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The Witch
2015
· Movie
· 92 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2211
- IMDb #2123
- Google retired #3534
- Rotten Tomatoes #1973
- Metacritic #613
- Letterboxd #1035
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #850
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3298
- Metacritic Critics #433
- Metacritic Audience #1309
- Criticker #791
- Douban #1563
- Kinopoisk #3603
- AlloCiné #3588
Every rating
58–91
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 88, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A devout 17th-century Puritan family is banished from their plantation and builds a farm on the edge of a remote, dense forest. Soon after their exile, their newborn son vanishes, and their crops begins to fail. The family begins to turn on one another as they are plagued by witchcraft, black magic, and possession.
Details
- Director
- Robert Eggers
- Writer
- Robert Eggers
- Released
- 19 February 2016
- Country
- Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $4.0M
- Box office
- $40.4M
- Awards
- 21 wins, 22 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 43 →3 major awards won · 21 wins from 43 nominations across 24 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2017 | Best First Feature | Robert Eggers, Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond and Rodrigo Teixeira | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2017 | Best First Screenplay | Robert Eggers | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2015 | Directing Award | Robert Eggers | Winner |
| Critics Choice Awards 2016 | Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | The Witch | Nominee |
| Sundance Film Festival 2015 | Grand Jury Prize | Robert Eggers | Nominee |
| Bram Stoker Awards 2017 | Superior Achievement in a Screenplay | Robert Eggers | Winner |
| Empire Awards 2017 | Best Female Newcomer | Anya Taylor-Joy | Winner |
| Empire Awards 2017 | Best Horror | The Witch | Winner |
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Independent Spirit Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best First Feature | Robert Eggers, Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond and Rodrigo Teixeira | Winner |
| Best First Screenplay | Robert Eggers | Winner |
Sundance Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Directing Award | Robert Eggers | Winner |
| Grand Jury Prize | Robert Eggers | Nominee |
Critics Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | The Witch | Nominee |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Anya Taylor-Joy | Winner |
| Best Film | The Witch | Winner |
| Best Score | Mark Korven | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ralph Ineson | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Horror | "Family" | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing in a TV Spot | "Paranoia" | Winner |
| Best Horror TV Spot | "Life" | Nominee |
Empire Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Female Newcomer | Anya Taylor-Joy | Winner |
| Best Horror | The Witch | Winner |
Seattle Film Critics Society
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Youth Performance | Anya Taylor-Joy | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Linda Muir | Nominee |
| Best Director | Robert Eggers | Nominee |
| Best Picture of the Year | The Witch | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Charlie and Wahab Chaudary (as Black Phillip) | Nominee |
| Best Youth Performance | Harvey Scrimshaw | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best First Film | The Witch | Winner |
| Breakthrough Artist Award | Anya Taylor-Joy | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Robert Eggers | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | The Witch | Nominee |
Gotham Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Breakthrough Actor | Anya Taylor-Joy | Winner |
| Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | Robert Eggers | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best New Filmmaker | Robert Eggers | Winner |
Bram Stoker Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Superior Achievement in a Screenplay | Robert Eggers | Winner |
Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer
1 nomination, 1 won
| Prix du jury SyFy | The Witch | Winner |
Golden Tomato Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Horror Movie 2016 | The Witch | Winner |
London Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Sutherland Award | Robert Eggers | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Debut Director | Robert Eggers | Winner |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Horror/Science-Fiction Film | The Witch | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best First Feature | The Witch | Winner |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Horror Film | The Witch | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Anya Taylor-Joy | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Craig Lathrop | Nominee |
| Best Youth Performance | Anya Taylor-Joy | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | Anya Taylor-Joy (also for Morgan and Split ) | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Picture | The Witch | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Breakthrough Artist | Anya Taylor-Joy | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Production Design | Craig Lathrop | Nominee |