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Wind River
2017
· Movie
· 107 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #769
- IMDb #686
- Google retired #633
- Rotten Tomatoes #732
- Metacritic #908
- Letterboxd #978
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1310
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #532
- Metacritic Critics #1159
- Metacritic Audience #598
- Criticker #804
- Douban #822
- Kinopoisk #812
- AlloCiné #660
- Trakt #593
Every rating
60–92
out of 100
A veteran wildlife tracker is hired to find the perpetrator of a murder on the Wind River Indian Reservation. He partners with a young, inexperienced FBI agent to solve the crime. Together, they must brave the harsh elements and the isolation of the reservation to bring the killer to justice.
Details
- Director
- Taylor Sheridan
- Writer
- Taylor Sheridan
- Released
- 3 August 2017
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $45.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 5 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 7 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2017 | Un Certain Regard for Best Director | Taylor Sheridan | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America 2018 | Outstanding Directing - First-Time Feature Film | Taylor Sheridan | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2017 | Caméra d'Or | Taylor Sheridan | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2017 | Prix Un Certain Regard | Taylor Sheridan | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2018 | Best Actor | Jeremy Renner | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2018 | Best Thriller Film | Wind River | Nominee |
| National Board of Review 2017 | Top Ten Independent Film | Wind River | Winner |
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Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 1 won
| Un Certain Regard for Best Director | Taylor Sheridan | Winner |
| Caméra d'Or | Taylor Sheridan | Nominee |
| Prix Un Certain Regard | Taylor Sheridan | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing - First-Time Feature Film | Taylor Sheridan | Nominee |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Independent Film | Wind River | Winner |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Jeremy Renner | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Thriller Film | Wind River | Nominee |