Little Women is a 2019 American coming-of-age film written and directed by Greta Gerwig. It is the seventh film adaptation of the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott. The film chronicles the lives of the March sisters—Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth—in Concord, Massachusetts, during the American Civil War. Little Women stars an ensemble cast consisting of Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Chris Cooper.
The film premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on December 7, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 25, 2019, by Sony Pictures Releasing. Produced on a budget of $40 million, Little Women grossed $220 million worldwide, with a net profit of $56 million. It was met with critical acclaim, with particular praise for its performances, as well as Gerwig's screenplay and direction. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Little Women holds an approval rating of 95% based on 441 critics' reviews. Time named it one of the ten best films of the 2010s.
At the 92nd Academy Awards, Little Women won Best Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran) and received nominations for Best Picture (Amy Pascal), Best Actress (Ronan), Best Supporting Actress (Pugh), Best Adapted Screenplay (Gerwig), and Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat). It also garnered five nominations at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, winning Best Costume Design (Durran), and two nominations at the 77th Golden Globe Awards. The film received nine nominations at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards, winning Best Adapted Screenplay (Gerwig). The American Film Institute selected Little Women as one of the top-ten films of 2019.
Accolades + Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AACTA International Awards January 3, 2020 Best Lead Actress Best Supporting Actress AARP Movies for Grownups Awards January 19, 2020 Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups Little Women Best Ensemble Little Women Best Intergenerational Film Little Women Best Time Capsule Little Women Readers' Choice Little Women Academy Awards February 9, 2020 Best Picture Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Costume Design Best Original Score Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards January 10, 2020 Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Ensemble and Francine Maisler Best Woman Director Best Woman Screenwriter Best Woman's Breakthrough Performance American Film Institute Awards January 3, 2020 Top 10 Films of the Year Little Women Artios Awards January 30, 2020 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama) , Kathy Driscoll-Mohler, Douglas Aibel, and Carolyn Pickman Austin Film Critics Association AwardsJanuary 7, 2020 Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Best Ensemble Little Women Breakthrough Artist Best Original Score Belgian Film Critics Association Awards December 28, 2020Grand Prix Little Women Bodil Awards May 10, 2021 Best English Language Film Little Women Boston Society of Film Critics Awards December 15, 2019Best Picture Little Women Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Director Best Screenplay Best Ensemble Little Women Best Original Score British Academy Film Awards February 2, 2020 Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Adapted Screenplay Best Costume Design Best Original Score Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2019 Best Film Little Women Best Director Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Costume Design Best Original Score Best Editing Best Art Direction and Claire Kaufman Cinema for Peace Awards February 23, 2020 Women's Empowerment Award Little Women Most Valuable Film of the Year Little Women Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 12, 2020 Best Picture Little Women Best Director Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Acting Ensemble Little Women Best Adapted Screenplay Best Costume Design Best Original Score Best Production Design and Claire Kaufman Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards December 16, 2019 Top 10 Films of the Year Little Women Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Musical Score Detroit Film Critics Society Awards December 9, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Best Breakthrough Performance Dorian AwardsJanuary 8, 2020 Film of the Year Little Women Director of the Year Screenplay of the Year Supporting Film Performance of the Year – Actress Rising Star of the Year Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards December 17, 2019 Best Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 23, 2019 Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Ensemble Little Women Breakout Award Georgia Film Critics Association AwardsJanuary 10, 2020 Best Picture Little Women Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Production Design , Sean Falkner, Chris Farmer, and Bryan Felty Best Original Score Best Ensemble Little Women Breakthrough Artist Golden Globe Awards January 5, 2020 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Best Original Score Golden Reel Awards January 19, 2020 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Underscore and Xavier Forcioli Heartland International Film Festival Awards October 20, 2019 Truly Moving Picture Award Little Women Hollywood Critics Association Awards January 9, 2020 Best Female Director Best Costume Design Best Score Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 20, 2019 Best Original Score in a Feature Film Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 2, 2020 Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Original Score IndieWire Critics Poll December 16, 2019 Best Film Little Women Best Director Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Screenplay Best Cinematography International Cinephile Society Awards February 4, 2020 Best Picture Little Women Best Adapted Screenplay Best Ensemble Little Women International Film Music Critics Association Awards February 20, 2020 Film Score of the Year Best Original Score for a Drama film IFTA Film & Drama Awards October 18, 2020 Best Actress in a Leading Role – Film Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards December 15, 2019 Best Adapted Screenplay Location Managers Guild Awards October 24, 2020 Outstanding Locations in a Period Film and Kyle "Snappy" Oliver London Film Critics' Circle Awards January 30, 2020 Supporting Actress of the Year British/Irish Actress of the Year Technical Achievement Award Movieguide Awards January 24, 2020 Best Movie for Mature Audiences Little Women National Society of Film Critics Awards January 4, 2020 Best Picture Little Women Best Director Best Supporting Actress Best Screenplay Best Cinematography New York Film Critics Circle Awards January 7, 2020 Best Supporting Actress Online Film Critics Society Awards January 6, 2020 Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score Producers Guild of America Awards January 18, 2020 Best Theatrical Motion Picture The ReFrame Stamp February 26, 2020 Top 100-Grossing Narrative Feature Little Women San Diego Film Critics Society Awards December 9, 2019 Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Costume Design Best Production Design Breakthrough Artist Sant Jordi Awards January 21, 2020 Best Actress in a Foreign Film Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards January 18, 2020 Virtuosos Award San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards December 16, 2019 Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score Seattle Film Critics Society Awards December 16, 2019 Best Picture Little Women Best Director Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Ensemble Little Women Best Costume Design Best Production Design and Claire Kaufman St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 15, 2019 Best Film Little Women Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Production Design Toronto Film Critics Association Awards December 8, 2019 Best Supporting Actress Turkish Film Critics Association Awards January 18, 2021 Best Foreign Film Little Women USC Scripter Awards January 25, 2020 Best Adaptation Vancouver Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 16, 2019 Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 8, 2019 Best Director Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Ensemble Little Women Best Adapted Screenplay Best Production Design and Claire Kaufman Best Original Score Women Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 7, 2019 Best Movie About Women Little Women Best Movie by a Woman Little Women Best Woman Storyteller Best Equality of the Sexes Little Women Best Screen Couple and Louis Garrel Karen Morley Award Little Women World Soundtrack Awards October 24, 2020 Film Composer of the Year Writers Guild of America Awards February 1, 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay
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