Dunkirk is a 2017 epic war film directed by Christopher Nolan. The film depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II through the perspectives of the land, sea, and air. Its ensemble cast includes Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. Nolan wrote the screenplay and produced the film with his wife Emma Thomas. Hans Zimmer composed the film's score, and Lee Smith was the film editor. Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten were responsible for the sound effects.
Dunkirk film premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in London on 13 July 2017. Warner Bros. later gave the film a wide release on 21 July at over 11,000 cinemas internationally including over 3,700 in the United States and Canada and over 600 in the United Kingdom. Dunkirk grossed $525million on a $100million budget. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews.
Dunkirk garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular praise for Nolan's directing as well as the film's visual effects, cinematography, sound effects, and editing. It received eight nominations at the 90th Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Nolan, his first Academy Award nomination in that category. It went on to win Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing. The film earned eight nominations at the 71st British Academy Film Awards, winning Best Sound. At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, Dunkirk received nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Original Score for Zimmer. The film was nominated for Best Theatrical Motion Picture at the 29th Producers Guild of America Awards while Nolan received a nomination for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 70th Directors Guild of America Awards. Both the American Film Institute and National Board of Review named Dunkirk one of the Top 10 films of 2017.
Accolades + Accolades received by Dunkirk Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result AACTA International Awards 6 January 2018 Best Film Dunkirk Best Direction Best Screenplay Best Supporting Actor AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards 5 February 2018 Best Time Capsule Dunkirk Readers' Choice Poll Dunkirk Academy Awards 4 March 2018 Best Picture and Christopher Nolan Best Director Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Original Score Best Production Design and Gary Fettis Best Sound Editing and Alex Gibson Best Sound Mixing , Gary A. Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten Alliance of Women Film Journalists 9 January 2018 Best Director Best Cinematography Best Editing American Cinema Editors 26 January 2018 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic American Film Institute Awards 5 January 2018 Top 10 Films of the Year Dunkirk American Society of Cinematographers 17 February 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Art Directors Guild 27 January 2018 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Austin Film Critics Association 8 January 2018 Best Director Best Cinematography Best Original Score Top 10 Films Dunkirk Boston Society of Film Critics 10 December 2017 Best Cinematography British Academy Film Awards 18 February 2018 Best Film and Emma Thomas Best Direction Best Cinematography Best Film Music Best Editing Best Sound , Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten Best Production Design and Gary Fettis Best Special Visual Effects and Andrew Jackson Casting Society of America 18 January 2018 Big Budget – Drama Chicago Film Critics Association 12 December 2017 Best Picture Dunkirk Best Director Best Editing Best Original Score Best Cinematography Best Art Direction Dunkirk Cinema Audio Society Awards 24 February 2018 Motion Picture — Live Action , Scott Curtis, Gregg Landaker, Alan Meyerson, Gary Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten Costume Designers Guild 20 February 2018 Excellence in Period Film Critics' Choice Movie Awards 11 January 2018 Best Picture Dunkirk Best Acting Ensemble Best Director Best Score Best Cinematography Best Production Design and Gary Fettis Best Editing Best Visual Effects Dunkirk Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 13 December 2017 Best Picture Dunkirk Best Director Best Musical Score David di Donatello Awards 21 March 2018 Best Foreign Film Dunkirk Detroit Film Critics Society 7 December 2017 Best Director Directors Guild of America Awards 3 February 2018 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Dorian Awards 24 February 2018 Director of the Year Visually Striking Film of the Year Dunkirk Dublin Film Critics' Circle 13 December 2017 Best Film Dunkirk Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Breakthrough Artist of the Year Empire Awards 18 March 2018 Best Male Newcomer Best British Film Dunkirk Best Production Design Dunkirk Evening Standard British Film Awards 8 February 2018 Everyman Award for Best Film Dunkirk Florida Film Critics Circle 23 December 2017 Best Film Dunkirk Best Director Best Cast Best Cinematography Best Score Best Art Direction and Production Design Dunkirk Best Visual Effects Dunkirk Gaudí Awards 28 January 2018 Best European Film Dunkirk Georgia Film Critics Association 12 January 2018 Best Picture Dunkirk Best Director Best Cinematography Best Production Design and Gary Fettis Best Original Score Golden Eagle Award 26 January 2018 Best Foreign Language Film Dunkirk Golden Globe Awards 7 January 2018 Best Motion Picture – Drama Dunkirk Best Director Best Original Score Golden Reel Awards 18 February 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Score , Ryan Rubin and Chris Barrett Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue / ADR , David Bach and Russell Farmarco Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Effects / Foley , Michael Mitchell, Randy Torres, Michael Dressel, John Roesch, and Shelley Roden Grammy Awards 28 January 2018 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Hollywood Professional Association 16 November 2017 Outstanding Editing – Feature Film Houston Film Critics Society 6 January 2018 Best Picture Dunkirk Best Direction of a Motion Picture Best Cinematography Best Original Score IGN Awards 19 December 2017 Best Drama Movie Dunkirk People's Choice Award for Best Drama Movie Dunkirk Best Director People's Choice Award for Best Director IndieWire Critics Poll 19 December 2016 Most Anticipated of 2017 Dunkirk 19 December 2017 Best Picture Dunkirk Best Cinematography Location Managers Guild Awards 7 April 2018 Outstanding Locations in Period Film and Arnaud Kaiser London Film Critics' Circle 28 January 2018 Film of the Year Dunkirk British/Irish Film of the Year Dunkirk Director of the Year Young British/Irish Performer of the Year Technical Achievement Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association 13 January 2018 Best Editing National Board of Review 9 January 2018 Top Ten Films Dunkirk National Film Awards UK 29 March 2018 Best British Film Dunkirk Best Director Best Breakthrough Performance Best Newcomer National Society of Film Critics 6 January 2018 Best Cinematography New York Film Critics Online 10 December 2017 Top 10 Films Dunkirk Online Film Critics Society 28 December 2017 Best Picture Dunkirk Best Director Best Cinematography Best Editing Producers Guild of America Awards 20 January 2018 Best Theatrical Motion Picture and Emma Thomas San Diego Film Critics Society 11 December 2017 Best Picture Dunkirk Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Production Design Best Editing Best Visual Effects Dunkirk Best Use of Music Dunkirk San Francisco Film Critics Circle 10 December 2017 Best Director Best Cinematography Best Production Design Best Editing Best Original Score Satellite Awards 10 February 2018 Best Film Dunkirk Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Film Editing Best Costume Design Best Visual Effects Dunkirk Best Art Direction and Production Design Dunkirk Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) Dunkirk Saturn Awards 27 June 2018 Best Action or Adventure Film Dunkirk Screen Actors Guild Awards 21 January 2018 Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Dunkirk Seattle Film Critics Society 18 December 2017 Best Picture of the Year Dunkirk Best Director Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Original Score Best Production Design and Gary Fettis Best Visual Effects , Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley St. Louis Film Critics Association 17 December 2017 Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Score Best Production Design Best Visual Effects Dunkirk Vancouver Film Critics Circle 6 January 2018 Best Film Dunkirk Best Director Visual Effects Society Awards 13 February 2018 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature , Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, and Alison Wortman Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 8 December 2017 Best Film Dunkirk Best Director Best Acting Ensemble Best Cinematography Best Production Design and Gary Fettis Best Editing Best Original Score
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2017 in film
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