Lion

"The search begins"

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Ratings & Reviews

8.0/10

6,907 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

📋 6 nominations

Nominated

Best Cinematography

Best Original Score

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

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Golden Globe Awards

📋 1 nomination

Nominated

Best Motion Picture – Drama

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Other Awards

🏆 14 wins

Won

AACTA for Best Film

AACTA International for Best Supporting Actor

AACTA International for Best Supporting Actress

AACTA for Best Adapted Screenplay

AACTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

AACTA for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

AACTA for Best Cinematography

AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role

AACTA for Best Costume Design

AACTA for Best Direction

AACTA for Best Editing

AACTA for Best Original Music Score

AACTA for Best Production Design

AACTA for Best Sound

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$12.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$140.3M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$128.3M

ROI: +1069%

Budget Recovery1169% of budget

$0|Budget: $12.0M|Revenue: $140.3M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

104.9K

Daily Avg

1.7K

7-Day Trend

+42%

30 days agoToday

Wikipedia

Based On

A Long Way Home

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Melbourne

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Story Setting

Set In

MelbourneHobartKhandwaKolkata

Time Period

20th century21st century

Themes & Subjects

#adoption#computing#missingperson#disappearance#saroobrierley#siblingrelationship

Characters

Lucy

Saroo Brierley

Played by Dev Patel

John Brierley

Sue Brierley

Guddu Khan

Kamla Munshi

Mantosh Brierley

Shekila Khan

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Greig Fraser

Music / Score

HauschkaDustin O'HalloranSia

Production Companies

See-Saw FilmsVicScreenThe Weinstein CompanyScreen Australia

Distributors

Eagle Pictures

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Lion

Available in 88 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG-13	Netflix	Plex Channel	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Canada14A	Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel	CBC Gem	Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, FlixFling, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
AustraliaPG	Foxtel Now, Beamafilm, BINGE	ABC iview, Beamafilm	JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV, Beamafilm	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
IndiaUA	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG-13

United KingdomPG

Canada14A

AustraliaPG

Germany12

France12

IndiaUA

JapanPG12

+20 more countries

Production

Director

Garth Davis

Writers

Luke Davies, Saroo Brierley

Production Companies

The Weinstein CompanySee-Saw FilmsScreen AustraliaAquarius FilmsSunstar Entertainment

Cast

Dev Patel

Saroo Brierley

Rooney Mara

Lucy

David Wenham

John Brierley

Nicole Kidman

Sue Brierley

Abhishek Bharate

Guddu

Divian Ladwa

Mantosh Brierley

Priyanka Bose

Kamla Munshi

Deepti Naval

Saroj Sood

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Noor

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Rama

Sunny Pawar

Young Saroo

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Keshav Jadhav

Young Mantosh

Tags & Keywords

australiabased on novel or bookadoptionaffectationbiographybased on true storyindiamissing childlong lost relativetasmaniastreet childdramaticfamiliar

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