Django Unchained
2012 · Movie · R · 165 min · ★ 8.2 · 84% critics
A freed slave teams up with a German bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a ruthless Mississippi plantation owner. Their partnership turns into a dangerous search as they navigate brutality, shifting alliances, and high-stakes attempts to survive long enough to find her.
Also known as Django déchaîné
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-12-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 165 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.2/10 (28,087 votes)
- Box office
- $426,074,373
- Budget
- $100,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy Django Unchained if you want a tense, entertaining Western with nonstop momentum and big personalities; Not for you if you can’t handle extreme violence, heavy profanity, and disturbing themes similar to The Revenant.
Pros: thrilling Western energy; standout chemistry; memorable performances | Cons: extremely graphic violence; heavy profanity; disturbing subject matter
Themes
- rescue
- friendship
- bounty hunter
- ku klux klan
- texas
- slavery
- plantation
- revenge
- racism
- slave trade
- black slave
- 19th century
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2013
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2013
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2013 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2013 · nominated
Cast & crew
Jamie Foxx
as Django Freeman
Christoph Waltz
as Dr. King Schultz
Leonardo DiCaprio
as Calvin J. Candie
Kerry Washington
as Broomhilda von Shaft
Samuel L. Jackson
as Stephen
Walton Goggins
as Billy Crash
Dennis Christopher
as Leonide Moguy
James Remar
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
David Steen
as Mr. Stonesipher
Dana Gourrier
as Cora
Directed by Quentin Tarantino