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The Rider
MEANRANK
79/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 91, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young rodeo star suffers a devastating head injury that ends his riding career. He returns to his South Dakota community and struggles to define his identity and purpose when the one thing he loves is taken from him. He grapples with the expectations of his friends and family while trying to resist the dangerous allure of the rodeo world.
Details
- Director
- Chloé Zhao
- Writer
- Chloé Zhao
- Studio
- Highwayman Films, Caviar
- Released
- 28 March 2018
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Sioux, Spanish
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best Director | Chloé Zhao | Nominee |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best Editing | Alex O'Flinn | Nominee |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best Cinematography | Joshua James Richards | Nominee |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best Feature | Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche, Bert Hamelinck and Chloé Zhao | Nominee |
| National Board of Review 2019 | Top Ten Independent Films | The Rider | Winner |
| National Society of Film Critics 2019 | Best Director | Chloé Zhao | Nominee |
| National Society of Film Critics 2019 | Best Picture | The Rider | Winner |
| British Independent Film Awards 2018 | Best Foreign Independent Film | Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche and Bert Hamelinck | Nominee |
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10 awards — The Rider
×| Best Cinematography | Joshua James Richards | Nominee |
| Best Director | Chloé Zhao | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Alex O'Flinn | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche, Bert Hamelinck and Chloé Zhao | Nominee |
| Best Feature | The Rider | Winner |
| Audience Award | The Rider | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Rider | Winner |
| Best Director | Chloé Zhao | Nominee |
| Top Ten Independent Films | The Rider | Winner |
| Best Foreign Independent Film | Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche and Bert Hamelinck | Nominee |