The Lobster (2015)

#585 worldwide · charting in 15 countries

Movie · 119 min · R · cmy, drm, trl, rma, scf, eur

The Lobster poster

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

  • 7.1 IMDb
  • 7.0 TMDB
  • 87% Rotten Tomatoes
  • 81 JustWatch

Where to watch The Lobster

Available on 24 platforms across 15 countries.

Chart positions today

Currently charting in 15 countries, best placed at #53 in Brazil.

Available languages

Audio: Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Subtitles: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, MK, NB, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish

Chart history

The Lobster has spent 11 days in a top 3, 48 days in a top 10 and 362 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.

Cast

Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Ariane Labed, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Angeliki Papoulia, Jessica Barden, Emma O'Shea, Ashley Jensen, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Anthony Dougall, Anthony Moriarty, Sean Duggan, Roland Ferrandi, Imelda Nagle Ryan

Crew

Yorgos Lanthimos (director), Ceci Dempsey (producer), Lee Magiday (producer), Ed Guiney (producer), Yorgos Lanthimos (producer)

Awards

4 wins from 10 nominations.

  • European Film Award for Best Costume Designer 2015 — won
  • European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2015 — won
  • Jury Prize — won
  • Jury Prize — won
  • Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 2017 — nominated
  • European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2016 — nominated
  • European Film Award for Best Actor 2015 — nominated
  • European Film Award for Best Film 2015 — nominated
  • European Film Award for Best Director 2015 — nominated
  • European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2015 — nominated