Moonlight
Drama

Moonlight

Oct 21, 2016 111 min R TMDb 7.4/10 IMDb 7.4/10 Rotten Tomatoes 98%

This is the story of a lifetime

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Director: Barry Jenkins Writers: Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney US
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Original titleMoonlight
TaglineThis is the story of a lifetime
Release dateOct 21, 2016
Runtime111 min
Content ratingR
Certification regionUS
TMDb rating7.4
DirectorBarry Jenkins
WritersBarry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
ProductionA24, Plan B Entertainment, PASTEL
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$65,046,687
Languageen
CountryUS
IMDbtt4975722

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TMDb 7.4/10 7,538 votes Source
IMDb 7.4/10 349,429 votes Source
Rotten Tomatoes 98%
Metacritic 99/100

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Flameky May 21, 2026 10.0/10

so good got me crying it's one of my favourites i'm amazed and i want to log it on here, i definetly recommend watching i watched it multiple times

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CinemaSerf Jan 2, 2024 7.0/10

It's the third segment of this that's the most interesting but the preceding two are essential in helping us to understand the situation in which the young "Chiron" (Alex R. Hibbert, then an effective Ashton Sanders as a troubled teenager before finally, by this latter point, Trevante Rhodes) finds himself. Initially we see a young boy living in Miami with his crack-addicted mother "Paula" (Naomie Harris). He grows up being shunned and bullied at school with his search for some sort of stability and guidance throu...

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Reno Feb 26, 2017 6.0/10

**Blue is the warmest colour.** This is an exceptional film, but only from one perspective and that is, LGBT. I totally respect that, because I'm a big supporter. But apart from that, particularly from the filmmaking aspect I did not like it. I felt like this film took place somewhere in Africa, but the accent was American. Because I could not find a single white or any other race people, even in the background. The happy parts are, it is surprisingly a very interesting theme. I loved the storyline. The three phas...

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Chiron's eerste gay kus | Moonlight | Amazon Prime Video NL

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Moonlight | Swimming Clip | Netflix

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Barry Jenkins the swimming scene in MOONLIGHT

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"Moonlight" wins Best Picture | 89th Oscars (2017)

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"Moonlight" wins Best Adapted Screenplay | 89th Oscars (2017)

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How Black Cinema Shaped Barry Jenkins' MOONLIGHT

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Most Intimate Moments | Moonlight | Prime Video

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