Us is a 2019 American horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker. The film follows Adelaide Wilson (Nyong'o) and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing doppelgängers.
The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, 2019, by Universal Pictures. Us was a commercial success, grossing $255.1 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million and received praise for Nyong'o's dual role performance and Michael Abels' musical score.
Us was nominated for one Art Directors Guild, eleven Black Reel Awards (winning four), four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, nine Golden Trailer Awards (winning five), one Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild, three MTV Movie & TV Awards, eight NAACP Image Awards (winning two), four People's Choice Awards, seven Saturn Awards (winning one), one Screen Actors Guild Award, and one World Soundtrack Awards (won).
Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result African-American Film Critics Association December 10, 2019 Best Film Us Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Director Jordan Peele Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 10, 2020 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Most Daring Performance Award Art Directors Guild Awards February 1, 2020 Contemporary Film Ruth De Jong Austin Film Critics Association January 7, 2020 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Original Screenplay Jordan Peele Best Original Score Michael Abels Black Reel Awards February 6, 2020 Outstanding Film Us Outstanding Actress Lupita Nyong'o Outstanding Director Jordan Peele Outstanding Supporting Actress Shahadi Wright Joseph Outstanding Breakthrough Performance – Female Outstanding Screenplay Jordan Peele Outstanding Ensemble Terri Taylor – casting director Outstanding Score Michael Abels Outstanding Cinematography Mike Gioulakis Outstanding Costume Design Kym Barrett Outstanding Production Design Ruth De Jong Bram Stoker Award April 18, 2020 Superior Achievement in a Screenplay Jordan Peele Chicago Film Critics Association December 14, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Score Michael Abels Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 12, 2020 Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Us Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Young Actress Shahadi Wright Joseph Best Score Michael Abels Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 16, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Detroit Film Critics SocietyDecember 9, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Dorian AwardsJanuary 8, 2020 Film Performance of the Year - Actress Lupita Nyong'o Dublin Film Critics' Circle December 17, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best DirectorJordan Peele Best Screenplay Georgia Film Critics Association January 10, 2020 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Original Score Michael Abels Golden Trailer Awards May 29, 2019 Best Horror Int'l Trailer "Nightmare," Universal Pictures, Buddha Jones Best Thriller Best Music "Enemy," Universal Pictures, Inside Job Most Original Trailer Best Motion/Title Graphics Us, Universal Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates Best Sound Editing Int'l Trailer "Nightmare", Universal, Buddha Jones Best Horror TV Spot (for a Feature Film) "Nightmare SuperBowl :60", Universal, Buddha Jones "Megacation", Universal Pictures, Inside Job Best Thriller TV Spot (for a Feature Film) "Nightmare SuperBowl :60", Universal, Buddha Jones Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film "11:11", Universal Pictures, Inside Job Hollywood Critics Association January 9, 2020 Best Horror Us Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Next Generation of Hollywood Shahadi Wright Joseph Best Score Michael Abels Hollywood Music in Media AwardsNovember 20, 2019 Original Score — Horror Film Michael Abels Houston Film Critics SocietyJanuary 2, 2020 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Original Score Michael Abels ICG Publicists AwardsFebruary 7, 2020 Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Award Us International Cinephile SocietyFebruary 4, 2020 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o London Film Critics' CircleJanuary 30, 2020 Actress of the Year Lupita Nyong'o Los Angeles Film Critics AssociationDecember 8, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists GuildJanuary 11, 2020 Best Contemporary Make-Up Scott Wheeler, Tym Shutchai Buacharern, and Sabrina Castro MTV Movie & TV AwardsJune 17, 2019 Best Movie Us Best Performance in a MovieLupita Nyong'o Best Villain NAACP Image AwardsFebruary 22, 2020 Outstanding Motion Picture Us Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Lupita Nyong'o Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Winston Duke Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in Motion Picture Shahadi Wright Joseph Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Jordan Peele Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album Michael Abels New York Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 4, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 7, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Online Film Critics SocietyJanuary 6, 2020 Best Movie Us Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Original Screenplay Jordan Peele Best Score Michael Abels People's Choice AwardsNovember 10, 2019 Movie of the Year Us Drama Movie of the Year Drama Movie Star of the Year Lupita Nyong'o Female Movie Star of the Year The ReFrame StampFebruary 26, 20202019 Top 100-Grossing Narrative Feature RecipientsUsSan Diego Film Critics SocietyDecember 9, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics CircleDecember 16, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Santa Barbara International Film FestivalJanuary 20, 2020 Montecito Award Lupita Nyong'o Saturn AwardsSeptember 13, 2019 Best Horror Film Us Best ActressLupita Nyong'o Best Performance by a Younger Actor Shahadi Wright Joseph Evan Alex Best DirectorJordan Peele Best Writing Best Production Design Ruth De Jong Best Film Editing Nicholas Monsour Screen Actors Guild Awards January 19, 2020 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Lupita Nyong'o Seattle Film Critics SocietyDecember 13, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Score Michael Abels Villain of the Year Lupita Nyong'o St. Louis Film Critics AssociationDecember 15, 2019 Best Horror Film Us Toronto Film Critics Association December 8, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Vancouver Film Critics CircleDecember 16, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Washington D.C. Area Film Critics AssociationDecember 8, 2019 Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o Best Youth Performance Shahadi Wright Joseph Best Score Michael Abels Best Adapted Screenplay Jordan Peele World Soundtrack Awards October 18, 2019 Discovery of the Year Michael Abels
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