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The Worst Person in the World
2021
· Movie
· 128 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #437
- IMDb #722
- Google retired #2553
- Metacritic #210
- Letterboxd #427
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #270
+6 more
- Metacritic Critics #147
- Metacritic Audience #629
- Douban #713
- Kinopoisk #2413
- AlloCiné #922
- Trakt #1026
Every rating
71–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 94, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young woman navigates her twenties and early thirties in Oslo, grappling with her career choices, romantic relationships, and the search for her identity. The story is told in chapters, following her as she makes significant choices that alter her life's path. She explores love and purpose, questioning what she truly wants from her future.
Details
- Director
- Joachim Trier
- Writers
- Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
- Studio
- Oslo Pictures, Film i Väst, Snowglobe, B-Reel Films
- Released
- 13 October 2021
- Country
- Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France
- Language
- Norwegian
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $12.7M
- Awards
- 13 wins, 34 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (42) →
Awards & nominations
See all 47 →2 major awards won · 13 wins from 47 nominations across 26 ceremonies
| Goya Awards 2023 | Best European Film | The Worst Person in the World | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2021 | Best Actress | Renate Reinsve | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2022 | Best International Feature Film | Norway | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2022 | Best Original Screenplay | Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
| César Awards 2022 | Best Foreign Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2021 | Palme d'Or | Joachim Trier | Nominee |
| Gaudí Awards 2023 | Best European Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Renate Reinsve | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Joachim Trier | Nominee |
Goya Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best European Film | The Worst Person in the World | Winner |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best International Feature Film | Norway | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Amanda Award
12 nominations, 6 won
| Best Actress | Renate Reinsve | Winner |
| Best Norwegian Film | The Worst Person in the World | Winner |
| Best Original Soundtrack | Ola Fløttum | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Anders Danielsen Lie | Winner |
| People's Amanda [ no ] | The Worst Person in the World | Winner |
| Best Director (film) | Joachim Trier | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Olivier Bugge Coutté | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Roger Rosenberg | Nominee |
| Best Sound Design | Gisle Tveito | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Herbert Nordrum | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effect | Espen Syberg and Kai Kiønig Bortne | Nominee |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix | The Worst Person in the World | Winner |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Independent Film | Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Five Foreign Language Films | The Worst Person in the World | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Anders Danielsen Lie | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Worst Person in the World | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Renate Reinsve | Nominee |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
2 nominations
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Renate Reinsve | Nominee |
| Most Daring Performance | Renate Reinsve | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Renate Reinsve | Nominee |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
European Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Renate Reinsve | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Joachim Trier | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Actress of the Year | Renate Reinsve | Nominee |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Renate Reinsve | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Renate Reinsve | Nominee |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best International Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Gaudí Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Gotham Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Feature | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best International Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Worst Person in the World | Nominee |