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The Lobster

2015 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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Summary

The Lobster is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.87% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,342 views/month, #823 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter[3], European Film Award for Best Costume Designer[4], Jury Prize[5]
  • Director: Yorgos Lanthimos[6]
  • Screenwriter: Yorgos Lanthimos[7], Efthimis Filippou[8]
  • Genre: science fiction film[9], romantic comedy film[10], dystopian film[11], arthouse science fiction film[12]
  • Cast member: Colin Farrell[13], Rachel Weisz[14], Ben Whishaw[15], Léa Seydoux[16], John C. Reilly[17], Ashley Jensen[18], Olivia Colman[19], Jessica Barden[20], Roger Ashton-Griffiths[21], Michael Smiley[22], Ariane Labed[23], Angeliki Papoulia[24], Ewen MacIntosh[25]
  • Producer: Ceci Dempsey[26], Ed Guiney[27], Yorgos Lanthimos[28], Lee Magiday[29]
  • Production company: Film4 Productions[30]
  • Director of photography: Thimios Bakatakis[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32], Modern Greek[33]
  • Commons category: The Lobster[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[36], 87%[37], 82/100[38], 7.1/10[39]
  • Color: color[40]
  • Country of origin: Greece[41], United Kingdom[42], France[43], Netherlands[44]
  • Publication date: May 15, 2015[45], October 16, 2015[46], October 22, 2015[47], October 28, 2015[48], April 14, 2016[49], June 23, 2016[50]
  • Distributed by: Good Films[51], Fandango at Home[52]
  • Official website: http://thelobster-movie.com/[53]
  • Filming location: Irish Republic[54]
  • Main subject: romantic love[55]
  • Film editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis[56]
  • Participant in: 28th European Film Awards[57], 2015 Cannes Film Festival[58]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[59], European Film Award for Best Actor[60], European Film Award for Best Director[61], European Film Award for Best Film[62], European Film Award for Best Screenwriter[63], European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film[64]
  • Title: The Lobster[65]
  • MPA film rating: R[66]

Why It Matters

The Lobster has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]

FAQs

What awards did The Lobster receive?

Honors received include European Film Award for Best Screenwriter[3], European Film Award for Best Costume Designer[4], and Jury Prize[5].

Related Entities

Ben Whishaw Colin Farrell film France Greece Jessica Barden John C. Reilly Léa Seydoux Netherlands Olivia Colman Rachel Weisz United Kingdom Yorgos Lanthimos

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  64. [66] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [67] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [68] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  9. 23w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Film editor → Yorgos Mavropsaridis
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