
Black Box
2021 · Movie · G · 130 min · ★ 7.3 · 89% critics
A young aircraft “black box” analyst investigates a deadly crash and starts to suspect the official explanation doesn’t match what the recordings reveal. Defying orders, he digs deeper into the evidence, pulling himself into a risky search for the truth that could cost him everything.
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Details
- Original title
- Boîte noire
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-09-08
- Language
- French
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (1,434 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, detail-driven investigation thriller where doubts keep piling up and the pressure escalates, similar in spirit to Goliath; Not for you if you dislike slow-burn suspense or grim themes.
Pros: tense mystery; high-stakes investigation; unsettling discoveries | Cons: slow-burn pacing; obsessive lead; heavy subject matter
Themes
- airplane
- conspiracy
- airplane crash
- anomaly
- plane crash
- conspiracy thriller
- ntsb
Awards & recognition
- Valois du public · 2021
- César Award — Best Sound · 2022 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2022 · nominated
- César Award — Best Actor · 2022 · nominated
- César Award — Best Music Written for a Film · 2022 · nominated
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- César Award — Best Editing · 2022 · nominated
Cast & crew

Pierre Niney
as Mathieu Vasseur

Lou de Laâge
as Noémie Vasseur

André Dussollier
as Philippe Rénier

Sébastien Pouderoux
as Xavier Renaud

Olivier Rabourdin
as Victor Pollock

Guillaume Marquet
as Antoine Balsan

Mehdi Djaadi
as Samir Jellab

Aurélien Recoing
as Claude Varins

André Marcon
as Philippe Dorval

Anne Azoulay
as Caroline Delmas
Directed by Yann Gozlan