland
2006
· Movie
· 123 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #889
- IMDb #857
- Google retired #1653
- Rotten Tomatoes #775
- Metacritic #1049
- Letterboxd #1461
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1333
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #619
- Metacritic Critics #1099
- Metacritic Audience #1070
- Criticker #697
- Douban #753
- Kinopoisk #959
- AlloCiné #366
- Trakt #1061
Every rating
61–89
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the most agreed on films →A young Scottish doctor, seeking adventure, travels to Uganda and becomes the personal physician to the new president, Idi Amin. Flattered by Amin's charm and generosity, he enjoys a life of luxury and influence. He remains willfully blind to the dictator's escalating brutality and paranoia until he finds himself trapped and complicit in the regime's horrific actions.
Details
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Writers
- Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan
- Based on
- The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
- Released
- 27 September 2006
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English, French, German, Swahili
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $48.6M
- Awards
- 48 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 75 →4 major awards won · 48 wins from 75 nominations across 47 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2006 | Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2006 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2006 | Best Movie for Grownups | Winner | |
| African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2006 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2006 | Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| BET Awards 2006 | Best Actress | Kerry Washington | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock | Winner |
| Outstanding British Film | Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel, Kevin Macdonald, Peter Morgan, and Jeremy Brock | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | James McAvoy | Nominee |
| Best Film | Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, and Charles Steel | Nominee |
British Academy Scotland Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | James McAvoy | Winner |
| Best Film | Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Kevin Macdonald, and Charles Steel | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock | Winner |
British Independent Film Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Kevin Macdonald | Winner |
| Best Technical Achievement | Anthony Dod Mantle (for cinematography) | Winner |
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Nominee |
| Best Actor | James McAvoy | Nominee |
| Best British Independent Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock | Nominee |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Peter Morgan (also for The Queen ) | Winner |
| Best Technical Achievement | Anthony Dod Mantle (also for Brothers of the Head ) | Winner |
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Actor of the Year | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| British Actor of the Year | James McAvoy | Nominee |
| British Director of the Year | Kevin Macdonald | Nominee |
| British Film of the Year | Nominee | |
| British Producer of the Year | Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, and Charles Steel | Nominee |
African-American Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
BET Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Best Actress | Kerry Washington | Nominee |
Black Reel Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress | Kerry Washington | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Kerry Washington | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Movie for Grownups | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Cinema for Peace Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| The Most Valuable Film Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Leggio d'oro
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Male Performance | Paolo Buglioni (dubbing for Forest Whitaker) | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
North Texas Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Political Film Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Human Rights | Winner |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| American Riviera Award | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Stockholm International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Winner |
European Film Awards
6 nominations
| European Actor | James McAvoy | Nominee |
| European Cinematographer | Anthony Dod Mantle | Nominee |
| European Composer | Alex Heffes | Nominee |
| European Director | Kevin Macdonald | Nominee |
| European Film | Nominee | |
| People's Choice Award | Nominee |
Gold Derby Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Lead Actor | Forest Whitaker | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR | Christian Conrad, Fabian Schmidt, and Dominik Schleier | Nominee |
Iowa Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker | Nominee |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Awards | Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock (screenwriters) ; Giles Foden (author) | Nominee |
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay (Feature Film) | Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock | Nominee |