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The Lost Daughter
2021
· Movie
· 122 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3002
- IMDb #3175
- Google retired #3861
- Rotten Tomatoes #2063
- Metacritic #1106
- Letterboxd #2121
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #483
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3655
- Metacritic Critics #314
- Metacritic Audience #3356
- Criticker #1562
- Kinopoisk #3503
- AlloCiné #3454
- Trakt #3774
Every rating
48–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Google on 48, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 90, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A middle-aged professor on a solo vacation in Greece becomes obsessed with a young mother and her daughter. Their presence triggers unsettling memories of her own early motherhood, a time she remembers as fraught with anxiety and a stifling sense of sacrifice. She is forced to confront the complexities and regrets of her past.
Details
- Director
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Writer
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Based on
- The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
- Studio
- Endeavor Content, Samuel Marshall Productions, Media Finance Capital, Faliro House Productions
- Released
- 15 December 2021
- Country
- Greece, Israel, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $703.3K
- Awards
- 23 wins, 47 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 70 →4 major awards won · 23 wins from 70 nominations across 29 ceremonies
| Directors Guild of America Awards 2022 | Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2022 | Best Director | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2022 | Best Feature | Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren and Talia Kleinhendler | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2022 | Best Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2022 | Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2022 | Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Inbal Weinberg | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Best Feature | Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren and Talia Kleinhendler | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Best Supporting Female | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Best Director | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Inbal Weinberg | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
Gotham Independent Film Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Feature | Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren and Talia Kleinhendler | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Performance | Olivia Colman | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Performance | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessie Buckley | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Winner |
| Best Debut Feature | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best New Filmmaker | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessie Buckley | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
| Best Director | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Lost Daughter | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Best Woman Director | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Best Woman Screenwriter | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Most Daring Performance Award | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Actress of the Year | Olivia Colman | Winner |
| British/Irish Actress of the Year (for body of work) | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
| British/Irish Actress of the Year (for body of work) | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Film of the Year | The Lost Daughter | Nominee |
| Screenwriter of the Year | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Supporting Actress of the Year | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Best Director | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
Venice International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
| Golden Lion | The Lost Daughter | Nominee |
IFTA Film & Drama Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Actress in a supporting role | Jessie Buckley | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best First Film | The Lost Daughter | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films of 2021 | The Lost Daughter | Winner |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay - Film | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
| Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations
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| Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Lost Daughter | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Best First Film | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessie Buckley | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman | Nominee |
| Best Director | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent (Drama) | Kahleen Crawford | Nominee |
Set Decorators Society of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Achievement in Decor/Design of a Contemporary Feature Film | Christine-Athina Vlachos, Inbal Weinberg | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
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Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
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