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The Suicide Squad
2021
· Movie
· 132 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1904
- IMDb #1633
- Google retired #3154
- Rotten Tomatoes #1011
- Metacritic #1316
- Letterboxd #2265
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #971
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1492
- Metacritic Critics #1243
- Metacritic Audience #1487
- Criticker #1729
- Douban #618
- Kinopoisk #3520
- AlloCiné #2545
- Trakt #1181
Every rating
49–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A new, disposable team of Belle Reve Penitentiary's most dangerous super-criminals is sent to the remote South American island of Corto Maltese. Their mission is to destroy a Nazi-era laboratory and any evidence of the monstrous scientific experiment, Project Starfish, a mission where they are expected to die.
Details
- Director
- James Gunn
- Writer
- James Gunn
- Based on
- Suicide Squad
- Released
- 28 July 2021
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish, Japanese, Cantonese
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $185.0M
- Box office
- $168.7M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 30 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 38 →2 major awards won · 8 wins from 38 nominations across 18 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2017 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Actress in an Action Movie | Margot Robbie | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 2017 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | " Purple Lamborghini " by Skrillex and Rick Ross (Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore and William Roberts, songwriters) | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 2017 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | " Heathens " by Twenty One Pilots ( Tyler Joseph, songwriter) | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 2017 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) – Various Artists | Nominee |
| BET Awards 2017 | Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Billboard Music Awards 2017 | Top Soundtrack | Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) – Various Artists | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2017 | Best Make-Up and Hairstyling | Suicide Squad | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson | Winner |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in an Action Movie | Margot Robbie | Winner |
Grammy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) – Various Artists | Nominee |
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | " Purple Lamborghini " by Skrillex and Rick Ross (Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore and William Roberts, songwriters) | Nominee |
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | " Heathens " by Twenty One Pilots ( Tyler Joseph, songwriter) | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Choice AnTEENcipated Movie | Suicide Squad | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actress: AnTEENcipated | Cara Delevingne | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actor: AnTEENcipated | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actor: AnTEENcipated | Scott Eastwood | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actress: AnTEENcipated | Margot Robbie | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Action Movie Actress | Margot Robbie | Winner |
| Favorite Action Movie | Suicide Squad | Nominee |
| Favorite Action Movie Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie | Suicide Squad | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie Actress | Margot Robbie | Nominee |
| Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie | Suicide Squad | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Soundtrack Album | Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) – Various Artists | Winner |
| Best Original Song – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film | " Sucker for Pain " by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic, Ty Dolla Sign and X Ambassadors | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music Supervision – Film | Gabe Hilfer | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Period and/or Character Makeup – Feature-Length Motion Picture | Alessandro Bertolazzi | Winner |
| Best Special Make Up Effects – Feature-Length Motion Picture | Christopher Nelson, Sean Sansom and Greg Nicotero | Nominee |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Soundtrack | Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) – Various Artists | Winner |
Saturn Awards
3 nominations
| Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture | Suicide Squad | Nominee |
| Best Make-up | Allan Apone, Jo-Ann MacNeil and Marta Roggero | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Margot Robbie | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations
| Actress Most in Need of a New Agent | Margot Robbie | Nominee |
| Hall of Shame | David Ayer and Margot Robbie | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Awards
2 nominations
| Worst Screenplay | David Ayer | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Jared Leto | Nominee |
Jupiter Awards
2 nominations
| Best International Actor | Jared Leto | Nominee |
| Best International Film | Suicide Squad | Nominee |
BET Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
Billboard Music Awards
1 nomination
| Top Soundtrack | Suicide Squad (Collector's Edition) – Various Artists | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Make-Up and Hairstyling | Suicide Squad | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1 nomination
| Best Villain | Jared Leto | Nominee |
NME Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | Suicide Squad | Nominee |
iHeartRadio Music Awards
1 nomination
| Best Song from a Movie | "Heathens" by Twenty One Pilots | Nominee |