Joker

2019

IMDb

Director

Todd Phillips

Year

2019

Genres

Crime Drama Thriller

Content Rating

TV-14

Stars

Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy

Languages

🇬🇧 English, 🇩🇪 German

Origin Countries

🇺🇸 United States, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇦🇺 Australia

Synopsis

Arthur Fleck, a party clown and a failed stand-up comedian, leads an impoverished life with his ailing mother. However, when society shuns him and brands him as a freak, he decides to embrace the life of chaos in Gotham City.

ScoresSilverMetascore: 59

Major Awards

Overall

2 wins — 11 nominations

Wins (2)

Best Actor

Academy Awards, USA (2020)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

BAFTA Awards (2020)

Best Leading Actor

Nominations (11)

Best Picture

David di Donatello Awards (2020)

Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)

César Awards, France (2020)

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

BAFTA Awards (2020)

Best Film

Golden Globes, USA (2020)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Critics Choice Awards (2020)

Best Picture

Best Director

Academy Awards, USA (2020)

Best Achievement in Directing

BAFTA Awards (2020)

Best Director

Golden Globes, USA (2020)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Best Screenplay

BAFTA Awards (2020)

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

Writers Guild of America, USA (2020)

Adapted Screenplay

Critics' Awards

Cahiers du Cinéma (2019)

Best Film