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Theatrical release poster
Directed by
David Fincher
Screenplay by
Aaron Sorkin
Based on
The Accidental Billionaires
by
Ben Mezrich
Produced by
Scott Rudin
Dana Brunetti
Michael De Luca
Ceán Chaffin
Starring
Jesse Eisenberg
Andrew Garfield
Justin Timberlake
Armie Hammer
Max Minghella
Cinematography
Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by
Angus Wall
Kirk Baxter
Music by
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
Production
companies
Columbia Pictures
Relativity Media
Scott Rudin Productions
Michael De Luca Productions
Trigger Street Productions
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
September 24, 2010
(
NYFF
)
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October 1, 2010
(United States)
Running time
120 minutes
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Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$40 million
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Box office
$224.9 million
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The Social Network
is a 2010 American
biographical
drama film
directed by
David Fincher
and written by
Aaron Sorkin
. Based on the 2009 book
The Accidental Billionaires
by
Ben Mezrich
, the film portrays the founding of the
social networking
website
Facebook
. It stars
Jesse Eisenberg
as Facebook founder
Mark Zuckerberg
, with
Andrew Garfield
as
Eduardo Saverin
,
Justin Timberlake
as
Sean Parker
,
Armie Hammer
as
Cameron
and
Tyler Winklevoss
, and
Max Minghella
as
Divya Narendra
. Neither Zuckerberg nor any other Facebook staff were involved with the project, although Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich's book.
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Production began when Sorkin signed on to write the screenplay.
Principal photography
began that same year in October in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
, and lasted until November. Additional scenes were shot in California, in the cities of
Los Angeles
and
Pasadena
.
Trent Reznor
and
Atticus Ross
of
Nine Inch Nails
composed the film's award-winning
score
, which was released on September 28, 2010.
The film premiered at the
New York Film Festival
on September 24, 2010, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 1, by
Sony Pictures Releasing
. A major commercial success, the film grossed $224 million on a $40 million budget and was widely acclaimed by critics. It was named one of the best films of the year by 447 critics, and named the best by 110 critics, the most of any film that year.
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It was also chosen by the
National Board of Review
as the
best film of 2010
. At the
83rd Academy Awards
, it received eight nominations, including for
Best Picture
,
Best Director
, and
Best Actor
for Eisenberg, and won for
Best Adapted Screenplay
,
Best Original Score
, and
Best Film Editing
. It also received awards for
Best Motion Picture – Drama
,
Best Director
,
Best Screenplay
, and
Best Original Score
at the
68th Golden Globe Awards
.
The Social Network
has maintained a strong reputation since its initial release, and is commonly ranked by critics as one of the
best films
of the 2010s and 21st century.
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The
Writers Guild of America
ranked Sorkin's screenplay the third greatest of the 21st century.
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The factual accuracy is, however, largely contested.
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In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry
by the
Library of Congress
as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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A companion piece, titled
The Social Reckoning
, with Sorkin writing and directing is scheduled for release on October 9, 2026.
In intercut
frame stories
, two ongoing depositions play out: in one,
Mark Zuckerberg
is being sued by his former friend
Eduardo Saverin
, and in the other, he is sued by twins
Cameron
and
Tyler Winklevoss
.
On October 28, 2003, 19-year-old Zuckerberg, a
Harvard University
sophomore, is dumped by his girlfriend, Erica Albright. Returning to his dorm, Zuckerberg writes an insulting post about her on his
LiveJournal
blog. Zuckerberg creates a campus website called
Facemash
by hacking and downloading photos of female students from house
face books
, then allowing site visitors to rate their attractiveness. After traffic to the site crashes parts of Harvard's computer network, Zuckerberg is given six months of
academic probation
.
Facemash's popularity attracts the attention of the Winklevoss twins and their business partner
Divya Narendra
. The trio invites Zuckerberg to work on
Harvard Connection
, a social network exclusive to Harvard students focused on dating. Soon after, Zuckerberg approaches Saverin with an idea for "
TheFacebook
", a
social networking
website that would be exclusive to
Ivy League
students. As its CFO, Saverin provides $1,000 in seed funding to allow Zuckerberg to build the website, which quickly becomes popular. When they learn of TheFacebook, the Winklevoss twins and Narendra are incensed, believing that Zuckerberg stole their idea while misleading them by stalling development on the Harvard Connection. They raise their complaint with Harvard President
Larry Summers
, who is dismissive and sees no value in disciplinary action on TheFacebook or Zuckerberg.
Saverin and Zuckerberg meet fellow student Christy Lee, who asks them to "Facebook me," a phrase that impresses them. As TheFacebook grows in popularity, Zuckerberg expands the network to
Yale
,
Columbia
, and
Stanford
. Saverin begins dating Lee, who arranges for him and Zuckerberg to meet
Napster
co-founder
Sean Parker
. Parker presents a "billion-dollar" vision for the company, impressing Zuckerberg. Saverin dismisses Parker as paranoid and delusional, except for his suggestion to rename TheFacebook to
Facebook
. Saverin deposits $18,000 into a new account as Zuckerberg relocates the company to
Palo Alto
on Parker's advice; Saverin remains in New York to work on business development while breaking up with Lee. Parker later moves into the house that Zuckerberg is using as a base of operations and becomes more involved with the company, much to Saverin's annoyance.
After narrowly losing in the 2004
Henley Royal Regatta
for Harvard against the
Hollandia Roeiclub
, the Winklevoss twins discover that, through Parker, Facebook has expanded to Europe with
Oxford
,
Cambridge
and
LSE
, and decide to sue the company for
intellectual property theft
. Meanwhile, Saverin objects to Parker's decision-making for Facebook and freezes the company's bank account in the resulting dispute. He relents when Zuckerberg reveals that they have secured $500,000 from
angel investor
Peter Thiel
.
Saverin is invited to the company's new headquarters in
San Francisco
on the pretense of attending a business meeting and "millionth user party," but is enraged when he discovers that the new investment deal
dilutes
his share of Facebook from 34% to 0.03%, without diluting the ownership percentage of any other owner. Furthermore, he is removed from the masthead as co-founder and CFO. He confronts Zuckerberg and Parker, vowing to sue as security removes him from the building. Shortly after, Parker is apprehended for cocaine possession with a minor at a party celebrating one million users. He attempts to blame Saverin, prompting Zuckerberg to cut ties with him.
Marylin Delpy, a junior lawyer for Zuckerberg, informs Zuckerberg that they will settle with Saverin since the sordid details of Facebook's founding and Zuckerberg's callous attitude will make him unsympathetic to a jury. Alone, Zuckerberg sends a Facebook friend request to Albright and repeatedly refreshes the page. Closing text reveals both cases were
settled out of court
and Zuckerberg became the world's youngest billionaire.
Jesse Eisenberg
as
Mark Zuckerberg
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Andrew Garfield
as
Eduardo Saverin
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Justin Timberlake
as
Sean Parker
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Armie Hammer
as
Cameron
and
Tyler Winklevoss
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Max Minghella
as
Divya Narendra
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]
Brenda Song
as Christy Lee
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17
]
Rashida Jones
as Marylin Delpy
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John Getz
as Sy
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David Selby
as Gage
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Denise Grayson as Gretchen
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20
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Douglas Urbanski
as
Larry Summers
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Rooney Mara
as Erica Albright
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Joseph Mazzello
as
Dustin Moskovitz
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Dustin Fitzsimons as
The Phoenix – S K Club
President
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Wallace Langham
as
Peter Thiel
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Patrick Mapel as
Chris Hughes
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]
Dakota Johnson
as Amelia Ritter
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17
]
Malese Jow
as Alice Cantwel
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Trevor Wright
as B.U. Guy in Bra
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Shelby Young
as K.C.
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Aaron Sorkin
as Ad Executive
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Steve Sires as
Bill Gates
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Caleb Landry Jones
as a fraternity brother
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Josh Pence
is the body double for Hammer, whose likeness was digitally imposed onto Pence's body. He is listed in the end credits as playing Tyler Winklevoss alongside Hammer, though he also shot scenes as Cameron. He also appears in a cameo role as the man being detoured from the bathroom by Zuckerberg and Saverin.
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Screenwriter
Aaron Sorkin
said, "What attracted me to [the film project] had nothing to do with
Facebook
. The invention itself is as modern as it gets, but the story is as old as storytelling; the themes of friendship, loyalty, jealousy, class and power". He said he read an unfinished draft of
Ben Mezrich
's
The Accidental Billionaires
when the publisher began "shopping it around" for a film adaptation. Sorkin added, "I was reading it and somewhere on page three I said yes. It was the fastest I said yes to anything ... They wanted me to start right away. Ben and I were kind of doing our research at the same time, sort of along parallel lines".
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In August 2008, Sorkin started a Facebook group for research purposes while he was working on the film. "I've just agreed to write a movie for
Sony
and producer
Scott Rudin
about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page."
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He emphasized the role of the competing narratives at a Q&A screening hosted by
Myspace
: "If the same story was behind the invention of MySpace or Friendster, I would have written that. Two separate lawsuits were brought against Facebook at roughly the same time. Rather than pick one and decide that's the truth, or pick one and say that's the sexist [
sic
], I like the idea that there are three conflicting stories."
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According to Sorkin, Mezrich did not send him material from his book as he wrote it: "Two or three times we'd get together. I'd go to
Boston
, or we'd meet in
New York
and kind of compare notes and share information, but I didn't see the book until he was done with it. By the time I saw the book, I was probably 80 percent done with the screenplay."
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Sorkin elaborated:
There's a lot of available research, and I also did a lot of first person research with a number of the people that were involved in the story. I can't go too deeply into that because most of the people did it on the condition of anonymity, but what I found was that two lawsuits were brought against Facebook at roughly the same time, that the defendant, plaintiffs, witnesses all came into a deposition room and swore under oath, and three different versions of the story were told. Instead of choosing one and deciding that's the truest one or choosing one and deciding that's the juiciest one, I decided to dramatize the idea that there were three different versions of the story being told. That's how I came up with the structure of the deposition room.
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Casting began in mid-2009, with
Jesse Eisenberg
,
Justin Timberlake
, and
Andrew Garfield
announced to star.
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Jonah Hill
was in contention for Timberlake's role, but director
David Fincher
passed on him.
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In October 2009,
Brenda Song
,
Rooney Mara
,
Armie Hammer
,
Shelby Young
, and
Josh Pence
were cast.
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Max Minghella
and
Dakota Johnson
were also confirmed.
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In a 2009 interview with
The Baltimore Sun
, Eisenberg said, "Even though I've gotten to be in some wonderful movies, this character seems so much more overtly insensitive in so many ways that seem more real to me in the best way. I don't often get cast as insensitive people, so it feels very comfortable: fresh and exciting, as if you never have to worry about the audience. Not that I worry about the audience anyway – it should be just the furthest thing from your mind.
The Social Network
is the biggest relief I've ever had in a movie".
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In 2010, it was announced that
Rashida Jones
would appear as Marylin Delpy.
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Principal photography
began in October 2009 in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
.
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Scenes were filmed around the campuses of two Massachusetts prep schools,
Phillips Academy
and
Milton Academy
.
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Additional scenes were filmed on the campus of
Wheelock College
, which was set up to be Harvard's campus,
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as well as locations on and around the campus of
Johns Hopkins University
in
Baltimore
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(Harvard has turned down most requests for on-location filming ever since the filming of
Love Story
(1970), which caused significant physical damage to trees on campus.)
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Filming took place on the Keyser and Wyman quadrangles in the
Homewood campus
of
Johns Hopkins University
from November 2–4,
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which also doubled for Harvard in the film.
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The first scene in the film, where Zuckerberg is with his girlfriend, took 99 takes to finish.
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The film was shot on the
Red One
digital cinema camera.
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The rowing scenes with the Winklevoss brothers were filmed at Community Rowing Inc. in
Newton, Massachusetts
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and at the Henley Royal Regatta;
miniature faking
process was used in a sequence showing a rowing event at the latter.
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Although a significant portion of the latter half of the film is set in
Silicon Valley
, the filmmakers opted to shoot those scenes in Los Angeles and
Pasadena
.
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Armie Hammer, who portrayed the Winklevoss twins, acted alongside body double Josh Pence while his scenes were filmed. His face was later digitally grafted onto Pence's face during post-production, while other scenes used
split-screen photography
. Pence was concerned about having no face time during the role, but after considerable musing thought of the role as a "no-brainer". He also appears in a cameo role elsewhere in the film.
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Hammer states that director David Fincher "likes to push himself and likes to push technology" and is "one of the most technologically minded guys I've ever seen."
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This included sending the actors to "twin boot camp" for 10 months to learn everything about the Winklevosses.
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Harvard's rowing tradition is depicted in the film.
Community Rowing Inc. held a casting call and a tryout for 20 rowing extras; some were graduates from Harvard,
Northeastern University
,
Boston University
,
George Washington University
, and
Trinity College
, as well as local club rowers from
Union Boat Club
and
Riverside Boat Club
.
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None of the cast rowing extras for the Henley Royal Regatta racing scene appeared in the film; filming for the race was originally planned to take place in Los Angeles, but Fincher decided to film in
England
during production.
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David Fincher hired
Loyola Marymount
coach Dawn Reagan to help train Josh Pence and Armie Hammer.
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While Hammer was new to the sport, Pence rowed previously at
Dartmouth College
.
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The indoor rowing scene was filmed at Boston University's indoor rowing tanks. All of BU's blue oars in the scene were repainted to Harvard's crimson color for filming. Dan Boyne was the official rowing consultant in the US and the UK.
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On June 1, 2010, it was announced that
Trent Reznor
and
Atticus Ross
would score the film.
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The soundtrack was released September 28 in various formats under the Null Corporation label.
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Leading up to the release of the soundtrack, a free five-track
EP
was made available for download.
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]
The White Stripes
' song "
Ball and Biscuit
" can be heard in the opening of the film and
the Beatles
' song "
Baby, You're a Rich Man
" concludes the film. Neither song appears on the soundtrack album. Reznor and Ross won the award for
Best Original Score
at the 2011
Golden Globe Awards
,
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as well as the 2011
Academy Award
for
Best Original Score
.
The first theatrical poster, designed by Neil Kellerhouse, was released on June 18, 2010.
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As Kellerhouse previously designed posters for the films of
Steven Soderbergh
, director David Fincher's friend, he was contacted by Ceán Chaffin in late 2009 to work on the
key art
for
The Social Network
, which had to make sole use of one approved photograph, that of Eisenberg's head.
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As he wanted to highlight the tremendous drama that went with Mark Zuckerberg's success, Kellerhouse thought of the tagline "You don't get to 300 million friends without making a few enemies"; he would later adjust the line to "500 million friends" in anticipation of Facebook reaching 500 million users by the film's release date.
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Kellerhouse's poster has been praised for its unique and "striking" design, and alongside his work for the film
I'm Still Here
, has since become influential in film marketing; posters for
The King's Speech
and
The Armstrong Lie
strongly evoked the poster's design format.
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The film's first
teaser trailer
was released on June 25, 2010.
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The second teaser was released on July 8.
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The full length theatrical trailer debuted on July 16, 2010, which plays an edited version of the song "
Creep
", originally by
Radiohead
, covered by the Belgian choir group
Scala & Kolacny Brothers
.
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The trailer was then shown in theaters, prior to the films
Inception
,
Dinner for Schmucks
,
Salt
,
Easy A
,
The Virginity Hit
, and
The Other Guys
. The theatrical trailer, put together by
Mark Woollen & Associates
, won the Grand Key Art award at the 2011
Key Art Awards
,
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sponsored by
The Hollywood Reporter
, and was also featured on
The Film Informant
'
s Perfect 10 Trailers in 2010.
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The Social Network
premiered at the
New York Film Festival
on September 24, 2010.
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The film was released in theaters in the United States on the weekend of October 1–3, 2010. It debuted at No. 1, grossing $22.4 million in 2,771 theaters.
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The film retained the top spot in its second weekend, dropping only 31.2%,
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breaking
Inception
'
s 32.0% record as the smallest second weekend drop for any number-one film of 2010, while being the third-smallest overall behind
Secretariat
'
s 25.1% drop and
Tooth Fairy
's 28.6% drop. At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed $97 million in the United States and $128 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $224.9 million.
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Jesse Eisenberg
received critical acclaim for his performance as Mark Zuckerberg, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
The Social Network
received widespread critical acclaim. On review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes
, the film has an approval rating of 96% based on 335 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Impeccably scripted, beautifully directed, and filled with fine performances,
The Social Network
is a riveting, ambitious example of modern filmmaking at its finest."
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On
Metacritic
, the film has a weighted average score of 95 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
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Audiences polled by
CinemaScore
gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.
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]
From
The Guardian
, Peter Bradshaw gave the film four stars, praising David Fincher's directing as the "right intensity and claustrophobia for a story that takes place largely in a stupefyingly male environment at Harvard University in 2003".
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In her review for
The Verge
, Kaitlyn Tiffany wrote positive comments on Aaron Sorkin's screenplay, writing that his "reflex for writing witty, whiny men with outsized intellect and poorly disguised narcissism serves as an advantage instead of a handicap."
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The film's editing by
Kirk Baxter
and
Angus Wall
was also lauded by critics, leading to their win of the
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
.
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Additionally, the film's
score
received positive commentary, with some reviewers stating that it was "a persistent source of simmering tension in the movie", and a "masterpiece".
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]
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Roger Ebert
of the
Chicago Sun-Times
, giving it four stars and naming it the best film of the year, wrote: "David Fincher's film has the rare quality of being not only as smart as its brilliant hero, but in the same way. It is cocksure, impatient, cold, exciting and instinctively perceptive."
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Peter Travers
of
Rolling Stone
gave the film his first full four-star rating of the year and said: "
The Social Network
is the movie of the year. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade."
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The Harvard Crimson
review called it "flawless" and gave it five stars.
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]
Joe Morgenstern
in
The Wall Street Journal
praised the film as exhilarating but noted: "The biographical part takes liberties with its subject. Aaron Sorkin based his screenplay on ...
The Accidental Billionaires
, so everything that's seen isn't necessarily to be believed."
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Nathan Heller of
Slate
wrote a negative review of the film, describing it as "rote and deeply mediocre" as well as "maddeningly generic", and said that, "Sorkin and Fincher's 2003 Harvard is a citadel of old money, regatta blazers, and (if I am not misreading the implication here) a Jewish underclass striving beneath the heel of a
WASP
-centric, socially draconian culture ... to get the university this wrong in this movie is no small matter."
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The Social Network
appeared on 78 film critics' top-ten lists of the best films of 2010, based on Metacritic's aggregation. Out of the critics, 22 ranked the film first, and 12 ranked the film second. Out of the films of 2010,
The Social Network
appeared on the most top-ten lists.
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In 2016,
The Social Network
was voted the 27th-best film of the 21st century by the BBC, as voted on by 177 film critics from around the world.
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In 2018,
IndieWire
writers ranked the script the fourth best American screenplay of the 21st century, with Michael Nordine arguing that "everything came together nearly perfectly on the film, thanks in large part to Aaron Sorkin's Oscar-winning screenplay. Its finds the loquacious scribe at his best, with all the verbal takedowns ... and rapid-fire back-and-forths we've come to expect (and, more often than not, love) from him. Sorkin's portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg was hardly flattering, but recent headlines suggest it may have been too sympathetic."
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The Social Network
appeared on over 70 critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2010. Over a dozen publications ranked the film first in their lists.
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1st –
Peter Travers
,
Rolling Stone
1st –
Roger Ebert
,
Chicago Sun-Times
1st –
Christy Lemire
,
Associated Press
1st – Andrea Grunvall,
Chicago Reader
1st –
Owen Gleiberman
and
Lisa Schwarzbaum
,
Entertainment Weekly
1st – Betsy Sharkey and
Kenneth Turan
,
Los Angeles Times
1st – Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald
1st – Stephen Holden,
The New York Times
1st –
David Denby
,
The New Yorker
1st –
Now Magazine
1st – Tim Robey,
Telegraph
1st – Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York
1st – Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post
1st –
Joe Morgenstern
,
Wall Street Journal
2nd –
Richard Brody
,
The New Yorker
2nd –
Glenn Kenny
,
MSN Movies
2nd –
Ty Burr
,
The Boston Globe
2nd – Tasha Robinson,
The A.V. Club
2nd –
Phillip French
,
The Observer
2nd –
Todd McCarthy
& Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter
3rd –
Richard Roeper
,
Chicago Sun-Times
3rd –
Stephanie Zacharek
,
Movieline
3rd –
Anne Thompson
,
Indiewire
3rd – Keith Phipps & Noel Murray
The A.V. Club
4th – Scott Tobias,
The A.V. Club
4th – Chris Vogner,
Dallas Morning News
4th – Joe Neumaier & Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News
5th –
Richard Corliss
,
Time
5th –
David Ehrenstein
,
L.A. Weekly
7th –
Nathan Rabin
,
The A.V. Club
7th –
Claudia Puig
,
USA Today
7th –
Mick LaSalle
,
San Francisco Chronicle
8th –
David Ansen
,
Newsweek
9th –
James Berardinelli
,
Reelviews
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) –
Wesley Morris
,
The Boston Globe
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) –
Steven Rea
,
Philadelphia Inquirer
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) –
Dana Stevens
,
Slate
The Social Network
was released on
DVD
and
Blu-ray
on January 11, 2011 by
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
. In its first week of release, DVD sales totaled $13,470,305 and it was the number-one-sold DVD of the week.
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The DVD includes an
audio commentary
with director David Fincher, and a second commentary with writer Aaron Sorkin and the cast. The Blu-ray and two-disc DVD releases include the commentaries, along with a feature-length documentary,
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
, featurettes,
Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter and Ren Klyce on Post
,
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and David Fincher on the Score
,
In the Hall of the Mountain King: Reznor's First Draft
,
Swarmatron
,
Jeff Cronenweth and David Fincher on the Visuals
, and a Ruby Skye VIP Room: Multi-Angle Scene Breakdown feature.
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The film was released on
Ultra HD Blu-ray
in October 2021 as part of the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection (Volume 2), featuring a new
Dolby Atmos
mix and upscaled
Dolby Vision
/
HDR10
transfer from the film's
2K
master.
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The Social Network
won the
Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe
at the
68th Golden Globe Awards
on January 16, 2011.
[
86
]
The film also won the awards for
Best Director
,
Best Screenplay
, and Best Original Score, making it the film with the most wins of the night.
[
87
]
The film was nominated for seven
British Academy Film Awards
, including
Best Film
,
Best Actor in a Leading Role
(Eisenberg),
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
(Garfield), and
Rising Star Award
(Garfield). It won three for
Best Editing
,
Adapted Screenplay
, and
Best Direction
on February 13, 2011.
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88
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The Social Network
was nominated for eight
Academy Awards
, including
Best Picture
,
Best Actor
,
Best Cinematography
,
Best Director
, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score,
Best Sound Mixing
, and
Best Adapted Screenplay
.
[
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It also won three for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing at the
83rd Academy Awards
on February 27, 2011.
The film won Best Picture from the
National Board of Review
,
National Society of Film Critics
,
New York Film Critics Circle
, and
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
, making it only the third film in history—after
Schindler's List
(1993) and
L.A. Confidential
(1997)—to sweep the "Big Four" critics awards.
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The film also won the "Hollywood Ensemble Award" from the
Hollywood Film Awards
.
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Historical accuracy
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Mark Zuckerberg
expressed his dissatisfaction with a film being made about him and noted that much of the plot was not factual.
The script was
leaked
online in July 2009.
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[
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In November 2009, executive producer
Kevin Spacey
said, "
The Social Network
is probably going to be a lot funnier than people might expect it to be."
[
94
]
The Cardinal Courier
stated that the film was about "greed, obsession, unpredictability and sex" and asked, "Although there are over 500 million Facebook users, does this mean Facebook can become a profitable blockbuster movie?"
[
95
]
At the D8 conference hosted by
D: All Things Digital
on June 2, 2010, host
Kara Swisher
told Zuckerberg she knew he was not happy with
The Social Network
being based on him, to which he replied, "I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive."
[
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]
Zuckerberg stated to
Oprah Winfrey
that the drama and partying of the film is mostly fiction, and that he had spent most of the past six years focusing, working hard, and coding Facebook.
[
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Speaking to an audience at Stanford University, Zuckerberg said that instead of making Facebook to "get girls", he made it because he enjoyed "building things".
[
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He added that the film accurately depicted his wardrobe, saying, "It's interesting the stuff that they focused on getting right—like every single shirt and fleece they had in that movie is actually a shirt or fleece that I own."
[
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]
Facebook co-founder
Dustin Moskovitz
called the film a "dramatization of history ... it is interesting to see my past rewritten in a way that emphasizes things that didn't matter, (like the Winklevosses, who I've still never even met and had no part in the work we did to create the site over the past 6 years) and leaves out things that really did (like the many other people in our lives at the time, who supported us in innumerable ways)". According to Moskovitz:
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A lot of exciting things happened in 2004, but mostly we just worked a lot and stressed out about things; the version in the trailer seems a lot more exciting, so I'm just going to choose to remember that we drank ourselves silly and had a lot of sex with coeds. ... The plot of the book/script unabashedly attacked [Zuckerberg], but I actually felt like a lot of his positive qualities come out truthfully in the trailer (soundtrack aside). At the end of the day, they cannot help but portray him as the driven, forward-thinking genius that he is.
Co-founder Eduardo Saverin said "the movie was clearly intended to be entertainment and not a fact-based documentary".
[
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Sean Parker described the film and its depiction of him as "a morally reprehensible human being" as "a complete work of fiction", and claimed that he remained friends with Saverin.
[
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[
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Sorkin said, "I don't want my fidelity to be to the truth; I want it to be to storytelling. What is the big deal about accuracy purely for accuracy's sake, and can we not have the true be the enemy of the good?"
[
4
]
Journalist
Jeff Jarvis
acknowledged the film was "well-crafted" but called it "the anti-social movie", objecting to Sorkin's decision to change various events and characters for dramatic effect, and dismissing it as "the story that those who resist the change society is undergoing want to see".
[
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Technology broadcaster
Leo Laporte
concurred, calling the film "anti-geek and
misogynistic
".
[
104
]
Sorkin responded to these allegations by saying, "I was writing about a very angry and deeply misogynistic group of people".
[
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]
Andrew Clark of
The Guardian
wrote that "there's something insidious about this genre of [docudrama] scriptwriting", wondering if "a 26-year-old businessman really deserves to have his name dragged through the mud in a murky mixture of fact and imagination for the general entertainment of the movie-viewing public?" Clark added, "I'm not sure whether Mark Zuckerberg is a punk, a genius or both. But I won't be seeing
The Social Network
to find out."
[
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]
Mashable
founder and CEO
Pete Cashmore
, blogging for
CNN
, said: "If the Facebook founder [Zuckerberg] is concerned about being represented as anything but a genius with an industrious work ethic, he can breathe a sigh of relief."
[
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]
Jessi Hempel, a technology writer for
Fortune
who says she has known Zuckerberg "for a long time", wrote of the film:
The real-life Zuckerberg was maniacally focused on building a web site that could potentially connect everyone on the planet ... By contrast, in the film he seems more obsessed with achieving the largesse that bad boy Sean Parker, an original Napster founder, portrays when he arrives to meet Zuckerberg at a New York restaurant.
[
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]
Harvard Law School
professor
Lawrence Lessig
wrote in
The New Republic
that Sorkin's screenplay does not acknowledge the "real villain" of the story:
The total and absolute absurdity of the world where the engines of a federal lawsuit get cranked up to adjudicate the hurt feelings (because "our idea was stolen!") of entitled Harvard undergraduates is completely missed by Sorkin. We can't know enough from the film to know whether there was actually any substantial legal claim here. Sorkin has been upfront about the fact that there are fabrications aplenty lacing the story. But from the story as told, we certainly know enough to know that any legal system that would allow these kids to extort $65 million from the most successful business this century should be ashamed of itself. Did Zuckerberg breach his contract? Maybe, for which the damages are more like $650, not $65 million. Did he steal a trade secret? Absolutely not. Did he steal any other "property"? Absolutely not—the code for Facebook was his, and the "idea" of a social network is not a patent. It wasn't justice that gave the twins $65 million; it was the fear of a random and inefficient system of law. That system is a tax on innovation and creativity. That tax is the real villain here, not the innovator it burdened.
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In an onstage discussion with the
Huffington Post
co-founder
Arianna Huffington
in 2010, Facebook's chief operating officer,
Sheryl Sandberg
, said the film was "very Hollywood" and mainly "fiction". She said that "in real life, [Zuckerberg] was just sitting around with his friends in front of his computer, ordering pizza. Who wants to go see that for two hours?"
[
110
]
HarvardConnection
co-founder
Divya Narendra
said that he was surprised to see himself portrayed by the non-Indian actor Max Minghella, but said he did a "good job in pushing the dialogue forward and creating a sense of urgency in what was a very frustrating period".
[
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Since its release,
The Social Network
has inspired involvement in start-ups and social media.
[
112
]
Bob Lefsetz
has stated that: "watching this movie makes you want to run from the theatre, grab your laptop and build your own empire,"
[
113
]
noting that
The Social Network
has helped fuel an emerging perception that "techies have become the new rock stars."
[
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]
This has led Dave Knox to comment that: "fifteen years from now we might just look back and realize this movie inspired our next great generation of entrepreneurs."
[
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]
After seeing the movie, Zuckerberg was quoted as saying he is "interested to see what effect
The Social Network
has on entrepreneurship", noting that he gets "lots of messages from people who claim that they have been very much inspired ... to start their own company."
[
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]
Saverin echoed these sentiments, stating that the film may inspire "countless others to create and take that leap to start a new business."
[
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]
In one such instance, the co-founders of
Wall Street Magnate
confirmed that they were inspired to create the fantasy trading community after watching
The Social Network
.
[
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]
In 2011, a storyline on
The Good Wife
featuring a technology executive suing a screenwriter appeared to be inspired by the tension between Mark Zuckerberg and Aaron Sorkin.
[
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[
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Following his success with the film, Sorkin became attached to another project about a technology company, writing the script for the 2015 biopic
Steve Jobs
, which used a similar format.
[
120
]
Another Facebook film may be produced, as Sheryl Sandberg has signed a deal with
Sony Pictures Entertainment
to develop her 2013 book
Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead
, into a film.
[
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Post-2010s assessment
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]
Following the close of the decade,
The Social Network
was recognized as one of the best films of the 2010s.
Metacritic
reported that it was listed on over 30 film critics' top-ten lists for the 2010s, including eight first-place rankings and four second-place rankings. Metacritic ranked
The Social Network
third overall, following
Mad Max: Fury Road
and
Moonlight
.
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Esquire
named
The Social Network
the best of the 2010s, calling it
Citizen Kane
"for the Internet age" and dubbing it "the movie of our new millennium".
[
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With Facebook going "from a utopian, world-shrinking force of good to a potential threat to democracy",
Esquire
wrote, "Fincher seemed to sense all of this and more long before anyone else. And his brilliant, troubling film bristles with that queasy sense of prophecy and prescience."
[
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]
Polygon
, calling
The Social Network
the best film of the decade, wrote, "
The Social Network
, by chance or by design, has become one of the most immensely relevant movies of this decade ... But after nearly a decade of watching Facebook 'move fast and break things,' including news websites, social video, politics, etc., the movie's tangible sense of tension can easily be reinterpreted as foreboding for what comes
after
you make a billion friends."
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Director
Quentin Tarantino
called the film the best of the 2010s, singling out the script by Sorkin, whom he described as "the greatest active dialogist".
[
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]
Rolling Stone
ranked
The Social Network
second after
Moonlight
(2016) on its end-of-decade list, describing it as "one deliciously re-watchable preview of the apocalypse, as entertaining and cheeky as it is troubling and startlingly prescient".
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Time Out
named it the fourth-best of the decade, "Powered by a relentless, clinical Aaron Sorkin script, directed with sinuous grace by David Fincher and loaded with smirking, smart-ass central performances,
The Social Network
is arguably the most important and prophetic film of our era, itself a depressing thought."
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ScreenCrush
ranked
The Social Network
eighth, referring to it as "[Fincher's] spiritual sequel to
Fight Club
, another story of an embittered, lonely man who discovers unleashing his rage at society has unexpected consequences".
[
128
]
Mashable
, listing
The Social Network
among the top 15 films of the 2010s, said of the story, "It was everything young people could be and everything older generations feared in us before a decade of blaming [us for] problems we didn't create and can't solve."
[
129
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IndieWire ranked
The Social Network
sixteenth among the decade's films, writing, "
The Social Network
is both a thrilling, queasy exploration of how Facebook came to be and a searing indictment of what it would inevitably become."
[
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Inverse
listed the film among those defining "class rage" in the 2010s, "As a gently prodding diagnosis of class conflict,
The Social Network
is a logical place to start."
[
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The February 2020 issue of
New York Magazine
lists
The Social Network
as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."
[
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]
In 2024,
Looper
ranked it number 5 on its list of the "50 Best PG-13 Movies of All Time," writing "Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's examination of Facebook's ascension in power and how that came at the cost of so many people's well-being and relationships has only gotten more prescient as the years have passed by. Plus, performances as good as the ones delivered here by Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield never go out of style."
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In June 2025, the film ranked number 10 on both
The New York Times
'
list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century" .
[
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In July 2025, it ranked number 13 on
Rolling Stone
'
s list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century."
[
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]
In January 2019, Sorkin revealed that Rudin has suggested the development of a screenplay for a sequel, noting, "A lot of very interesting, dramatic stuff has happened since the movie ends."
[
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Sorkin also mentioned that there was indeed enough material to create a sequel.
[
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]
On July 18, 2019, Eisenberg expressed his interests in starring in the proposed sequel, stating that "Sorkin is a genius, and if he chooses to write about something, I'll obviously be interested".
[
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]
In October 2020, a decade after the film's release, Sorkin announced that he would only write the sequel's script if Fincher returned as director.
[
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]
In 2023, Fincher told
The Guardian
that he and Sorkin have discussed a sequel, but said "that's a can of worms."
[
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]
On April 26, 2024, Sorkin said he had been working on the script for a new Facebook movie tied to the
January 6 United States Capitol attack
.
[
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]
On June 25, 2025, it was announced that a sequel,
The Social Network Part II
, was in active development with Sorkin returning to write and direct.
[
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]
Variety
reported in July 2025 that although there had been meetings with possible cast members, "the film is still very much in the development stage and has yet to receive the green light from Sony."
[
143
]
The Hollywood Reporter
reported that Sorkin was working on packaging a cast and budget for the studio, which saw the project as a priority.
[
144
]
Reports of potential casting included
Mikey Madison
as
Frances Haugen
and
Jeremy Allen White
as Jeff Horwitz, although no official deal has been made yet.
[
145
]
Jeremy Strong
was also being reported to be in talks for a role, speculated to be either a
WSJ
editor or to replace Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg.
[
144
]
In September 2025, it was announced that the sequel would be called
The Social Reckoning
to be released by
Sony Pictures
in October 2026, with Strong playing Zuckerberg, Madison as Haugen, and White as Horwitz. It was announced later in September that
Bill Burr
was in talks to star as a fictional character.
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Early production reportedly took place in
Vancouver
in October 2025.
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- [3\.2 Casting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Casting)
- [3\.3 Filming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Filming)
- [3\.3.1 Rowing production](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Rowing_production)
- [3\.4 Soundtrack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Soundtrack)
- [4 Marketing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Marketing)
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- [4\.1 Poster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Poster)
- [4\.2 Trailers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Trailers)
- [5 Release](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Release)
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- [5\.1 Box office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Box_office)
- [5\.2 Critical reception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Critical_reception)
- [5\.2.1 Top ten lists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Top_ten_lists)
- [5\.3 Home media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Home_media)
- [6 Accolades](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Accolades)
- [7 Historical accuracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Historical_accuracy)
- [8 Legacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Legacy)
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- [8\.1 Preliminary impact](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Preliminary_impact)
- [8\.2 Post-2010s assessment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Post-2010s_assessment)
- [9 Future](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#Future)
- [10 See also](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#See_also)
- [11 References](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#References)
- [12 External links](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#External_links)
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# *The Social Network*
62 languages
- [Aragonés](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Aragonese")
- [العربية](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9 "الشبكة الاجتماعية – Arabic")
- [مصرى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%87 "الشبكه الاجتماعيه – Egyptian Arabic")
- [Asturianu](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Asturian")
- [Azərbaycanca](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosial_%C5%9F%C9%99b%C9%99k%C9%99_\(film\) "Sosial şəbəkə (film) – Azerbaijani")
- [تۆرکجه](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%87 "سوسیال شبکه – South Azerbaijani")
- [Беларуская (тарашкевіца)](https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0_\(%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC\) "Сацыяльная сетка (фільм) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)")
- [Беларуская](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0_\(%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC\) "Сацыяльная сетка (фільм) – Belarusian")
- [Български](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0 "Социалната мрежа – Bulgarian")
- [বাংলা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95 "দ্য সোশ্যাল নেটওয়ার্ক – Bangla")
- [Català](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_xarxa_social "La xarxa social – Catalan")
- [کوردی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%B5_%D9%86%DB%8E%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%86%D8%B1%DA%A9 "سۆشیاڵ نێتوۆرک – Central Kurdish")
- [Čeština](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A1ln%C3%AD_s%C3%AD%C5%A5_\(film\) "Sociální síť (film) – Czech")
- [Cymraeg](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Welsh")
- [Dansk](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Danish")
- [Deutsch](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – German")
- [Ελληνικά](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Greek")
- [Español](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Spanish")
- [Euskara](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Basque")
- [فارسی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C_\(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85\) "شبکه اجتماعی (فیلم) – Persian")
- [Suomi](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Finnish")
- [Français](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – French")
- [Galego](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Galician")
- [עברית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA "הרשת החברתית – Hebrew")
- [हिन्दी](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95 "द सोशल नेटवर्क – Hindi")
- [Hrvatski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dru%C5%A1tvena_mre%C5%BEa_\(2010.\) "Društvena mreža (2010.) – Croatian")
- [Magyar](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Network_%E2%80%93_A_k%C3%B6z%C3%B6ss%C3%A9gi_h%C3%A1l%C3%B3 "Social Network – A közösségi háló – Hungarian")
- [Հայերեն](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%81_\(%D6%86%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B4\) "Սոցիալական ցանց (ֆիլմ) – Armenian")
- [Bahasa Indonesia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Indonesian")
- [Ido](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Ido")
- [Italiano](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Italian")
- [日本語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF_\(%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB\) "ソーシャル・ネットワーク (映画) – Japanese")
- [Jawa](https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Javanese")
- [ქართული](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_\(%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98\) "სოციალური ქსელი (ფილმი) – Georgian")
- [Қазақша](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96_\(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC\) "Әлеуметтік желі (фильм) – Kazakh")
- [한국어](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%EC%85%9C_%EB%84%A4%ED%8A%B8%EC%9B%8C%ED%81%AC_\(%EC%98%81%ED%99%94\) "소셜 네트워크 (영화) – Korean")
- [Latina](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Latin")
- [Limburgs](https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Limburgish")
- [Lombard](https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Lombard")
- [Latviešu](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C4%81lais_t%C4%ABkls_\(filma\) "Sociālais tīkls (filma) – Latvian")
- [Bahasa Melayu](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Malay")
- [မြန်မာဘာသာ](https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B0%E1%80%99%E1%80%BE%E1%80%AF%E1%80%80%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA_\(%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA\) "လူမှုကွန်ရက် (ရုပ်ရှင်) – Burmese")
- [Nederlands](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Dutch")
- [Norsk bokmål](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Norwegian Bokmål")
- [Polski](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Polish")
- [Português](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rede_Social "A Rede Social – Portuguese")
- [Română](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%C8%9Beaua_de_socializare "Rețeaua de socializare – Romanian")
- [Русский](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_\(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC\) "Социальная сеть (фильм) – Russian")
- [Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Serbo-Croatian")
- [Simple English](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Simple English")
- [Slovenčina](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A1lna_sie%C5%A5_\(film\) "Sociálna sieť (film) – Slovak")
- [Српски / srpski](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0_\(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC\) "Друштвена мрежа (филм) – Serbian")
- [Svenska](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Network "Social Network – Swedish")
- [தமிழ்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D "த சோசியல் நெட்வொர்க் – Tamil")
- [ไทย](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%81 "เดอะโซเชียลเน็ตเวิร์ก – Thai")
- [Türkçe](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosyal_A%C4%9F "Sosyal Ağ – Turkish")
- [Українська](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0_\(%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC\) "Соціальна мережа (фільм) – Ukrainian")
- [Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijtimoiy_tarmoq_\(film\) "Ijtimoiy tarmoq (film) – Uzbek")
- [Tiếng Việt](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network "The Social Network – Vietnamese")
- [მარგალური](https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_\(%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98\) "სოციალური რშვილი (ფილმი) – Mingrelian")
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2010 film by David Fincher
This article is about the film. For other uses, see [Social network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network "Social network") and [Social network (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_\(disambiguation\) "Social network (disambiguation)")
| The Social Network | |
|---|---|
| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Social_Network_film_poster.png "On top of a man's face, in white font, the phrase \"You Don't Get to 500 Million Friends Without Making a Few Enemies\" appears, covering most of the poster. Underneath, the words \"The Social Network\" are presented in a Facebook-esque style and logo.")Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | [David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher") |
| Screenplay by | [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin") |
| Based on | *[The Accidental Billionaires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires "The Accidental Billionaires")* by [Ben Mezrich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mezrich "Ben Mezrich") |
| Produced by | [Scott Rudin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Rudin "Scott Rudin") [Dana Brunetti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Brunetti "Dana Brunetti") [Michael De Luca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_De_Luca "Michael De Luca") [Ceán Chaffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ce%C3%A1n_Chaffin "Ceán Chaffin") |
| Starring | [Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg") [Andrew Garfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield "Andrew Garfield") [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake "Justin Timberlake") [Armie Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armie_Hammer "Armie Hammer") [Max Minghella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella "Max Minghella") |
| Cinematography | [Jeff Cronenweth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cronenweth "Jeff Cronenweth") |
| Edited by | [Angus Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Wall "Angus Wall") [Kirk Baxter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Baxter "Kirk Baxter") |
| Music by | [Trent Reznor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor "Trent Reznor") [Atticus Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atticus_Ross "Atticus Ross") |
| Production companies | [Columbia Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures "Columbia Pictures") [Relativity Media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_Media "Relativity Media") Scott Rudin Productions Michael De Luca Productions [Trigger Street Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_Street_Productions "Trigger Street Productions") |
| Distributed by | [Sony Pictures Releasing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Releasing "Sony Pictures Releasing") |
| Release dates | September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24) ([NYFF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Festival "New York Film Festival"))[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NYFF-1) October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) (United States) |
| Running time | 120 minutes[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BBFC-2) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | \$40 million[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3) |
| Box office | \$224.9 million[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3) |
***The Social Network*** is a 2010 American [biographical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_drama "Biographical drama") [drama film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_film "Drama film") directed by [David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher") and written by [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin"). Based on the 2009 book *[The Accidental Billionaires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires "The Accidental Billionaires")* by [Ben Mezrich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mezrich "Ben Mezrich"), the film portrays the founding of the [social networking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service "Social network service") website [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"). It stars [Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg") as Facebook founder [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg"), with [Andrew Garfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield "Andrew Garfield") as [Eduardo Saverin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin "Eduardo Saverin"), [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake "Justin Timberlake") as [Sean Parker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parker "Sean Parker"), [Armie Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armie_Hammer "Armie Hammer") as [Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Winklevoss "Cameron Winklevoss") and [Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss "Tyler Winklevoss"), and [Max Minghella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella "Max Minghella") as [Divya Narendra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Narendra "Divya Narendra"). Neither Zuckerberg nor any other Facebook staff were involved with the project, although Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich's book.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NewYork-4)
Production began when Sorkin signed on to write the screenplay. [Principal photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began that same year in October in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts "Cambridge, Massachusetts"), and lasted until November. Additional scenes were shot in California, in the cities of [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles") and [Pasadena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California "Pasadena, California"). [Trent Reznor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor "Trent Reznor") and [Atticus Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atticus_Ross "Atticus Ross") of [Nine Inch Nails](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails "Nine Inch Nails") composed the film's award-winning [score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network_\(soundtrack\) "The Social Network (soundtrack)"), which was released on September 28, 2010.
The film premiered at the [New York Film Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Festival "New York Film Festival") on September 24, 2010, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 1, by [Sony Pictures Releasing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Releasing "Sony Pictures Releasing"). A major commercial success, the film grossed \$224 million on a \$40 million budget and was widely acclaimed by critics. It was named one of the best films of the year by 447 critics, and named the best by 110 critics, the most of any film that year.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-5) It was also chosen by the [National Board of Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review "National Board of Review") as the [best film of 2010](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards_2010#Top_10_Films "National Board of Review Awards 2010"). At the [83rd Academy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_Academy_Awards "83rd Academy Awards"), it received eight nominations, including for [Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture "Academy Award for Best Picture"), [Best Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director "Academy Award for Best Director"), and [Best Actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor "Academy Award for Best Actor") for Eisenberg, and won for [Best Adapted Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay "Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay"), [Best Original Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score "Academy Award for Best Original Score"), and [Best Film Editing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing "Academy Award for Best Film Editing"). It also received awards for [Best Motion Picture – Drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama "Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama"), [Best Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Director "Golden Globe Award for Best Director"), [Best Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Screenplay "Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay"), and [Best Original Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Score "Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score") at the [68th Golden Globe Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Golden_Globe_Awards "68th Golden Globe Awards").
*The Social Network* has maintained a strong reputation since its initial release, and is commonly ranked by critics as one of the [best films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_films "Best films") of the 2010s and 21st century.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-9) The [Writers Guild of America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America "Writers Guild of America") ranked Sorkin's screenplay the third greatest of the 21st century.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-11) The factual accuracy is, however, largely contested.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-12) In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [National Film Registry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Registry "National Film Registry") by the [Library of Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress "Library of Congress") as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-2024NFR-13) A companion piece, titled *[The Social Reckoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Reckoning "The Social Reckoning")*, with Sorkin writing and directing is scheduled for release on October 9, 2026.
## Plot
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In intercut [frame stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_story "Frame story"), two ongoing depositions play out: in one, [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg") is being sued by his former friend [Eduardo Saverin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin "Eduardo Saverin"), and in the other, he is sued by twins [Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Winklevoss "Cameron Winklevoss") and [Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss "Tyler Winklevoss").
On October 28, 2003, 19-year-old Zuckerberg, a [Harvard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University "Harvard University") sophomore, is dumped by his girlfriend, Erica Albright. Returning to his dorm, Zuckerberg writes an insulting post about her on his [LiveJournal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal "LiveJournal") blog. Zuckerberg creates a campus website called [Facemash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facemash "Facemash") by hacking and downloading photos of female students from house [face books](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_book "Face book"), then allowing site visitors to rate their attractiveness. After traffic to the site crashes parts of Harvard's computer network, Zuckerberg is given six months of [academic probation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary_probation "Disciplinary probation").
Facemash's popularity attracts the attention of the Winklevoss twins and their business partner [Divya Narendra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Narendra "Divya Narendra"). The trio invites Zuckerberg to work on [Harvard Connection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Connection "Harvard Connection"), a social network exclusive to Harvard students focused on dating. Soon after, Zuckerberg approaches Saverin with an idea for "[TheFacebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheFacebook "TheFacebook")", a [social networking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service "Social networking service") website that would be exclusive to [Ivy League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League "Ivy League") students. As its CFO, Saverin provides \$1,000 in seed funding to allow Zuckerberg to build the website, which quickly becomes popular. When they learn of TheFacebook, the Winklevoss twins and Narendra are incensed, believing that Zuckerberg stole their idea while misleading them by stalling development on the Harvard Connection. They raise their complaint with Harvard President [Larry Summers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Summers "Larry Summers"), who is dismissive and sees no value in disciplinary action on TheFacebook or Zuckerberg.
Saverin and Zuckerberg meet fellow student Christy Lee, who asks them to "Facebook me," a phrase that impresses them. As TheFacebook grows in popularity, Zuckerberg expands the network to [Yale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University "Yale University"), [Columbia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University "Columbia University"), and [Stanford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University"). Saverin begins dating Lee, who arranges for him and Zuckerberg to meet [Napster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster "Napster") co-founder [Sean Parker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parker "Sean Parker"). Parker presents a "billion-dollar" vision for the company, impressing Zuckerberg. Saverin dismisses Parker as paranoid and delusional, except for his suggestion to rename TheFacebook to [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"). Saverin deposits \$18,000 into a new account as Zuckerberg relocates the company to [Palo Alto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto "Palo Alto") on Parker's advice; Saverin remains in New York to work on business development while breaking up with Lee. Parker later moves into the house that Zuckerberg is using as a base of operations and becomes more involved with the company, much to Saverin's annoyance.
After narrowly losing in the 2004 [Henley Royal Regatta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henley_Royal_Regatta "Henley Royal Regatta") for Harvard against the [Hollandia Roeiclub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandia_Roeiclub "Hollandia Roeiclub"), the Winklevoss twins discover that, through Parker, Facebook has expanded to Europe with [Oxford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford "University of Oxford"), [Cambridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge "University of Cambridge") and [LSE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Economics "London School of Economics"), and decide to sue the company for [intellectual property theft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_rights "Intellectual property rights"). Meanwhile, Saverin objects to Parker's decision-making for Facebook and freezes the company's bank account in the resulting dispute. He relents when Zuckerberg reveals that they have secured \$500,000 from [angel investor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investor "Angel investor") [Peter Thiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel "Peter Thiel").
Saverin is invited to the company's new headquarters in [San Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco "San Francisco") on the pretense of attending a business meeting and "millionth user party," but is enraged when he discovers that the new investment deal [dilutes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_dilution "Stock dilution") his share of Facebook from 34% to 0.03%, without diluting the ownership percentage of any other owner. Furthermore, he is removed from the masthead as co-founder and CFO. He confronts Zuckerberg and Parker, vowing to sue as security removes him from the building. Shortly after, Parker is apprehended for cocaine possession with a minor at a party celebrating one million users. He attempts to blame Saverin, prompting Zuckerberg to cut ties with him.
Marylin Delpy, a junior lawyer for Zuckerberg, informs Zuckerberg that they will settle with Saverin since the sordid details of Facebook's founding and Zuckerberg's callous attitude will make him unsympathetic to a jury. Alone, Zuckerberg sends a Facebook friend request to Albright and repeatedly refreshes the page. Closing text reveals both cases were [settled out of court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settled_out_of_court "Settled out of court") and Zuckerberg became the world's youngest billionaire.
## Cast
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- [Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg") as [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg")[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-14)
- [Andrew Garfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield "Andrew Garfield") as [Eduardo Saverin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin "Eduardo Saverin")[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-15)
- [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake "Justin Timberlake") as [Sean Parker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parker "Sean Parker")[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-16)
- [Armie Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armie_Hammer "Armie Hammer") as [Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Winklevoss "Cameron Winklevoss") and [Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss "Tyler Winklevoss")[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- [Max Minghella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella "Max Minghella") as [Divya Narendra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Narendra "Divya Narendra")[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- [Brenda Song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Song "Brenda Song") as Christy Lee[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- [Rashida Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Jones "Rashida Jones") as Marylin Delpy[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-18)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-RashidaJones-19)
- [John Getz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Getz "John Getz") as Sy[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- [David Selby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Selby "David Selby") as Gage[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- Denise Grayson as Gretchen[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- [Douglas Urbanski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Urbanski "Douglas Urbanski") as [Larry Summers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers "Lawrence Summers")[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- [Rooney Mara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Mara "Rooney Mara") as Erica Albright[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-21)
- [Joseph Mazzello](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mazzello "Joseph Mazzello") as [Dustin Moskovitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz "Dustin Moskovitz")[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- Dustin Fitzsimons as [The Phoenix – S K Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_%E2%80%93_S_K_Club "The Phoenix – S K Club") President[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-22)
- [Wallace Langham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Langham "Wallace Langham") as [Peter Thiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel "Peter Thiel")[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-23)
- Patrick Mapel as [Chris Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hughes "Chris Hughes")[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- [Dakota Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Johnson "Dakota Johnson") as Amelia Ritter[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- [Malese Jow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malese_Jow "Malese Jow") as Alice Cantwel[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-24)
- [Trevor Wright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Wright "Trevor Wright") as B.U. Guy in Bra[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- [Shelby Young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Young "Shelby Young") as K.C.[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-25)
- [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin") as Ad Executive[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- Steve Sires as [Bill Gates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates "Bill Gates")[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-26)
- [Caleb Landry Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Landry_Jones "Caleb Landry Jones") as a fraternity brother[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-27)
[Josh Pence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Pence "Josh Pence") is the body double for Hammer, whose likeness was digitally imposed onto Pence's body. He is listed in the end credits as playing Tyler Winklevoss alongside Hammer, though he also shot scenes as Cameron. He also appears in a cameo role as the man being detoured from the bathroom by Zuckerberg and Saverin.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TWPost-28)
## Production
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### Screenplay
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Screenwriter [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin") said, "What attracted me to \[the film project\] had nothing to do with [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"). The invention itself is as modern as it gets, but the story is as old as storytelling; the themes of friendship, loyalty, jealousy, class and power". He said he read an unfinished draft of [Ben Mezrich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mezrich "Ben Mezrich")'s *[The Accidental Billionaires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires "The Accidental Billionaires")* when the publisher began "shopping it around" for a film adaptation. Sorkin added, "I was reading it and somewhere on page three I said yes. It was the fastest I said yes to anything ... They wanted me to start right away. Ben and I were kind of doing our research at the same time, sort of along parallel lines".[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-FaceValue-29) In August 2008, Sorkin started a Facebook group for research purposes while he was working on the film. "I've just agreed to write a movie for [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures "Sony Pictures") and producer [Scott Rudin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Rudin "Scott Rudin") about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page."[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-31) He emphasized the role of the competing narratives at a Q\&A screening hosted by [Myspace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace "Myspace"): "If the same story was behind the invention of MySpace or Friendster, I would have written that. Two separate lawsuits were brought against Facebook at roughly the same time. Rather than pick one and decide that's the truth, or pick one and say that's the sexist \[*sic*\], I like the idea that there are three conflicting stories."[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-32)
According to Sorkin, Mezrich did not send him material from his book as he wrote it: "Two or three times we'd get together. I'd go to [Boston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston "Boston"), or we'd meet in [New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City "New York City") and kind of compare notes and share information, but I didn't see the book until he was done with it. By the time I saw the book, I was probably 80 percent done with the screenplay."[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-FaceValue-29) Sorkin elaborated:
> There's a lot of available research, and I also did a lot of first person research with a number of the people that were involved in the story. I can't go too deeply into that because most of the people did it on the condition of anonymity, but what I found was that two lawsuits were brought against Facebook at roughly the same time, that the defendant, plaintiffs, witnesses all came into a deposition room and swore under oath, and three different versions of the story were told. Instead of choosing one and deciding that's the truest one or choosing one and deciding that's the juiciest one, I decided to dramatize the idea that there were three different versions of the story being told. That's how I came up with the structure of the deposition room.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-FaceValue-29)
### Casting
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Casting began in mid-2009, with [Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg"), [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake "Justin Timberlake"), and [Andrew Garfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield "Andrew Garfield") announced to star.[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-33)[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-34) [Jonah Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Hill "Jonah Hill") was in contention for Timberlake's role, but director [David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher") passed on him.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-35) In October 2009, [Brenda Song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Song "Brenda Song"), [Rooney Mara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Mara "Rooney Mara"), [Armie Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armie_Hammer "Armie Hammer"), [Shelby Young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Young "Shelby Young"), and [Josh Pence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Pence "Josh Pence") were cast.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-ThePlaylist-36) [Max Minghella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella "Max Minghella") and [Dakota Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Johnson "Dakota Johnson") were also confirmed.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-ThePlaylist-36) In a 2009 interview with *[The Baltimore Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baltimore_Sun "The Baltimore Sun")*, Eisenberg said, "Even though I've gotten to be in some wonderful movies, this character seems so much more overtly insensitive in so many ways that seem more real to me in the best way. I don't often get cast as insensitive people, so it feels very comfortable: fresh and exciting, as if you never have to worry about the audience. Not that I worry about the audience anyway – it should be just the furthest thing from your mind. *The Social Network* is the biggest relief I've ever had in a movie".[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-37) In 2010, it was announced that [Rashida Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Jones "Rashida Jones") would appear as Marylin Delpy.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-RashidaJones-19)
### Filming
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[Principal photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began in October 2009 in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts "Cambridge, Massachusetts").[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-38) Scenes were filmed around the campuses of two Massachusetts prep schools, [Phillips Academy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Academy "Phillips Academy") and [Milton Academy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Academy "Milton Academy").[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-39) Additional scenes were filmed on the campus of [Wheelock College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelock_College "Wheelock College"), which was set up to be Harvard's campus,[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-40) as well as locations on and around the campus of [Johns Hopkins University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University "Johns Hopkins University") in [Baltimore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore "Baltimore")[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-41) (Harvard has turned down most requests for on-location filming ever since the filming of *[Love Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Story_\(1970_film\) "Love Story (1970 film)")* (1970), which caused significant physical damage to trees on campus.)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Schwartz-42) Filming took place on the Keyser and Wyman quadrangles in the [Homewood campus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homewood_campus "Homewood campus") of [Johns Hopkins University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University "Johns Hopkins University") from November 2–4,[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-43) which also doubled for Harvard in the film.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-44) The first scene in the film, where Zuckerberg is with his girlfriend, took 99 takes to finish.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NewYork-4) The film was shot on the [Red One](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_One_\(camera\) "The Red One (camera)") digital cinema camera.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-45) The rowing scenes with the Winklevoss brothers were filmed at Community Rowing Inc. in [Newton, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts "Newton, Massachusetts")[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-46) and at the Henley Royal Regatta; [miniature faking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_faking "Miniature faking") process was used in a sequence showing a rowing event at the latter.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-47) Although a significant portion of the latter half of the film is set in [Silicon Valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley "Silicon Valley"), the filmmakers opted to shoot those scenes in Los Angeles and [Pasadena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California "Pasadena, California").\[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")*\]
Armie Hammer, who portrayed the Winklevoss twins, acted alongside body double Josh Pence while his scenes were filmed. His face was later digitally grafted onto Pence's face during post-production, while other scenes used [split-screen photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_screen_\(filmmaking\) "Split screen (filmmaking)"). Pence was concerned about having no face time during the role, but after considerable musing thought of the role as a "no-brainer". He also appears in a cameo role elsewhere in the film.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TWPost-28) Hammer states that director David Fincher "likes to push himself and likes to push technology" and is "one of the most technologically minded guys I've ever seen."[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NYMag-48) This included sending the actors to "twin boot camp" for 10 months to learn everything about the Winklevosses.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TWPost-28)
#### Rowing production
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Harvard's rowing tradition is depicted in the film.
Community Rowing Inc. held a casting call and a tryout for 20 rowing extras; some were graduates from Harvard, [Northeastern University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_University "Northeastern University"), [Boston University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_University "Boston University"), [George Washington University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University "George Washington University"), and [Trinity College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Hartford "Trinity College, Hartford"), as well as local club rowers from [Union Boat Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Boat_Club "Union Boat Club") and [Riverside Boat Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Boat_Club "Riverside Boat Club").[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-49) None of the cast rowing extras for the Henley Royal Regatta racing scene appeared in the film; filming for the race was originally planned to take place in Los Angeles, but Fincher decided to film in [England](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England "England") during production.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Boyne-50)
David Fincher hired [Loyola Marymount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola_Marymount "Loyola Marymount") coach Dawn Reagan to help train Josh Pence and Armie Hammer.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Row2k-51) While Hammer was new to the sport, Pence rowed previously at [Dartmouth College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College "Dartmouth College").[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Row2k-51)
The indoor rowing scene was filmed at Boston University's indoor rowing tanks. All of BU's blue oars in the scene were repainted to Harvard's crimson color for filming. Dan Boyne was the official rowing consultant in the US and the UK.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Boyne-50)
### Soundtrack
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Main article: [*The Social Network* (soundtrack)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network_\(soundtrack\) "The Social Network (soundtrack)")
On June 1, 2010, it was announced that [Trent Reznor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor "Trent Reznor") and [Atticus Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atticus_Ross "Atticus Ross") would score the film.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-52) The soundtrack was released September 28 in various formats under the Null Corporation label.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-53) Leading up to the release of the soundtrack, a free five-track [EP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play "Extended play") was made available for download.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-54) [The White Stripes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Stripes "The White Stripes")' song "[Ball and Biscuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_and_Biscuit "Ball and Biscuit")" can be heard in the opening of the film and [the Beatles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles "The Beatles")' song "[Baby, You're a Rich Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_You%27re_a_Rich_Man "Baby, You're a Rich Man")" concludes the film. Neither song appears on the soundtrack album. Reznor and Ross won the award for [Best Original Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Score "Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score") at the 2011 [Golden Globe Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award "Golden Globe Award"),[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-55) as well as the 2011 [Academy Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award "Academy Award") for [Best Original Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score "Academy Award for Best Original Score").
## Marketing
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### Poster
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The first theatrical poster, designed by Neil Kellerhouse, was released on June 18, 2010.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-56) As Kellerhouse previously designed posters for the films of [Steven Soderbergh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh "Steven Soderbergh"), director David Fincher's friend, he was contacted by Ceán Chaffin in late 2009 to work on the [key art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_art "Key art") for *The Social Network*, which had to make sole use of one approved photograph, that of Eisenberg's head.[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Haywire-57) As he wanted to highlight the tremendous drama that went with Mark Zuckerberg's success, Kellerhouse thought of the tagline "You don't get to 300 million friends without making a few enemies"; he would later adjust the line to "500 million friends" in anticipation of Facebook reaching 500 million users by the film's release date.[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Haywire-57) Kellerhouse's poster has been praised for its unique and "striking" design, and alongside his work for the film *[I'm Still Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Still_Here_\(2010_film\) "I'm Still Here (2010 film)")*, has since become influential in film marketing; posters for *[The King's Speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech "The King's Speech")* and *[The Armstrong Lie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Armstrong_Lie "The Armstrong Lie")* strongly evoked the poster's design format.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-58)[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-59)
### Trailers
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The film's first [teaser trailer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaser_trailer "Teaser trailer") was released on June 25, 2010.[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-60) The second teaser was released on July 8.[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-61) The full length theatrical trailer debuted on July 16, 2010, which plays an edited version of the song "[Creep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_\(Radiohead_song\) "Creep (Radiohead song)")", originally by [Radiohead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead "Radiohead"), covered by the Belgian choir group [Scala & Kolacny Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%26_Kolacny_Brothers "Scala & Kolacny Brothers").[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-62)[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Filmissimo-63) The trailer was then shown in theaters, prior to the films *[Inception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception "Inception")*, *[Dinner for Schmucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_Schmucks "Dinner for Schmucks")*, *[Salt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_\(2010_film\) "Salt (2010 film)")*, *[Easy A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_A "Easy A")*, *[The Virginity Hit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginity_Hit "The Virginity Hit")*, and *[The Other Guys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Guys "The Other Guys")*. The theatrical trailer, put together by [Mark Woollen & Associates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Woollen "Mark Woollen"), won the Grand Key Art award at the 2011 [Key Art Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Art_Awards "Key Art Awards"),[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-64) sponsored by *[The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter")*, and was also featured on *The Film Informant*'s Perfect 10 Trailers in 2010.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-65)
## Release
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*The Social Network* premiered at the [New York Film Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Festival "New York Film Festival") on September 24, 2010.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NYFF-1)
### Box office
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The film was released in theaters in the United States on the weekend of October 1–3, 2010. It debuted at No. 1, grossing \$22.4 million in 2,771 theaters.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3) The film retained the top spot in its second weekend, dropping only 31.2%,[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3) breaking *[Inception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception "Inception")*'s 32.0% record as the smallest second weekend drop for any number-one film of 2010, while being the third-smallest overall behind *[Secretariat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_\(film\) "Secretariat (film)")*'s 25.1% drop and [*Tooth Fairy*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_Fairy_\(2010_film\) "Tooth Fairy (2010 film)")'s 28.6% drop. At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed \$97 million in the United States and \$128 million in other territories for a worldwide total of \$224.9 million.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3)
### Critical reception
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[Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg") received critical acclaim for his performance as Mark Zuckerberg, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
*The Social Network* received widespread critical acclaim. On review aggregator [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), the film has an approval rating of 96% based on 335 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Impeccably scripted, beautifully directed, and filled with fine performances, *The Social Network* is a riveting, ambitious example of modern filmmaking at its finest."[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-66) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the film has a weighted average score of 95 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-67) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore "CinemaScore") gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CinemaScore-68)
From *[The Guardian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian "The Guardian")*, Peter Bradshaw gave the film four stars, praising David Fincher's directing as the "right intensity and claustrophobia for a story that takes place largely in a stupefyingly male environment at Harvard University in 2003".[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-69) In her review for *[The Verge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verge "The Verge")*, Kaitlyn Tiffany wrote positive comments on Aaron Sorkin's screenplay, writing that his "reflex for writing witty, whiny men with outsized intellect and poorly disguised narcissism serves as an advantage instead of a handicap."[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-70) The film's editing by [Kirk Baxter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Baxter "Kirk Baxter") and [Angus Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Wall "Angus Wall") was also lauded by critics, leading to their win of the [Academy Award for Best Film Editing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing "Academy Award for Best Film Editing").[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-71) Additionally, the film's [score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network_\(soundtrack\) "The Social Network (soundtrack)") received positive commentary, with some reviewers stating that it was "a persistent source of simmering tension in the movie", and a "masterpiece".[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-72)[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-73)
[Roger Ebert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert "Roger Ebert") of the *[Chicago Sun-Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times "Chicago Sun-Times")*, giving it four stars and naming it the best film of the year, wrote: "David Fincher's film has the rare quality of being not only as smart as its brilliant hero, but in the same way. It is cocksure, impatient, cold, exciting and instinctively perceptive."[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-74) [Peter Travers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Travers "Peter Travers") of *[Rolling Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone "Rolling Stone")* gave the film his first full four-star rating of the year and said: "*The Social Network* is the movie of the year. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade."[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-75) *[The Harvard Crimson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson "The Harvard Crimson")* review called it "flawless" and gave it five stars.[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-76)
[Joe Morgenstern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morgenstern "Joe Morgenstern") in *[The Wall Street Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal "The Wall Street Journal")* praised the film as exhilarating but noted: "The biographical part takes liberties with its subject. Aaron Sorkin based his screenplay on ... *The Accidental Billionaires*, so everything that's seen isn't necessarily to be believed."[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-77) Nathan Heller of *[Slate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_\(magazine\) "Slate (magazine)")* wrote a negative review of the film, describing it as "rote and deeply mediocre" as well as "maddeningly generic", and said that, "Sorkin and Fincher's 2003 Harvard is a citadel of old money, regatta blazers, and (if I am not misreading the implication here) a Jewish underclass striving beneath the heel of a [WASP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP "WASP")\-centric, socially draconian culture ... to get the university this wrong in this movie is no small matter."[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-78)
*The Social Network* appeared on 78 film critics' top-ten lists of the best films of 2010, based on Metacritic's aggregation. Out of the critics, 22 ranked the film first, and 12 ranked the film second. Out of the films of 2010, *The Social Network* appeared on the most top-ten lists.[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-2010_Film_Critic_Top_Ten_Lists-79)[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-80) In 2016, *The Social Network* was voted the 27th-best film of the 21st century by the BBC, as voted on by 177 film critics from around the world.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-81)
In 2018, [IndieWire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndieWire "IndieWire") writers ranked the script the fourth best American screenplay of the 21st century, with Michael Nordine arguing that "everything came together nearly perfectly on the film, thanks in large part to Aaron Sorkin's Oscar-winning screenplay. Its finds the loquacious scribe at his best, with all the verbal takedowns ... and rapid-fire back-and-forths we've come to expect (and, more often than not, love) from him. Sorkin's portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg was hardly flattering, but recent headlines suggest it may have been too sympathetic."[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-82)
#### Top ten lists
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*The Social Network* appeared on over 70 critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2010. Over a dozen publications ranked the film first in their lists.[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-2010_Film_Critic_Top_Ten_Lists-79)
- 1st – [Peter Travers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Travers "Peter Travers"), *[Rolling Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone "Rolling Stone")*
- 1st – [Roger Ebert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert "Roger Ebert"), *[Chicago Sun-Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times "Chicago Sun-Times")*
- 1st – [Christy Lemire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Lemire "Christy Lemire"), [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press")
- 1st – Andrea Grunvall, *[Chicago Reader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Reader "Chicago Reader")*
- 1st – [Owen Gleiberman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Gleiberman "Owen Gleiberman") and [Lisa Schwarzbaum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Schwarzbaum "Lisa Schwarzbaum"), *[Entertainment Weekly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly "Entertainment Weekly")*
- 1st – Betsy Sharkey and [Kenneth Turan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Turan "Kenneth Turan"), *[Los Angeles Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times "Los Angeles Times")*
- 1st – Rene Rodriguez, *[Miami Herald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Herald "Miami Herald")*
- 1st – Stephen Holden, *[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*
- 1st – [David Denby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Denby_\(film_critic\) "David Denby (film critic)"), *[The New Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker "The New Yorker")*
- 1st – [Now Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_\(newspaper\) "Now (newspaper)")
- 1st – Tim Robey, *[Telegraph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph "Telegraph")*
- 1st – Joshua Rothkopf, *[Time Out New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_New_York "Time Out New York")*
- 1st – Ann Hornaday, *[Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post "Washington Post")*
- 1st – [Joe Morgenstern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morgenstern "Joe Morgenstern"), *[Wall Street Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal "Wall Street Journal")*
- 2nd – [Richard Brody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brody "Richard Brody"), *[The New Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker "The New Yorker")*
- 2nd – [Glenn Kenny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Kenny "Glenn Kenny"), *[MSN Movies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Movies "MSN Movies")*
- 2nd – [Ty Burr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Burr "Ty Burr"), *[The Boston Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe "The Boston Globe")*
- 2nd – Tasha Robinson, *[The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club")*
- 2nd – [Phillip French](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_French "Phillip French"), *[The Observer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Observer "The Observer")*
- 2nd – [Todd McCarthy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_McCarthy "Todd McCarthy") & Kirk Honeycutt *[The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter")*
- 3rd – [Richard Roeper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Roeper "Richard Roeper"), *[Chicago Sun-Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times "Chicago Sun-Times")*
- 3rd – [Stephanie Zacharek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Zacharek "Stephanie Zacharek"), *[Movieline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movieline "Movieline")*
- 3rd – [Anne Thompson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Thompson_\(film_critic\) "Anne Thompson (film critic)"), *[Indiewire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiewire "Indiewire")*
- 3rd – Keith Phipps & Noel Murray *[The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club")*
- 4th – Scott Tobias, *[The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club")*
- 4th – Chris Vogner, *[Dallas Morning News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Morning_News "Dallas Morning News")*
- 4th – Joe Neumaier & Elizabeth Weitzman, *[New York Daily News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News "New York Daily News")*
- 5th – [Richard Corliss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Corliss "Richard Corliss"), [*Time*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_\(magazine\) "Time (magazine)")
- 5th – [David Ehrenstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ehrenstein "David Ehrenstein"), *[L.A. Weekly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Weekly "L.A. Weekly")*
- 7th – [Nathan Rabin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Rabin "Nathan Rabin"), *[The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club")*
- 7th – [Claudia Puig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Puig "Claudia Puig"), *[USA Today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today "USA Today")*
- 7th – [Mick LaSalle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_LaSalle "Mick LaSalle"), *[San Francisco Chronicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle "San Francisco Chronicle")*
- 8th – [David Ansen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ansen "David Ansen"), *[Newsweek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek "Newsweek")*
- 9th – [James Berardinelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Berardinelli "James Berardinelli"), *Reelviews*
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – [Wesley Morris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Morris "Wesley Morris"), *[The Boston Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe "The Boston Globe")*
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – [Steven Rea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Rea "Steven Rea"), *[Philadelphia Inquirer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Inquirer "Philadelphia Inquirer")*
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – [Dana Stevens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Stevens_\(critic\) "Dana Stevens (critic)"), *[Slate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_\(magazine\) "Slate (magazine)")*
### Home media
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*The Social Network* was released on [DVD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD "DVD") and [Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray "Blu-ray") on January 11, 2011 by [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Home_Entertainment "Sony Pictures Home Entertainment"). In its first week of release, DVD sales totaled \$13,470,305 and it was the number-one-sold DVD of the week.[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-83) The DVD includes an [audio commentary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_commentary "Audio commentary") with director David Fincher, and a second commentary with writer Aaron Sorkin and the cast. The Blu-ray and two-disc DVD releases include the commentaries, along with a feature-length documentary, *How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?*, featurettes, *Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter and Ren Klyce on Post*, *Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and David Fincher on the Score*, *In the Hall of the Mountain King: Reznor's First Draft*, *[Swarmatron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarmatron "Swarmatron")*, *Jeff Cronenweth and David Fincher on the Visuals*, and a Ruby Skye VIP Room: Multi-Angle Scene Breakdown feature.[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-84) The film was released on [Ultra HD Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray "Ultra HD Blu-ray") in October 2021 as part of the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection (Volume 2), featuring a new [Dolby Atmos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Atmos "Dolby Atmos") mix and upscaled [Dolby Vision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Vision "Dolby Vision")/[HDR10](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDR10 "HDR10") transfer from the film's [2K](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution "2K resolution") master.[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-85)
## Accolades
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Main article: [List of accolades received by *The Social Network*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_The_Social_Network "List of accolades received by The Social Network")
*The Social Network* won the [Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama "Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama") at the [68th Golden Globe Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Golden_Globe_Awards "68th Golden Globe Awards") on January 16, 2011.[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-HFPA-86) The film also won the awards for [Best Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Director "Golden Globe Award for Best Director"), [Best Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Screenplay "Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay"), and Best Original Score, making it the film with the most wins of the night.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-SUTGoldenGlobes-87)
The film was nominated for seven [British Academy Film Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards "British Academy Film Awards"), including [Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Film "BAFTA Award for Best Film"), [Best Actor in a Leading Role](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role "BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role") (Eisenberg), [Best Actor in a Supporting Role](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Supporting_Role "BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role") (Garfield), and [Rising Star Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Star_Award,_BAFTA "Rising Star Award, BAFTA") (Garfield). It won three for [Best Editing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Editing "BAFTA Award for Best Editing"), [Adapted Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay "BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay"), and [Best Direction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Direction "BAFTA Award for Best Direction") on February 13, 2011.[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BAFTA-Past-Winners&Nominees-88)
*The Social Network* was nominated for eight [Academy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards "Academy Awards"), including [Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture "Academy Award for Best Picture"), [Best Actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor "Academy Award for Best Actor"), [Best Cinematography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography "Academy Award for Best Cinematography"), [Best Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director "Academy Award for Best Director"), Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, [Best Sound Mixing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Mixing "Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing"), and [Best Adapted Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay "Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay").[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Oscars-89) It also won three for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing at the [83rd Academy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_Academy_Awards "83rd Academy Awards") on February 27, 2011.
The film won Best Picture from the [National Board of Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review "National Board of Review"), [National Society of Film Critics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Society_of_Film_Critics "National Society of Film Critics"), [New York Film Critics Circle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Critics_Circle "New York Film Critics Circle"), and [Los Angeles Film Critics Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association "Los Angeles Film Critics Association"), making it only the third film in history—after *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) and *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997)—to sweep the "Big Four" critics awards.[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-90) The film also won the "Hollywood Ensemble Award" from the [Hollywood Film Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Film_Awards "Hollywood Film Awards").[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-91)
## Historical accuracy
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[Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg") expressed his dissatisfaction with a film being made about him and noted that much of the plot was not factual.
The script was [leaked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_leak "Internet leak") online in July 2009.[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-92)[\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-93) In November 2009, executive producer [Kevin Spacey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Spacey "Kevin Spacey") said, "*The Social Network* is probably going to be a lot funnier than people might expect it to be."[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-94) *[The Cardinal Courier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Courier_Media "Cardinal Courier Media")* stated that the film was about "greed, obsession, unpredictability and sex" and asked, "Although there are over 500 million Facebook users, does this mean Facebook can become a profitable blockbuster movie?"[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Surprise-95)
At the D8 conference hosted by [D: All Things Digital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Mossberg "Walt Mossberg") on June 2, 2010, host [Kara Swisher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Swisher "Kara Swisher") told Zuckerberg she knew he was not happy with *The Social Network* being based on him, to which he replied, "I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive."[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-96) Zuckerberg stated to [Oprah Winfrey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey "Oprah Winfrey") that the drama and partying of the film is mostly fiction, and that he had spent most of the past six years focusing, working hard, and coding Facebook.[\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-97) Speaking to an audience at Stanford University, Zuckerberg said that instead of making Facebook to "get girls", he made it because he enjoyed "building things".[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheGuardian-98) He added that the film accurately depicted his wardrobe, saying, "It's interesting the stuff that they focused on getting right—like every single shirt and fleece they had in that movie is actually a shirt or fleece that I own."[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheGuardian-98)
Facebook co-founder [Dustin Moskovitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz "Dustin Moskovitz") called the film a "dramatization of history ... it is interesting to see my past rewritten in a way that emphasizes things that didn't matter, (like the Winklevosses, who I've still never even met and had no part in the work we did to create the site over the past 6 years) and leaves out things that really did (like the many other people in our lives at the time, who supported us in innumerable ways)". According to Moskovitz:[\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-99)
> A lot of exciting things happened in 2004, but mostly we just worked a lot and stressed out about things; the version in the trailer seems a lot more exciting, so I'm just going to choose to remember that we drank ourselves silly and had a lot of sex with coeds. ... The plot of the book/script unabashedly attacked \[Zuckerberg\], but I actually felt like a lot of his positive qualities come out truthfully in the trailer (soundtrack aside). At the end of the day, they cannot help but portray him as the driven, forward-thinking genius that he is.
Co-founder Eduardo Saverin said "the movie was clearly intended to be entertainment and not a fact-based documentary".[\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-100) Sean Parker described the film and its depiction of him as "a morally reprehensible human being" as "a complete work of fiction", and claimed that he remained friends with Saverin.[\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-101)[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-102) Sorkin said, "I don't want my fidelity to be to the truth; I want it to be to storytelling. What is the big deal about accuracy purely for accuracy's sake, and can we not have the true be the enemy of the good?"[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NewYork-4)
Journalist [Jeff Jarvis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Jarvis "Jeff Jarvis") acknowledged the film was "well-crafted" but called it "the anti-social movie", objecting to Sorkin's decision to change various events and characters for dramatic effect, and dismissing it as "the story that those who resist the change society is undergoing want to see".[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-103) Technology broadcaster [Leo Laporte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Laporte "Leo Laporte") concurred, calling the film "anti-geek and [misogynistic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny "Misogyny")".[\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-104) Sorkin responded to these allegations by saying, "I was writing about a very angry and deeply misogynistic group of people".[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-WomanProblem-105)
Andrew Clark of *The Guardian* wrote that "there's something insidious about this genre of \[docudrama\] scriptwriting", wondering if "a 26-year-old businessman really deserves to have his name dragged through the mud in a murky mixture of fact and imagination for the general entertainment of the movie-viewing public?" Clark added, "I'm not sure whether Mark Zuckerberg is a punk, a genius or both. But I won't be seeing *The Social Network* to find out."[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-106)
[Mashable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashable "Mashable") founder and CEO [Pete Cashmore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Cashmore "Pete Cashmore"), blogging for [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"), said: "If the Facebook founder \[Zuckerberg\] is concerned about being represented as anything but a genius with an industrious work ethic, he can breathe a sigh of relief."[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-107) Jessi Hempel, a technology writer for *[Fortune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_\(magazine\) "Fortune (magazine)")* who says she has known Zuckerberg "for a long time", wrote of the film:
> The real-life Zuckerberg was maniacally focused on building a web site that could potentially connect everyone on the planet ... By contrast, in the film he seems more obsessed with achieving the largesse that bad boy Sean Parker, an original Napster founder, portrays when he arrives to meet Zuckerberg at a New York restaurant.[\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-108)
[Harvard Law School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_School "Harvard Law School") professor [Lawrence Lessig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig "Lawrence Lessig") wrote in *[The New Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Republic "The New Republic")* that Sorkin's screenplay does not acknowledge the "real villain" of the story:
> The total and absolute absurdity of the world where the engines of a federal lawsuit get cranked up to adjudicate the hurt feelings (because "our idea was stolen!") of entitled Harvard undergraduates is completely missed by Sorkin. We can't know enough from the film to know whether there was actually any substantial legal claim here. Sorkin has been upfront about the fact that there are fabrications aplenty lacing the story. But from the story as told, we certainly know enough to know that any legal system that would allow these kids to extort \$65 million from the most successful business this century should be ashamed of itself. Did Zuckerberg breach his contract? Maybe, for which the damages are more like \$650, not \$65 million. Did he steal a trade secret? Absolutely not. Did he steal any other "property"? Absolutely not—the code for Facebook was his, and the "idea" of a social network is not a patent. It wasn't justice that gave the twins \$65 million; it was the fear of a random and inefficient system of law. That system is a tax on innovation and creativity. That tax is the real villain here, not the innovator it burdened.[\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-109)
In an onstage discussion with the *[Huffington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post "The Huffington Post")* co-founder [Arianna Huffington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington "Arianna Huffington") in 2010, Facebook's chief operating officer, [Sheryl Sandberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Sandberg "Sheryl Sandberg"), said the film was "very Hollywood" and mainly "fiction". She said that "in real life, \[Zuckerberg\] was just sitting around with his friends in front of his computer, ordering pizza. Who wants to go see that for two hours?"[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-110) [HarvardConnection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarvardConnection "HarvardConnection") co-founder [Divya Narendra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Narendra "Divya Narendra") said that he was surprised to see himself portrayed by the non-Indian actor Max Minghella, but said he did a "good job in pushing the dialogue forward and creating a sense of urgency in what was a very frustrating period".[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-111)
## Legacy
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### Preliminary impact
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Since its release, *The Social Network* has inspired involvement in start-ups and social media.[\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-112) [Bob Lefsetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lefsetz "Bob Lefsetz") has stated that: "watching this movie makes you want to run from the theatre, grab your laptop and build your own empire,"[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-hardknoxlife.com-113) noting that *The Social Network* has helped fuel an emerging perception that "techies have become the new rock stars."[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-114) This has led Dave Knox to comment that: "fifteen years from now we might just look back and realize this movie inspired our next great generation of entrepreneurs."[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-hardknoxlife.com-113) After seeing the movie, Zuckerberg was quoted as saying he is "interested to see what effect *The Social Network* has on entrepreneurship", noting that he gets "lots of messages from people who claim that they have been very much inspired ... to start their own company."[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-115) Saverin echoed these sentiments, stating that the film may inspire "countless others to create and take that leap to start a new business."[\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-116) In one such instance, the co-founders of [Wall Street Magnate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Magnate "Wall Street Magnate") confirmed that they were inspired to create the fantasy trading community after watching *The Social Network*.[\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-117)
In 2011, a storyline on *[The Good Wife](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Wife "The Good Wife")* featuring a technology executive suing a screenwriter appeared to be inspired by the tension between Mark Zuckerberg and Aaron Sorkin.[\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-118)[\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-119)
Following his success with the film, Sorkin became attached to another project about a technology company, writing the script for the 2015 biopic *[Steve Jobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_\(film\) "Steve Jobs (film)")*, which used a similar format.[\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-hollywood.com-120) Another Facebook film may be produced, as Sheryl Sandberg has signed a deal with [Sony Pictures Entertainment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment "Sony Pictures Entertainment") to develop her 2013 book *[Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_In "Lean In")*, into a film.[\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-121)
### Post-2010s assessment
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Following the close of the decade, *The Social Network* was recognized as one of the best films of the 2010s. [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic") reported that it was listed on over 30 film critics' top-ten lists for the 2010s, including eight first-place rankings and four second-place rankings. Metacritic ranked *The Social Network* third overall, following *[Mad Max: Fury Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road "Mad Max: Fury Road")* and *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")*.[\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-122) *[Esquire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire_\(magazine\) "Esquire (magazine)")* named *The Social Network* the best of the 2010s, calling it *[Citizen Kane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane "Citizen Kane")* "for the Internet age" and dubbing it "the movie of our new millennium".[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Esquire-123) With Facebook going "from a utopian, world-shrinking force of good to a potential threat to democracy", *Esquire* wrote, "Fincher seemed to sense all of this and more long before anyone else. And his brilliant, troubling film bristles with that queasy sense of prophecy and prescience."[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Esquire-123) *[Polygon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygon_\(website\) "Polygon (website)")*, calling *The Social Network* the best film of the decade, wrote, "*The Social Network*, by chance or by design, has become one of the most immensely relevant movies of this decade ... But after nearly a decade of watching Facebook 'move fast and break things,' including news websites, social video, politics, etc., the movie's tangible sense of tension can easily be reinterpreted as foreboding for what comes *after* you make a billion friends."[\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-124) Director [Quentin Tarantino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino "Quentin Tarantino") called the film the best of the 2010s, singling out the script by Sorkin, whom he described as "the greatest active dialogist".[\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-125)
*Rolling Stone* ranked *The Social Network* second after *Moonlight* (2016) on its end-of-decade list, describing it as "one deliciously re-watchable preview of the apocalypse, as entertaining and cheeky as it is troubling and startlingly prescient".[\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-126) *[Time Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_\(magazine\) "Time Out (magazine)")* named it the fourth-best of the decade, "Powered by a relentless, clinical Aaron Sorkin script, directed with sinuous grace by David Fincher and loaded with smirking, smart-ass central performances, *The Social Network* is arguably the most important and prophetic film of our era, itself a depressing thought."[\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-127) *[ScreenCrush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScreenCrush "ScreenCrush")* ranked *The Social Network* eighth, referring to it as "\[Fincher's\] spiritual sequel to *[Fight Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_\(film\) "Fight Club (film)")*, another story of an embittered, lonely man who discovers unleashing his rage at society has unexpected consequences".[\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-128) *Mashable*, listing *The Social Network* among the top 15 films of the 2010s, said of the story, "It was everything young people could be and everything older generations feared in us before a decade of blaming \[us for\] problems we didn't create and can't solve."[\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-129) IndieWire ranked *The Social Network* sixteenth among the decade's films, writing, "*The Social Network* is both a thrilling, queasy exploration of how Facebook came to be and a searing indictment of what it would inevitably become."[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-130) *[Inverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_\(website\) "Inverse (website)")* listed the film among those defining "class rage" in the 2010s, "As a gently prodding diagnosis of class conflict, *The Social Network* is a logical place to start."[\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-131)
The February 2020 issue of *[New York Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Magazine "New York Magazine")* lists *The Social Network* as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."[\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-132)
In 2024, *[Looper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looper_\(website\) "Looper (website)")* ranked it number 5 on its list of the "50 Best PG-13 Movies of All Time," writing "Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's examination of Facebook's ascension in power and how that came at the cost of so many people's well-being and relationships has only gotten more prescient as the years have passed by. Plus, performances as good as the ones delivered here by Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield never go out of style."[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-133)
In June 2025, the film ranked number 10 on both *[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*' list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century" .[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-134) In July 2025, it ranked number 13 on *[Rolling Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone "Rolling Stone")*'s list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century."[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-135)
## Future
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Main article: [The Social Reckoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Reckoning "The Social Reckoning")
In January 2019, Sorkin revealed that Rudin has suggested the development of a screenplay for a sequel, noting, "A lot of very interesting, dramatic stuff has happened since the movie ends."[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-136) Sorkin also mentioned that there was indeed enough material to create a sequel.[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-137) On July 18, 2019, Eisenberg expressed his interests in starring in the proposed sequel, stating that "Sorkin is a genius, and if he chooses to write about something, I'll obviously be interested".[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-138) In October 2020, a decade after the film's release, Sorkin announced that he would only write the sequel's script if Fincher returned as director.[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-:0-139) In 2023, Fincher told *The Guardian* that he and Sorkin have discussed a sequel, but said "that's a can of worms."[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-140) On April 26, 2024, Sorkin said he had been working on the script for a new Facebook movie tied to the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack "January 6 United States Capitol attack").[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-141)
On June 25, 2025, it was announced that a sequel, *The Social Network Part II*, was in active development with Sorkin returning to write and direct.[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-142) *Variety* reported in July 2025 that although there had been meetings with possible cast members, "the film is still very much in the development stage and has yet to receive the green light from Sony."[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-143) *The Hollywood Reporter* reported that Sorkin was working on packaging a cast and budget for the studio, which saw the project as a priority.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-:1-144) Reports of potential casting included [Mikey Madison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikey_Madison "Mikey Madison") as [Frances Haugen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Haugen "Frances Haugen") and [Jeremy Allen White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Allen_White "Jeremy Allen White") as Jeff Horwitz, although no official deal has been made yet.[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-145) [Jeremy Strong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Strong "Jeremy Strong") was also being reported to be in talks for a role, speculated to be either a *WSJ* editor or to replace Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-:1-144) In September 2025, it was announced that the sequel would be called *The Social Reckoning* to be released by [Sony Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures "Sony Pictures") in October 2026, with Strong playing Zuckerberg, Madison as Haugen, and White as Horwitz. It was announced later in September that [Bill Burr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Burr "Bill Burr") was in talks to star as a fictional character.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-146)[\[147\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-147) Early production reportedly took place in [Vancouver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver "Vancouver") in October 2025.[\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-148)
## See also
\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Social_Network&action=edit§ion=23 "Edit section: See also")\]
- [Film portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Film "Portal:Film")
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crystal_Clear_app_linneighborhood.svg)[Internet portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Internet "Portal:Internet")
- [List of 2010 films based on actual events](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2010_films_based_on_actual_events "List of 2010 films based on actual events")
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| Founders | [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg") (28% equity) [Dustin Moskovitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz "Dustin Moskovitz") (7%) [Eduardo Saverin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin "Eduardo Saverin") (*5%, formerly*) [Chris Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hughes "Chris Hughes") (*1%, formerly*) [Andrew McCollum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_McCollum "Andrew McCollum") |
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| Current | [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg") [Marc Andreessen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen "Marc Andreessen") [John D. Arnold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Arnold "John D. Arnold") [Patrick Collison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Collison "Patrick Collison") [John Elkann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elkann "John Elkann") [Drew Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Houston "Drew Houston") [Nancy Killefer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Killefer "Nancy Killefer") [Robert M. Kimmitt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Kimmitt "Robert M. Kimmitt") [Dina Powell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Powell "Dina Powell") [Hock Tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hock_Tan "Hock Tan") [Dana White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_White "Dana White") [Tony Xu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Xu "Tony Xu") |
| Former | [Sheryl Sandberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Sandberg "Sheryl Sandberg") [Peter Thiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel "Peter Thiel") |
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| Current | [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg") (Chairman and CEO) [Javier Olivan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Olivan "Javier Olivan") (COO) [Andrew Bosworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bosworth "Andrew Bosworth") (CTO) [Chris Cox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cox_\(manager\) "Chris Cox (manager)") (CPO) [Joel Kaplan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Kaplan "Joel Kaplan") (Chief Global Affairs Officer) [Jennifer Newstead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Gillian_Newstead "Jennifer Gillian Newstead") (Chief Legal Officer) [Alexandr Wang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandr_Wang "Alexandr Wang") (Chief AI Officer) [David Wehner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wehner "David Wehner") (Chief Strategy Officer) |
| Former | [Sean Parker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parker "Sean Parker") (*4%, formerly*) [Owen Van Natta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Van_Natta "Owen Van Natta") [Gideon Yu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Yu "Gideon Yu") [Adam D'Angelo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D%27Angelo "Adam D'Angelo") [Nick Clegg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clegg "Nick Clegg") [Chris Kelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kelly_\(entrepreneur\) "Chris Kelly (entrepreneur)") [Bret Taylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor "Bret Taylor") [Sheryl Sandberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Sandberg "Sheryl Sandberg") [Mike Schroepfer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Schroepfer "Mike Schroepfer") [David Ebersman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ebersman "David Ebersman") [Marne Levine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marne_Levine "Marne Levine") [Alex Stamos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Stamos "Alex Stamos") |
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| Members | [Catalina Botero Marino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Botero_Marino "Catalina Botero Marino"), Co-Chair (2020–) [Jamal Greene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Greene "Jamal Greene"), Co-Chair (2020–) [Michael W. McConnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._McConnell "Michael W. McConnell"), Co-Chair (2020–) [Helle Thorning-Schmidt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helle_Thorning-Schmidt "Helle Thorning-Schmidt"), Co-Chair (2020–) [Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afia_Asantewaa_Asare-Kyei "Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei") (2020–) [Evelyn Aswad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Aswad "Evelyn Aswad") (2020–) [Endy Bayuni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endy_Bayuni "Endy Bayuni") (2020–) [Katherine Chen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Chen "Katherine Chen") (2020–) [Nighat Dad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighat_Dad "Nighat Dad") (2020–) [Tawakkol Karman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawakkol_Karman "Tawakkol Karman") (2020–) [Maina Kiai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maina_Kiai "Maina Kiai") (2020–) [Sudhir Krishnaswamy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudhir_Krishnaswamy "Sudhir Krishnaswamy") (2020–) [Ronaldo Lemos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo_Lemos "Ronaldo Lemos") (2020–) [Julie Owono](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Owono "Julie Owono") (2020–) [Emi Palmor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Palmor "Emi Palmor") (2020–) [Alan Rusbridger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rusbridger "Alan Rusbridger") (2020–) [András Sajó](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Saj%C3%B3 "András Sajó") (2020–) [John Samples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Samples "John Samples") (2020–) [Nicolas Suzor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Suzor "Nicolas Suzor") (2020–) [Suzanne Nossel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Nossel "Suzanne Nossel") (2021–) Khaled Mansour (2022–) Pamela San Martin (2022–) Paolo Carozza (2022–) [Kenji Yoshino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Yoshino "Kenji Yoshino") (2023–) |
| Board of Trustees | [Stephen Neal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Neal_\(lawyer\) "Stephen Neal (lawyer)"), Chair (2021–) Kristina Arriaga (2020–) Cherine Chalaby (2020–) Wanda Felton (2020–) [Kate O'Regan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_O%27Regan "Kate O'Regan") (2020–) [Robert Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Post_\(law_professor\) "Robert Post (law professor)") (2020–) |
| Former members | [Pamela S. Karlan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_S._Karlan "Pamela S. Karlan") (Board Member, 2020–2021) [Paul G. Haaga Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_G._Haaga_Jr. "Paul G. Haaga Jr.") (Board of Trustees Chair, 2020–2021) |
| Notable employees | |
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| Current | [Lars Rasmussen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Rasmussen_\(software_developer\) "Lars Rasmussen (software developer)") (Graph Search director) [Naomi Gleit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Gleit "Naomi Gleit") (head of product) [Nicola Mendelsohn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Mendelsohn "Nicola Mendelsohn") (head of Global Business Group) [Adam Mosseri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Mosseri "Adam Mosseri") (head of Instagram) [Thomas Reardon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Reardon "Thomas Reardon") ([Reality Labs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Labs "Reality Labs") director) |
| Former | [Blake Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Ross "Blake Ross") (Director of Product) [Ted Ullyot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Ullyot "Ted Ullyot") (VP, General Counsel, and Secretary) [Hugo Barra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Barra "Hugo Barra") (VP of [Reality Labs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Labs "Reality Labs")) [John Carmack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carmack "John Carmack") (CTO of [Reality Labs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Labs "Reality Labs")) [Matt Cohler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Cohler "Matt Cohler") [Charlie Cheever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Cheever "Charlie Cheever") [Randi Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randi_Zuckerberg "Randi Zuckerberg") [Yishan Wong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yishan_Wong "Yishan Wong") [George Hotz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz "George Hotz") [Joe Lockhart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lockhart "Joe Lockhart") [Andrei Alexandrescu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Alexandrescu "Andrei Alexandrescu") (research scientist) [Chamath Palihapitiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamath_Palihapitiya "Chamath Palihapitiya") (VP of User Growth) [Elliot Schrage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Schrage "Elliot Schrage") (VP of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy) [Frances Haugen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Haugen "Frances Haugen") (Product Manager of Civic Integrity Team) |
| Open source | [Apache Cassandra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Cassandra "Apache Cassandra") [Apache Hive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Hive "Apache Hive") [Apache Thrift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Thrift "Apache Thrift") [Buck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_\(software\) "Buck (software)") [FQL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Query_Language "Facebook Query Language") [Hack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_\(programming_language\) "Hack (programming language)") [HHVM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HHVM "HHVM") [HipHop for PHP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HipHop_for_PHP "HipHop for PHP") [Infer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infer_Static_Analyzer "Infer Static Analyzer") [MyRocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyRocks "MyRocks") [Open Compute Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Compute_Project "Open Compute Project") [Phabricator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phabricator "Phabricator") [React](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_\(software\) "React (software)") [React Native](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_Native "React Native") [RocksDB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RocksDB "RocksDB") [Scribe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribe_\(log_server\) "Scribe (log server)") [Telecom Infra Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecom_Infra_Project "Telecom Infra Project") [Tornado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_\(web_server\) "Tornado (web server)") |
| Mass media | *[The Facebook Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Facebook_Effect "The Facebook Effect")* *[The Accidental Billionaires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires "The Accidental Billionaires")* *[The Social Network]()* *[The Great Hack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Hack "The Great Hack")* *[Careless People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careless_People "Careless People")* *[Instagram (Dean song)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram_\(Dean_song\) "Instagram (Dean song)")* |
| Concepts | [Influencer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influencer "Influencer") [Activity stream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_stream "Activity stream") [Social graph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_graph "Social graph") [Friending and following](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friending_and_following "Friending and following") [Reblogging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reblogging "Reblogging") [Fan-gating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan-gating "Fan-gating") [Facebook diplomacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_diplomacy#Facebook_diplomacy "Digital diplomacy") [Instapoetry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instapoetry "Instapoetry") [Model (person)\#Instagram model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_\(person\)#Instagram_model "Model (person)") [Filter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_\(social_media\) "Filter (social media)") [Instagram face](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram_face "Instagram face") |
| Business | [History of Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook "History of Facebook") [IPO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering_of_Facebook "Initial public offering of Facebook") [Timeline of Instagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Instagram "Timeline of Instagram") [\#Graduation2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduation2020 "Graduation2020") [Timeline of WhatsApp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_WhatsApp "Timeline of WhatsApp") [Acquisitions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Meta_Platforms "List of mergers and acquisitions by Meta Platforms") [f8 conference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_F8 "Facebook F8") [Censorship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook "Censorship of Facebook") [Criticism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook "Criticism of Facebook") [Cambridge Analytica data scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal "Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal") [2020 ad boycotts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Facebook_ad_boycotts "2020 Facebook ad boycotts") [2021 company files leak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Facebook_leak "2021 Facebook leak") [Privacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_concerns_with_Facebook "Privacy concerns with Facebook") [Content management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_content_management_controversies "Facebook content management controversies") [Problematic social media use](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problematic_social_media_use "Problematic social media use") [Litigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuits_involving_Meta_Platforms "Lawsuits involving Meta Platforms") *[Young v. Facebook, Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_v._Facebook,_Inc. "Young v. Facebook, Inc.")* (2011) *[Fraley v. Facebook, Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraley_v._Facebook,_Inc. "Fraley v. Facebook, Inc.")* (2016) *[Force v. Facebook, Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_v._Facebook,_Inc. "Force v. Facebook, Inc.")* (2019) *[Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook,_Inc._v._Duguid "Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid")* (2021) *[Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_v._Meta_Platforms,_Inc. "Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc.")* (ongoing) [Unions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_and_unions "Meta and unions") |
| Lists | [Most-followed Facebook pages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-followed_Facebook_pages "List of most-followed Facebook pages") [most-followed Instagram accounts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-followed_Instagram_accounts "List of most-followed Instagram accounts") [most-liked Instagram posts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-liked_Instagram_posts "List of most-liked Instagram posts") |
| Related | [Priscilla Chan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Chan "Priscilla Chan") (wife of Mark Zuckerberg) [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative "Chan Zuckerberg Initiative") [Aquila Internet relay drone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Aquila "Facebook Aquila") [Willow Village](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Village "Willow Village") [WaveGroup Sound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveGroup_Sound "WaveGroup Sound") [2021 Facebook outage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Facebook_outage "2021 Facebook outage") [Instagram tourism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram_tourism "Instagram tourism") *[The Social Reckoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Reckoning "The Social Reckoning")* |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Aaron_Sorkin "Template:Aaron Sorkin") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Aaron_Sorkin "Template talk:Aaron Sorkin") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Aaron_Sorkin "Special:EditPage/Template:Aaron Sorkin")Works by [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin") | |
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| [Awards and nominations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Aaron_Sorkin "List of awards and nominations received by Aaron Sorkin") | |
| Television series | *[Sports Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Night "Sports Night")* (1998–2000) *[The West Wing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing "The West Wing")* (1999–2006) *[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_60_on_the_Sunset_Strip "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip")* (2006–2007) *[The Newsroom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Newsroom_\(American_TV_series\) "The Newsroom (American TV series)")* (2012–2014) |
| Feature films | |
| | |
| Written | *[A Few Good Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Few_Good_Men "A Few Good Men")* (1992) *[Malice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malice_\(1993_film\) "Malice (1993 film)")* (1993) *[The American President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_President "The American President")* (1995) *[Charlie Wilson's War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War_\(film\) "Charlie Wilson's War (film)")* (2007) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[Moneyball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball_\(film\) "Moneyball (film)")* (2011) *[Steve Jobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_\(film\) "Steve Jobs (film)")* (2015) |
| Written and directed | *[Molly's Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly%27s_Game "Molly's Game")* (2017) *[The Trial of the Chicago 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_the_Chicago_7 "The Trial of the Chicago 7")* (2020) *[Being the Ricardos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_the_Ricardos "Being the Ricardos")* (2021) *[The Social Reckoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Reckoning "The Social Reckoning")* (2026) |
| Stage plays | *[Hidden in This Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_in_This_Picture "Hidden in This Picture")* (1988) *[A Few Good Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Few_Good_Men_\(play\) "A Few Good Men (play)")* (1989) *[The Farnsworth Invention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farnsworth_Invention "The Farnsworth Invention")* (2007) *[To Kill a Mockingbird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_\(2018_play\) "To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play)")* (2018) |
|  **[Category](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Works_by_Aaron_Sorkin "Category:Works by Aaron Sorkin")** | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:David_Fincher "Template:David Fincher") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:David_Fincher "Template talk:David Fincher") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:David_Fincher "Special:EditPage/Template:David Fincher")[David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher") | |
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| [Awards and nominations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_David_Fincher "List of awards and nominations received by David Fincher") [Bibliography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher_bibliography "David Fincher bibliography") [Filmography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher_filmography "David Fincher filmography") [Unrealized projects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher%27s_unrealized_projects "David Fincher's unrealized projects") | |
| Films | *[Alien 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_3 "Alien 3")* (1992) *[Seven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_\(1995_film\) "Seven (1995 film)")* (1995) *[The Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_\(1997_film\) "The Game (1997 film)")* (1997) *[Fight Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club "Fight Club")* (1999) *[Panic Room](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_Room "Panic Room")* (2002) *[Zodiac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_\(film\) "Zodiac (film)")* (2007) *[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_\(film\) "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)")* (2008) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_\(2011_film\) "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)")* (2011) *[Gone Girl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Girl_\(film\) "Gone Girl (film)")* (2014) *[Mank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mank "Mank")* (2020) *[The Killer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killer_\(2023_film\) "The Killer (2023 film)")* (2023) *[The Adventures of Cliff Booth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Cliff_Booth "The Adventures of Cliff Booth")* (2026) |
| Related | [Jack Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Fincher_\(screenwriter\) "Jack Fincher (screenwriter)") (father) [Ceán Chaffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ce%C3%A1n_Chaffin "Ceán Chaffin") (wife) |
| [Awards for *The Social Network*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_The_Social_Network "List of accolades received by The Social Network") | |
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| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Boston_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Boston_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Boston_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film")[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Film "Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film") | |
| *[Raging Bull](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raging_Bull "Raging Bull")* (1980) *[Pixote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixote "Pixote")* (1981) *[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial")* (1982) *[The Night of the Shooting Stars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_the_Shooting_Stars "The Night of the Shooting Stars")* (1983) *[The Killing Fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_Fields_\(film\) "The Killing Fields (film)")* (1984) *[Ran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_\(film\) "Ran (film)")* (1985) *[Blue Velvet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_\(film\) "Blue Velvet (film)")* (1986) *[Hope and Glory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_and_Glory_\(film\) "Hope and Glory (film)")* (1987) *[Bull Durham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Durham "Bull Durham")* (1988) *[Crimes and Misdemeanors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_and_Misdemeanors "Crimes and Misdemeanors")* (1989) *[Goodfellas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas "Goodfellas")* (1990) *[The Silence of the Lambs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_\(film\) "The Silence of the Lambs (film)")* (1991) *[Unforgiven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven "Unforgiven")* (1992) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) *[Pulp Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction "Pulp Fiction")* (1994) *[Sense and Sensibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility_\(1995_film\) "Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)")* (1995) *[Trainspotting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainspotting_\(film\) "Trainspotting (film)")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Out of Sight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Sight "Out of Sight")* (1998) *[Three Kings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kings_\(1999_film\) "Three Kings (1999 film)")* (1999) *[Almost Famous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Famous "Almost Famous")* (2000) *[Mulholland Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_\(film\) "Mulholland Drive (film)")* (2001) *[The Pianist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pianist_\(2002_film\) "The Pianist (2002 film)")* (2002) *[Mystic River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_River_\(film\) "Mystic River (film)")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[The Departed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departed "The Departed")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[WALL-E](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E "WALL-E")* / *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_\(film\) "The Artist (film)")* (2011) *[Zero Dark Thirty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Dark_Thirty "Zero Dark Thirty")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* (2016) *[Phantom Thread](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Thread "Phantom Thread")* (2017) *[If Beale Street Could Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Beale_Street_Could_Talk_\(film\) "If Beale Street Could Talk (film)")* (2018) *[Little Women](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women_\(2019_film\) "Little Women (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[Drive My Car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_My_Car_\(film\) "Drive My Car (film)")* (2021) *[Return to Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Seoul "Return to Seoul")* (2022) *[The Holdovers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holdovers "The Holdovers")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[Sinners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_\(2025_film\) "Sinners (2025 film)")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Film "Template:César Award for Best Foreign Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Film "Template talk:César Award for Best Foreign Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:César Award for Best Foreign Film")[César Award for Best Foreign Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Film "César Award for Best Foreign Film") | |
| *[Scent of a Woman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scent_of_a_Woman_\(1974_film\) "Scent of a Woman (1974 film)")* (1976) *[We All Loved Each Other So Much](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_All_Loved_Each_Other_So_Much "We All Loved Each Other So Much")* (1977) *[A Special Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Special_Day "A Special Day")* (1978) *[The Tree of Wooden Clogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Wooden_Clogs "The Tree of Wooden Clogs")* (1979) *[Manhattan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_\(1979_film\) "Manhattan (1979 film)")* (1980) *[Kagemusha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagemusha "Kagemusha")* (1981) *[The Elephant Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elephant_Man_\(1980_film\) "The Elephant Man (1980 film)")* (1982) *[Victor/Victoria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor/Victoria "Victor/Victoria")* (1983) *[Fanny and Alexander](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_and_Alexander "Fanny and Alexander")* (1984) *[Amadeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_\(film\) "Amadeus (film)")* (1985) *[The Purple Rose of Cairo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Rose_of_Cairo "The Purple Rose of Cairo")* (1986) *[The Name of the Rose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose_\(film\) "The Name of the Rose (film)")* (1987) *[The Last Emperor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Emperor "The Last Emperor")* (1988) *[Bagdad Cafe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagdad_Cafe "Bagdad Cafe")* (1989) *[Dangerous Liaisons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Liaisons "Dangerous Liaisons")* (1990) *[Dead Poets Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society "Dead Poets Society")* (1991) *[Toto the Hero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_the_Hero "Toto the Hero")* (1992) *[High Heels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Heels_\(1991_film\) "High Heels (1991 film)")* (1993) *[The Piano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano "The Piano")* (1994) *[Four Weddings and a Funeral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Weddings_and_a_Funeral "Four Weddings and a Funeral")* (1995) *[Land and Freedom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_and_Freedom_\(film\) "Land and Freedom (film)")* (1996) *[Breaking the Waves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Waves "Breaking the Waves")* (1997) *[Brassed Off](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassed_Off "Brassed Off")* (1998) *[Life Is Beautiful](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Beautiful "Life Is Beautiful")* (1999) *[All About My Mother](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_My_Mother "All About My Mother")* (2000) *[In the Mood for Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mood_for_Love "In the Mood for Love")* (2001) *[Mulholland Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_\(film\) "Mulholland Drive (film)")* (2002) *[Bowling for Columbine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine "Bowling for Columbine")* (2003) *[Mystic River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_River_\(film\) "Mystic River (film)")* (2004) *[Lost in Translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_\(film\) "Lost in Translation (film)")* (2005) *[Million Dollar Baby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Baby "Million Dollar Baby")* (2006) *[Little Miss Sunshine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine "Little Miss Sunshine")* (2007) *[The Lives of Others](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others "The Lives of Others")* (2008) *[Waltz with Bashir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_with_Bashir "Waltz with Bashir")* (2009) *[Gran Torino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Torino "Gran Torino")* (2010) *[The Social Network]()* (2011) *[A Separation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Separation "A Separation")* (2012) *[Argo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_\(2012_film\) "Argo (2012 film)")* (2013) *[The Broken Circle Breakdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broken_Circle_Breakdown "The Broken Circle Breakdown")* (2014) *[Mommy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mommy_\(2014_film\) "Mommy (2014 film)")* (2015) *[Birdman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_\(film\) "Birdman (film)")* (2016) *[I, Daniel Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Daniel_Blake "I, Daniel Blake")* (2017) *[Loveless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveless_\(film\) "Loveless (film)")* (2018) *[Shoplifters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoplifters_\(film\) "Shoplifters (film)")* (2019) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2020) *[Another Round](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Round_\(film\) "Another Round (film)")* (2021) *[The Father](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Father_\(2020_film\) "The Father (2020 film)")* (2022) *[The Beasts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beasts_\(2022_film\) "The Beasts (2022 film)")* (2023) *[The Nature of Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_of_Love "The Nature of Love")* (2024) *[The Zone of Interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_of_Interest_\(film\) "The Zone of Interest (film)")* (2025) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2026) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film")[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") | |
| *[Mississippi Burning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Burning "Mississippi Burning")* (1988) *[Do the Right Thing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing "Do the Right Thing")* (1989) *[Goodfellas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas "Goodfellas")* (1990) *[The Silence of the Lambs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_\(film\) "The Silence of the Lambs (film)")* (1991) *[Malcolm X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X_\(1992_film\) "Malcolm X (1992 film)")* (1992) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) *[Hoop Dreams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoop_Dreams "Hoop Dreams")* (1994) *[Apollo 13](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_\(film\) "Apollo 13 (film)")* (1995) *[Fargo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_\(1996_film\) "Fargo (1996 film)")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[American Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_\(1999_film\) "American Beauty (1999 film)")* (1999) *[Almost Famous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Famous "Almost Famous")* (2000) *[Mulholland Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_\(film\) "Mulholland Drive (film)")* (2001) *[Far from Heaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_from_Heaven "Far from Heaven")* (2002) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_\(2004_film\) "Crash (2004 film)")* (2005) *[The Departed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departed "The Departed")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[WALL-E](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E "WALL-E")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Tree of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_\(film\) "The Tree of Life (film)")* (2011) *[Zero Dark Thirty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Dark_Thirty "Zero Dark Thirty")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Mad Max: Fury Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road "Mad Max: Fury Road")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[Lady Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_\(film\) "Lady Bird (film)")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[The Banshees of Inisherin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Banshees_of_Inisherin "The Banshees of Inisherin")* (2022) *[Killers of the Flower Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon "Killers of the Flower Moon")* (2023) *[The Brutalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brutalist "The Brutalist")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Broadcast_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Broadcast_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Broadcast_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film")[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Picture "Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture") | |
| *[Sense and Sensibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility_\(1995_film\) "Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)")* (1995) *[Fargo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_\(1996_film\) "Fargo (1996 film)")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[American Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_\(1999_film\) "American Beauty (1999 film)")* (1999) *[Gladiator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_\(2000_film\) "Gladiator (2000 film)")* (2000) *[A Beautiful Mind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Mind_\(film\) "A Beautiful Mind (film)")* (2001) *[Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_\(2002_film\) "Chicago (2002 film)")* (2002) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[The Departed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departed "The Departed")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_\(film\) "The Artist (film)")* (2011) *[Argo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_\(2012_film\) "Argo (2012 film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* (2016) *[The Shape of Water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Water "The Shape of Water")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_\(film\) "Oppenheimer (film)")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film")[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") | |
| *[Dances With Wolves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dances_With_Wolves "Dances With Wolves")* (1990) *[JFK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_\(film\) "JFK (film)")* (1991) *[Unforgiven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven "Unforgiven")* (1992) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) *[Pulp Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction "Pulp Fiction")* (1994) *[Leaving Las Vegas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_Las_Vegas "Leaving Las Vegas")* (1995) *[Fargo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_\(1996_film\) "Fargo (1996 film)")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[American Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_\(1999_film\) "American Beauty (1999 film)")* (1999) *[Traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_\(2000_film\) "Traffic (2000 film)")* (2000) *[A Beautiful Mind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Mind_\(film\) "A Beautiful Mind (film)")* (2001) *[Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_\(2002_film\) "Chicago (2002 film)")* (2002) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2003) *[Million Dollar Baby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Baby "Million Dollar Baby")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[United 93](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_93_\(film\) "United 93 (film)")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[Up in the Air](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_in_the_Air_\(2009_film\) "Up in the Air (2009 film)")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Descendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descendants "The Descendants")* (2011) *[Lincoln](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_\(film\) "Lincoln (film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_\(film\) "Birdman (film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[The Shape of Water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Water "The Shape of Water")* (2017) *[A Star Is Born](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_\(2018_film\) "A Star Is Born (2018 film)")* (2018) *[1917](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_\(2019_film\) "1917 (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[The Holdovers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holdovers "The Holdovers")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Detroit_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Detroit_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Detroit_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film")[Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Film "Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film") | |
| *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[Up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_\(2009_film\) "Up (2009 film)")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_\(film\) "The Artist (film)")* (2011) *[Silver Linings Playbook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Linings_Playbook "Silver Linings Playbook")* (2012) *[Her](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_\(2013_film\) "Her (2013 film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* (2016) *[The Florida Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Florida_Project "The Florida Project")* (2017) *[Eighth Grade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Grade_\(film\) "Eighth Grade (film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[Cyrano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrano_\(film\) "Cyrano (film)")* (2021) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Florida_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Florida_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Florida_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film")[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") | |
| *[Fargo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_\(1996_film\) "Fargo (1996 film)")* (1996) *[Titanic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_\(1997_film\) "Titanic (1997 film)")* (1997) *[Shakespeare in Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_in_Love "Shakespeare in Love")* (1998) *[Magnolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_\(film\) "Magnolia (film)")* (1999) *[Traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_\(2000_film\) "Traffic (2000 film)")* (2000) *[Amélie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie "Amélie")* (2001) *[Adaptation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_\(film\) "Adaptation (film)")* (2002) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[The Departed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departed "The Departed")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[Up in the Air](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_in_the_Air_\(2009_film\) "Up in the Air (2009 film)")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Descendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descendants "The Descendants")* (2011) *[Argo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_\(2012_film\) "Argo (2012 film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_\(film\) "Birdman (film)")* (2014) *[Mad Max: Fury Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road "Mad Max: Fury Road")* (2015) *[The Lobster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lobster "The Lobster")* (2016) *[Dunkirk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_\(2017_film\) "Dunkirk (2017 film)")* (2017) *[The Favourite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Favourite_\(2018_film\) "The Favourite (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Portrait of a Lady on Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Lady_on_Fire "Portrait of a Lady on Fire")* (2019) *[First Cow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Cow "First Cow")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[The Boy and the Heron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_and_the_Heron "The Boy and the Heron")* (2023) *[The Beast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_\(2023_film\) "The Beast (2023 film)")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Golden_Globe_Award_Best_Motion_Picture_Drama "Template:Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture Drama") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Golden_Globe_Award_Best_Motion_Picture_Drama "Template talk:Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture Drama") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Golden_Globe_Award_Best_Motion_Picture_Drama "Special:EditPage/Template:Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture Drama")[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama "Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama") | |
| *[The Song of Bernadette](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_Bernadette_\(film\) "The Song of Bernadette (film)")* (1943) *[Going My Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_My_Way "Going My Way")* (1944) *[The Lost Weekend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend "The Lost Weekend")* (1945) *[The Best Years of Our Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives "The Best Years of Our Lives")* (1946) *[Gentleman's Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman%27s_Agreement "Gentleman's Agreement")* (1947) *[Johnny Belinda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Belinda_\(1948_film\) "Johnny Belinda (1948 film)")* / *[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_\(film\) "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)")* (1948) *[All the King's Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_King%27s_Men_\(1949_film\) "All the King's Men (1949 film)")* (1949) *[Sunset Boulevard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_\(film\) "Sunset Boulevard (film)")* (1950) *[A Place in the Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_\(1951_film\) "A Place in the Sun (1951 film)")* (1951) *[The Greatest Show on Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth_\(film\) "The Greatest Show on Earth (film)")* (1952) *[The Robe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robe_\(film\) "The Robe (film)")* (1953) *[On the Waterfront](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Waterfront "On the Waterfront")* (1954) *[East of Eden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_Eden_\(film\) "East of Eden (film)")* (1955) *[Around the World in 80 Days](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_\(1956_film\) "Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)")* (1956) *[The Bridge on the River Kwai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai "The Bridge on the River Kwai")* (1957) *[The Defiant Ones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defiant_Ones "The Defiant Ones")* (1958) *[Ben-Hur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_\(1959_film\) "Ben-Hur (1959 film)")* (1959) *[Spartacus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_\(film\) "Spartacus (film)")* (1960) *[The Guns of Navarone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_\(film\) "The Guns of Navarone (film)")* (1961) *[Lawrence of Arabia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_\(film\) "Lawrence of Arabia (film)")* (1962) *[The Cardinal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cardinal "The Cardinal")* (1963) *[Becket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becket_\(1964_film\) "Becket (1964 film)")* (1964) *[Doctor Zhivago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_\(film\) "Doctor Zhivago (film)")* (1965) *[A Man for All Seasons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_\(1966_film\) "A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)")* (1966) *[In the Heat of the Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_\(film\) "In the Heat of the Night (film)")* (1967) *[The Lion in Winter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_in_Winter_\(1968_film\) "The Lion in Winter (1968 film)")* (1968) *[Anne of the Thousand Days](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_the_Thousand_Days "Anne of the Thousand Days")* (1969) *[Love Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Story_\(1970_film\) "Love Story (1970 film)")* (1970) *[The French Connection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Connection_\(film\) "The French Connection (film)")* (1971) *[The Godfather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather "The Godfather")* (1972) *[The Exorcist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist "The Exorcist")* (1973) *[Chinatown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown_\(1974_film\) "Chinatown (1974 film)")* (1974) *[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_\(film\) "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)")* (1975) *[Rocky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky "Rocky")* (1976) *[The Turning Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turning_Point_\(1977_film\) "The Turning Point (1977 film)")* (1977) *[Midnight Express](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Express_\(film\) "Midnight Express (film)")* (1978) *[Kramer vs. Kramer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_vs._Kramer "Kramer vs. Kramer")* (1979) *[Ordinary People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_People "Ordinary People")* (1980) *[On Golden Pond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Golden_Pond_\(1981_film\) "On Golden Pond (1981 film)")* (1981) *[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial")* (1982) *[Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment "Terms of Endearment")* (1983) *[Amadeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_\(film\) "Amadeus (film)")* (1984) *[Out of Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa_\(film\) "Out of Africa (film)")* (1985) *[Platoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_\(film\) "Platoon (film)")* (1986) *[The Last Emperor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Emperor "The Last Emperor")* (1987) *[Rain Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Man "Rain Man")* (1988) *[Born on the Fourth of July](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_on_the_Fourth_of_July_\(film\) "Born on the Fourth of July (film)")* (1989) *[Dances With Wolves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dances_With_Wolves "Dances With Wolves")* (1990) *[Bugsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy "Bugsy")* (1991) *[Scent of a Woman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scent_of_a_Woman_\(1992_film\) "Scent of a Woman (1992 film)")* (1992) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) *[Forrest Gump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump "Forrest Gump")* (1994) *[Sense and Sensibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility_\(1995_film\) "Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)")* (1995) *[The English Patient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_English_Patient_\(film\) "The English Patient (film)")* (1996) *[Titanic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_\(1997_film\) "Titanic (1997 film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[American Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_\(1999_film\) "American Beauty (1999 film)")* (1999) *[Gladiator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_\(2000_film\) "Gladiator (2000 film)")* (2000) *[A Beautiful Mind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Mind_\(film\) "A Beautiful Mind (film)")* (2001) *[The Hours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hours_\(film\) "The Hours (film)")* (2002) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2003) *[The Aviator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aviator_\(2004_film\) "The Aviator (2004 film)")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[Babel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_\(film\) "Babel (film)")* (2006) *[Atonement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atonement_\(2007_film\) "Atonement (2007 film)")* (2007) *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[Avatar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_\(2009_film\) "Avatar (2009 film)")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Descendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descendants "The Descendants")* (2011) *[Argo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_\(2012_film\) "Argo (2012 film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[The Revenant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Revenant_\(2015_film\) "The Revenant (2015 film)")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri")* (2017) *[Bohemian Rhapsody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody_\(film\) "Bohemian Rhapsody (film)")* (2018) *[1917](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_\(2019_film\) "1917 (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[The Fabelmans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabelmans "The Fabelmans")* (2022) *[Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_\(film\) "Oppenheimer (film)")* (2023) *[The Brutalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brutalist "The Brutalist")* (2024) *[Hamnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_\(film\) "Hamnet (film)")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture "Template:Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture "Template talk:Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture "Special:EditPage/Template:Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture")[Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture "Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture") | |
| *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_\(film\) "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Descendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descendants "The Descendants")* (2011) *[Argo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_\(2012_film\) "Argo (2012 film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* (2016) *[Lady Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_\(film\) "Lady Bird (film)")* (2017) *[The Favourite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Favourite_\(2018_film\) "The Favourite (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[Poor Things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Things_\(film\) "Poor Things (film)")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[Sinners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_\(2025_film\) "Sinners (2025 film)")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:IFTA_Award_for_Best_International_Film "Template:IFTA Award for Best International Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:IFTA_Award_for_Best_International_Film "Template talk:IFTA Award for Best International Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:IFTA_Award_for_Best_International_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:IFTA Award for Best International Film")[IFTA Award for Best International Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFTA_Award_for_Best_International_Film "IFTA Award for Best International Film") | |
| *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2004) *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")* (2005) *[Little Miss Sunshine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine "Little Miss Sunshine")* (2006) *[The Lives of Others](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others "The Lives of Others")* (2007) *[In Bruges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Bruges "In Bruges")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_\(film\) "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)")* (2011) *[Argo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_\(2012_film\) "Argo (2012 film)")* (2012) *[Philomena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena_\(film\) "Philomena (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri")* (2017) *[All Quiet on the Western Front](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_\(2022_film\) "All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)")* (2022) *[Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_\(film\) "Oppenheimer (film)")* (2023) *[Conclave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclave_\(film\) "Conclave (film)")* (2024) *[Hamnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_\(film\) "Hamnet (film)")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:London_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Film_of_the_Year "Template:London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:London_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Film_of_the_Year "Template talk:London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:London_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Film_of_the_Year "Special:EditPage/Template:London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year")[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Film_Critics%27_Circle_Award_for_Film_of_the_Year "London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year") | |
| *[Apocalypse Now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now "Apocalypse Now")* (1980) *[Chariots of Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_Fire "Chariots of Fire")* (1981) *[Missing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_\(1982_film\) "Missing (1982 film)")* (1982) *[The King of Comedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Comedy_\(film\) "The King of Comedy (film)")* (1983) *[Paris, Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_\(film\) "Paris, Texas (film)")* (1984) *[The Purple Rose of Cairo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Rose_of_Cairo "The Purple Rose of Cairo")* (1985) *[A Room with a View](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Room_with_a_View_\(1985_film\) "A Room with a View (1985 film)")* (1986) *[Hope and Glory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_and_Glory_\(film\) "Hope and Glory (film)")* (1987) *[House of Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Games "House of Games")* (1988) *[Distant Voices, Still Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Voices,_Still_Lives "Distant Voices, Still Lives")* (1989) *[Crimes and Misdemeanors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_and_Misdemeanors "Crimes and Misdemeanors")* (1990) *[Thelma & Louise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_%26_Louise "Thelma & Louise")* (1991) *[Unforgiven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven "Unforgiven")* (1992) *[The Piano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano "The Piano")* (1993) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1994) *[Babe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_\(film\) "Babe (film)")* (1995) *[Fargo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_\(1996_film\) "Fargo (1996 film)")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[American Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_\(1999_film\) "American Beauty (1999 film)")* (1999) *[Being John Malkovich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich "Being John Malkovich")* (2000) *[Moulin Rouge\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_Rouge! "Moulin Rouge!")* (2001) *[About Schmidt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Schmidt "About Schmidt")* (2002) *[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_and_Commander:_The_Far_Side_of_the_World "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[United 93](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_93_\(film\) "United 93 (film)")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[The Wrestler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrestler_\(2008_film\) "The Wrestler (2008 film)")* (2008) *[A Prophet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prophet "A Prophet")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_\(film\) "The Artist (film)")* (2011) *[Amour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour_\(2012_film\) "Amour (2012 film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Mad Max: Fury Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road "Mad Max: Fury Road")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* (2016) *[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[Tár](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1r "Tár")* (2022) *[The Zone of Interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_of_Interest_\(film\) "The Zone of Interest (film)")* (2023) *[The Brutalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brutalist "The Brutalist")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film")[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") | |
| *[Dog Day Afternoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon "Dog Day Afternoon")* / *[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_\(film\) "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)")* (1975) *[Network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_\(1976_film\) "Network (1976 film)")* / *[Rocky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky "Rocky")* (1976) *[Star Wars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_\(film\) "Star Wars (film)")* (1977) *[Coming Home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_Home_\(1978_film\) "Coming Home (1978 film)")* (1978) *[Kramer vs. Kramer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_vs._Kramer "Kramer vs. Kramer")* (1979) *[Raging Bull](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raging_Bull "Raging Bull")* (1980) *[Atlantic City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City_\(1980_film\) "Atlantic City (1980 film)")* (1981) *[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial")* (1982) *[Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment "Terms of Endearment")* (1983) *[Amadeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_\(film\) "Amadeus (film)")* (1984) *[Brazil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_\(1985_film\) "Brazil (1985 film)")* (1985) *[Hannah and Her Sisters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_and_Her_Sisters "Hannah and Her Sisters")* (1986) *[Hope and Glory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_and_Glory_\(film\) "Hope and Glory (film)")* (1987) *[Little Dorrit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Dorrit_\(1987_film\) "Little Dorrit (1987 film)")* (1988) *[Do the Right Thing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing "Do the Right Thing")* (1989) *[Goodfellas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas "Goodfellas")* (1990) *[Bugsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy "Bugsy")* (1991) *[Unforgiven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven "Unforgiven")* (1992) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) *[Pulp Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction "Pulp Fiction")* (1994) *[Leaving Las Vegas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_Las_Vegas "Leaving Las Vegas")* (1995) *[Secrets & Lies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets_%26_Lies_\(film\) "Secrets & Lies (film)")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[The Insider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_\(film\) "The Insider (film)")* (1999) *[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon")* (2000) *[In the Bedroom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Bedroom "In the Bedroom")* (2001) *[About Schmidt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Schmidt "About Schmidt")* (2002) *[American Splendor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Splendor_\(film\) "American Splendor (film)")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[Letters from Iwo Jima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_Iwo_Jima "Letters from Iwo Jima")* (2006) *[There Will Be Blood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Be_Blood "There Will Be Blood")* (2007) *[WALL-E](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E "WALL-E")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Descendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descendants "The Descendants")* (2011) *[Amour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour_\(2012_film\) "Amour (2012 film)")* (2012) *[Gravity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_\(2013_film\) "Gravity (2013 film)")* / *[Her](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_\(2013_film\) "Her (2013 film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[Call Me by Your Name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_by_Your_Name_\(film\) "Call Me by Your Name (film)")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Small Axe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Axe_\(anthology\) "Small Axe (anthology)")* (2020) *[Drive My Car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_My_Car_\(film\) "Drive My Car (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* / *[Tár](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1r "Tár")* (2022) *[The Zone of Interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_of_Interest_\(film\) "The Zone of Interest (film)")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
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| *[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Fugitive_from_a_Chain_Gang "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang")* (1932) *[Topaze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaze_\(1933_American_film\) "Topaze (1933 American film)")* (1933) *[It Happened One Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night "It Happened One Night")* (1934) *[The Informer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Informer_\(1935_film\) "The Informer (1935 film)")* (1935) *[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Deeds_Goes_to_Town "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town")* (1936) *[Night Must Fall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Must_Fall_\(1937_film\) "Night Must Fall (1937 film)")* (1937) *[The Citadel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Citadel_\(1938_film\) "The Citadel (1938 film)")* (1938) *[Confessions of a Nazi Spy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_a_Nazi_Spy "Confessions of a Nazi Spy")* (1939) *[The Grapes of Wrath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_\(film\) "The Grapes of Wrath (film)")* (1940) *[Citizen Kane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane "Citizen Kane")* (1941) *[In Which We Serve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Which_We_Serve "In Which We Serve")* (1942) *[The Ox-Bow Incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ox-Bow_Incident "The Ox-Bow Incident")* (1943) *[None But the Lonely Heart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_but_the_Lonely_Heart_\(film\) "None but the Lonely Heart (film)")* (1944) *[The True Glory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Glory "The True Glory")* (1945) *[Henry V](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_\(1944_film\) "Henry V (1944 film)")* (1946) *[Monsieur Verdoux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Verdoux "Monsieur Verdoux")* (1947) *[Paisan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisan "Paisan")* (1948) *[Bicycle Thieves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieves "Bicycle Thieves")* (1949) *[Sunset Boulevard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_\(film\) "Sunset Boulevard (film)")* (1950) *[A Place in the Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_\(1951_film\) "A Place in the Sun (1951 film)")* (1951) *[The Quiet Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Man "The Quiet Man")* (1952) *[Julius Caesar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare%27s_Julius_Caesar "William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar")* (1953) *[On the Waterfront](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Waterfront "On the Waterfront")* (1954) *[Marty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_\(film\) "Marty (film)")* (1955) *[Around the World in 80 Days](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_\(1956_film\) "Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)")* (1956) *[The Bridge on the River Kwai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai "The Bridge on the River Kwai")* (1957) *[The Old Man and the Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea_\(1958_film\) "The Old Man and the Sea (1958 film)")* (1958) *[The Nun's Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nun%27s_Story_\(film\) "The Nun's Story (film)")* (1959) *[Sons and Lovers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_and_Lovers_\(film\) "Sons and Lovers (film)")* (1960) *[Question 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_7 "Question 7")* (1961) *[The Longest Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Day_\(film\) "The Longest Day (film)")* (1962) *[Tom Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_\(1963_film\) "Tom Jones (1963 film)")* (1963) *[Becket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becket_\(1964_film\) "Becket (1964 film)")* (1964) *[The Eleanor Roosevelt Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eleanor_Roosevelt_Story "The Eleanor Roosevelt Story")* (1965) *[A Man for All Seasons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_\(1966_film\) "A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)")* (1966) *[Far from the Madding Crowd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd_\(1967_film\) "Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)")* (1967) *[The Shoes of the Fisherman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoes_of_the_Fisherman_\(film\) "The Shoes of the Fisherman (film)")* (1968) *[They Shoot Horses, Don't They?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Shoot_Horses,_Don%27t_They%3F_\(film\) "They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)")* (1969) *[Patton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_\(film\) "Patton (film)")* (1970) *[Macbeth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_\(1971_film\) "Macbeth (1971 film)")* (1971) *[Cabaret](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_\(1972_film\) "Cabaret (1972 film)")* (1972) *[The Sting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sting "The Sting")* (1973) *[The Conversation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation "The Conversation")* (1974) *[Barry Lyndon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lyndon "Barry Lyndon")* / *[Nashville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_\(film\) "Nashville (film)")* (1975) *[All the President's Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_President%27s_Men_\(film\) "All the President's Men (film)")* (1976) *[The Turning Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turning_Point_\(1977_film\) "The Turning Point (1977 film)")* (1977) *[Days of Heaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Heaven "Days of Heaven")* (1978) *[Manhattan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_\(1979_film\) "Manhattan (1979 film)")* (1979) *[Ordinary People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_People "Ordinary People")* (1980) *[Chariots of Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_Fire "Chariots of Fire")* / *[Reds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reds_\(film\) "Reds (film)")* (1981) *[Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_\(film\) "Gandhi (film)")* (1982) *[Betrayal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrayal_\(1983_film\) "Betrayal (1983 film)")* / *[Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment "Terms of Endearment")* (1983) *[A Passage to India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Passage_to_India_\(film\) "A Passage to India (film)")* (1984) *[The Color Purple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple_\(1985_film\) "The Color Purple (1985 film)")* (1985) *[A Room with a View](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Room_with_a_View_\(1985_film\) "A Room with a View (1985 film)")* (1986) *[Empire of the Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Sun_\(film\) "Empire of the Sun (film)")* (1987) *[Mississippi Burning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Burning "Mississippi Burning")* (1988) *[Driving Miss Daisy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy "Driving Miss Daisy")* (1989) *[Dances With Wolves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dances_With_Wolves "Dances With Wolves")* (1990) *[The Silence of the Lambs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_\(film\) "The Silence of the Lambs (film)")* (1991) *[Howards End](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howards_End_\(film\) "Howards End (film)")* (1992) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) *[Forrest Gump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump "Forrest Gump")* / *[Pulp Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction "Pulp Fiction")* (1994) *[Sense and Sensibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility_\(1995_film\) "Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)")* (1995) *[Shine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_\(film\) "Shine (film)")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Gods and Monsters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_and_Monsters_\(film\) "Gods and Monsters (film)")* (1998) *[American Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_\(1999_film\) "American Beauty (1999 film)")* (1999) *[Quills](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quills_\(film\) "Quills (film)")* (2000) *[Moulin Rouge\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_Rouge! "Moulin Rouge!")* (2001) *[The Hours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hours_\(film\) "The Hours (film)")* (2002) *[Mystic River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_River_\(film\) "Mystic River (film)")* (2003) *[Finding Neverland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Neverland_\(film\) "Finding Neverland (film)")* (2004) *[Good Night, and Good Luck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Night,_and_Good_Luck "Good Night, and Good Luck")* (2005) *[Letters from Iwo Jima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_Iwo_Jima "Letters from Iwo Jima")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[Up in the Air](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_in_the_Air_\(2009_film\) "Up in the Air (2009 film)")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[Hugo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_\(film\) "Hugo (film)")* (2011) *[Zero Dark Thirty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Dark_Thirty "Zero Dark Thirty")* (2012) *[Her](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_\(2013_film\) "Her (2013 film)")* (2013) *[A Most Violent Year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Most_Violent_Year "A Most Violent Year")* (2014) *[Mad Max: Fury Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road "Mad Max: Fury Road")* (2015) *[Manchester by the Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_by_the_Sea_\(film\) "Manchester by the Sea (film)")* (2016) *[The Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post_\(film\) "The Post (film)")* (2017) *[Green Book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Book_\(film\) "Green Book (film)")* (2018) *[The Irishman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irishman "The Irishman")* (2019) *[Da 5 Bloods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_5_Bloods "Da 5 Bloods")* (2020) *[Licorice Pizza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licorice_Pizza "Licorice Pizza")* (2021) *[Top Gun: Maverick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun:_Maverick "Top Gun: Maverick")* (2022) *[Killers of the Flower Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon "Killers of the Flower Moon")* (2023) *[Wicked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_\(2024_film\) "Wicked (2024 film)")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
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| *[Blowup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup "Blowup")* (1966) *[Persona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_\(1966_film\) "Persona (1966 film)")* (1967) *[Shame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shame_\(1968_film\) "Shame (1968 film)")* (1968) *[Z](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_\(1969_film\) "Z (1969 film)")* (1969) *[M\*A\*S\*H](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_\(film\) "M*A*S*H (film)")* (1970) *[Claire's Knee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire%27s_Knee "Claire's Knee")* (1971) *[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Discreet_Charm_of_the_Bourgeoisie "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie")* (1972) *[Day for Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_for_Night_\(film\) "Day for Night (film)")* (1973) *[Scenes from a Marriage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scenes_from_a_Marriage "Scenes from a Marriage")* (1974) *[Nashville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_\(film\) "Nashville (film)")* (1975) *[All the President's Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_President%27s_Men_\(film\) "All the President's Men (film)")* (1976) *[Annie Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hall "Annie Hall")* (1977) *[Get Out Your Handkerchiefs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out_Your_Handkerchiefs "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs")* (1978) *[Breaking Away](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Away "Breaking Away")* (1979) *[Melvin and Howard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_and_Howard "Melvin and Howard")* (1980) *[Atlantic City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City_\(1980_film\) "Atlantic City (1980 film)")* (1981) *[Tootsie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tootsie "Tootsie")* (1982) *[The Night of the Shooting Stars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_the_Shooting_Stars "The Night of the Shooting Stars")* (1983) *[Stranger Than Paradise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Than_Paradise "Stranger Than Paradise")* (1984) *[Ran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_\(film\) "Ran (film)")* (1985) *[Blue Velvet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_\(film\) "Blue Velvet (film)")* (1986) *[The Dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_\(1987_film\) "The Dead (1987 film)")* (1987) *[The Unbearable Lightness of Being](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being_\(film\) "The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)")* (1988) *[Drugstore Cowboy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugstore_Cowboy "Drugstore Cowboy")* (1989) *[Goodfellas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas "Goodfellas")* (1990) *[Life Is Sweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Sweet_\(film\) "Life Is Sweet (film)")* (1991) *[Unforgiven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven "Unforgiven")* (1992) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) *[Pulp Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction "Pulp Fiction")* (1994) *[Babe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_\(film\) "Babe (film)")* (1995) *[Breaking the Waves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Waves "Breaking the Waves")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Out of Sight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Sight "Out of Sight")* (1998) *[Being John Malkovich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich "Being John Malkovich")* / *[Topsy-Turvy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy-Turvy "Topsy-Turvy")* (1999) *[Yi Yi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Yi "Yi Yi")* (2000) *[Mulholland Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_\(film\) "Mulholland Drive (film)")* (2001) *[The Pianist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pianist_\(2002_film\) "The Pianist (2002 film)")* (2002) *[American Splendor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Splendor_\(film\) "American Splendor (film)")* (2003) *[Million Dollar Baby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Baby "Million Dollar Baby")* (2004) *[Capote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capote_\(film\) "Capote (film)")* (2005) *[Pan's Labyrinth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth "Pan's Labyrinth")* (2006) *[There Will Be Blood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Be_Blood "There Will Be Blood")* (2007) *[Waltz with Bashir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_with_Bashir "Waltz with Bashir")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[Melancholia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melancholia_\(2011_film\) "Melancholia (2011 film)")* (2011) *[Amour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour_\(2012_film\) "Amour (2012 film)")* (2012) *[Inside Llewyn Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Llewyn_Davis "Inside Llewyn Davis")* (2013) *[Goodbye to Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_to_Language "Goodbye to Language")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[Lady Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_\(film\) "Lady Bird (film)")* (2017) *[The Rider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rider_\(film\) "The Rider (film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[Drive My Car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_My_Car_\(film\) "Drive My Car (film)")* (2021) *[Tár](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1r "Tár")* (2022) *[Past Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_Lives_\(film\) "Past Lives (film)")* (2023) *[Nickel Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_Boys "Nickel Boys")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:New_York_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:New_York_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:New_York_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film")[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") | |
| *[The Informer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Informer_\(1935_film\) "The Informer (1935 film)")* (1935) *[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Deeds_Goes_to_Town "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town")* (1936) *[The Life of Emile Zola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Emile_Zola "The Life of Emile Zola")* (1937) *[The Citadel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Citadel_\(1938_film\) "The Citadel (1938 film)")* (1938) *[Wuthering Heights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights_\(1939_film\) "Wuthering Heights (1939 film)")* (1939) *[The Grapes of Wrath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_\(film\) "The Grapes of Wrath (film)")* (1940) *[Citizen Kane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane "Citizen Kane")* (1941) *[In Which We Serve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Which_We_Serve "In Which We Serve")* (1942) *[Watch on the Rhine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_on_the_Rhine "Watch on the Rhine")* (1943) *[Going My Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_My_Way "Going My Way")* (1944) *[The Lost Weekend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend "The Lost Weekend")* (1945) *[The Best Years of Our Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives "The Best Years of Our Lives")* (1946) *[Gentleman's Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman%27s_Agreement "Gentleman's Agreement")* (1947) *[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_\(film\) "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)")* (1948) *[All the King's Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_King%27s_Men_\(1949_film\) "All the King's Men (1949 film)")* (1949) *[All About Eve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Eve "All About Eve")* (1950) *[A Streetcar Named Desire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_\(1951_film\) "A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)")* (1951) *[High Noon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Noon "High Noon")* (1952) *[From Here to Eternity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Here_to_Eternity "From Here to Eternity")* (1953) *[On the Waterfront](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Waterfront "On the Waterfront")* (1954) *[Marty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_\(film\) "Marty (film)")* (1955) *[Around the World in 80 Days](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_\(1956_film\) "Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)")* (1956) *[The Bridge on the River Kwai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai "The Bridge on the River Kwai")* (1957) *[The Defiant Ones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defiant_Ones "The Defiant Ones")* (1958) *[Ben-Hur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_\(1959_film\) "Ben-Hur (1959 film)")* (1959) *[The Apartment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apartment "The Apartment")* / *[Sons and Lovers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_and_Lovers_\(film\) "Sons and Lovers (film)")* (1960) *[West Side Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_\(1961_film\) "West Side Story (1961 film)")* (1961) No Award (1962) *[Tom Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_\(1963_film\) "Tom Jones (1963 film)")* (1963) *[My Fair Lady](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Fair_Lady_\(film\) "My Fair Lady (film)")* (1964) *[Darling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_\(1965_film\) "Darling (1965 film)")* (1965) *[A Man for All Seasons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_\(1966_film\) "A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)")* (1966) *[In the Heat of the Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_\(film\) "In the Heat of the Night (film)")* (1967) *[The Lion in Winter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_in_Winter_\(1968_film\) "The Lion in Winter (1968 film)")* (1968) *[Z](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_\(1969_film\) "Z (1969 film)")* (1969) *[Five Easy Pieces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Easy_Pieces "Five Easy Pieces")* (1970) *[A Clockwork Orange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_\(film\) "A Clockwork Orange (film)")* (1971) *[Cries and Whispers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cries_and_Whispers "Cries and Whispers")* (1972) *[Day for Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_for_Night_\(film\) "Day for Night (film)")* (1973) *[Amarcord](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarcord "Amarcord")* (1974) *[Nashville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_\(film\) "Nashville (film)")* (1975) *[All the President's Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_President%27s_Men_\(film\) "All the President's Men (film)")* (1976) *[Annie Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hall "Annie Hall")* (1977) *[The Deer Hunter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter "The Deer Hunter")* (1978) *[Kramer vs. Kramer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_vs._Kramer "Kramer vs. Kramer")* (1979) *[Ordinary People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_People "Ordinary People")* (1980) *[Reds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reds_\(film\) "Reds (film)")* (1981) *[Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_\(film\) "Gandhi (film)")* (1982) *[Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment "Terms of Endearment")* (1983) *[A Passage to India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Passage_to_India_\(film\) "A Passage to India (film)")* (1984) *[Prizzi's Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prizzi%27s_Honor "Prizzi's Honor")* (1985) *[Hannah and Her Sisters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_and_Her_Sisters "Hannah and Her Sisters")* (1986) *[Broadcast News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_News_\(film\) "Broadcast News (film)")* (1987) *[The Accidental Tourist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Tourist_\(film\) "The Accidental Tourist (film)")* (1988) *[My Left Foot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Left_Foot "My Left Foot")* (1989) *[Goodfellas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas "Goodfellas")* (1990) *[The Silence of the Lambs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_\(film\) "The Silence of the Lambs (film)")* (1991) *[The Player](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Player_\(1992_film\) "The Player (1992 film)")* (1992) *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) *[Quiz Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_Show_\(film\) "Quiz Show (film)")* (1994) *[Leaving Las Vegas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_Las_Vegas "Leaving Las Vegas")* (1995) *[Fargo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_\(1996_film\) "Fargo (1996 film)")* (1996) *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[Topsy-Turvy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy-Turvy "Topsy-Turvy")* (1999) *[Traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_\(2000_film\) "Traffic (2000 film)")* (2000) *[Mulholland Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_\(film\) "Mulholland Drive (film)")* (2001) *[Far from Heaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_from_Heaven "Far from Heaven")* (2002) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[United 93](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_93_\(film\) "United 93 (film)")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_\(2008_American_film\) "Milk (2008 American film)")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_\(film\) "The Artist (film)")* (2011) *[Zero Dark Thirty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Dark_Thirty "Zero Dark Thirty")* (2012) *[American Hustle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Hustle "American Hustle")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Carol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_\(film\) "Carol (film)")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* (2016) *[Lady Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_\(film\) "Lady Bird (film)")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[The Irishman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irishman "The Irishman")* (2019) *[First Cow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Cow "First Cow")* (2020) *[Drive My Car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_My_Car_\(film\) "Drive My Car (film)")* (2021) *[Tár](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1r "Tár")* (2022) *[Killers of the Flower Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon "Killers of the Flower Moon")* (2023) *[The Brutalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brutalist "The Brutalist")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture "Template:Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture "Template talk:Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture "Special:EditPage/Template:Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture")[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture "Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture") | |
| *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[American Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_\(1999_film\) "American Beauty (1999 film)")* (1999) *[Almost Famous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Famous "Almost Famous")* (2000) *[Memento](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_\(film\) "Memento (film)")* / *[Mulholland Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_\(film\) "Mulholland Drive (film)")* (2001) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers")* (2002) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2003) *[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Sunshine_of_the_Spotless_Mind "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind")* (2004) *[A History of Violence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Violence "A History of Violence")* (2005) *[United 93](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_93_\(film\) "United 93 (film)")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[WALL-E](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E "WALL-E")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Tree of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_\(film\) "The Tree of Life (film)")* (2011) *[Argo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_\(2012_film\) "Argo (2012 film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[The Grand Budapest Hotel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Budapest_Hotel "The Grand Budapest Hotel")* (2014) *[Mad Max: Fury Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road "Mad Max: Fury Road")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[Get Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out "Get Out")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_\(film\) "Oppenheimer (film)")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film")[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") | |
| *[The Pianist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pianist_\(2002_film\) "The Pianist (2002 film)")* (2002) *[Lost in Translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_\(film\) "Lost in Translation (film)")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[Little Children](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Children_\(film\) "Little Children (film)")* (2006) *[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assassination_of_Jesse_James_by_the_Coward_Robert_Ford "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford")* (2007) *[Milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_\(2008_American_film\) "Milk (2008 American film)")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Tree of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_\(film\) "The Tree of Life (film)")* (2011) *[The Master](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_\(2012_film\) "The Master (2012 film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[The Florida Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Florida_Project "The Florida Project")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[The Banshees of Inisherin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Banshees_of_Inisherin "The Banshees of Inisherin")* (2022) *[Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_\(film\) "Oppenheimer (film)")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Satellite_Award_Best_Motion_Picture "Template:Satellite Award Best Motion Picture") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Satellite_Award_Best_Motion_Picture "Template talk:Satellite Award Best Motion Picture") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Satellite_Award_Best_Motion_Picture "Special:EditPage/Template:Satellite Award Best Motion Picture")[Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Film "Satellite Award for Best Film") | |
| Drama (1996–2009, 2018–present) | *[Fargo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_\(1996_film\) "Fargo (1996 film)")* (1996) *[Titanic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_\(1997_film\) "Titanic (1997 film)")* (1997) *[The Thin Red Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_\(1998_film\) "The Thin Red Line (1998 film)")* (1998) *[The Insider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_\(film\) "The Insider (film)")* (1999) *[Traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_\(2000_film\) "Traffic (2000 film)")* (2000) *[In the Bedroom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Bedroom "In the Bedroom")* (2001) *[Far from Heaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_from_Heaven "Far from Heaven")* (2002) *[In America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_America_\(film\) "In America (film)")* (2003) *[Hotel Rwanda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Rwanda "Hotel Rwanda")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[The Departed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departed "The Departed")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[The Hurt Locker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker "The Hurt Locker")* (2009) *[If Beale Street Could Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Beale_Street_Could_Talk_\(film\) "If Beale Street Could Talk (film)")* (2018) *[Ford v Ferrari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_v_Ferrari "Ford v Ferrari")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[Belfast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_\(film\) "Belfast (film)")* (2021) *[Top Gun: Maverick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun:_Maverick "Top Gun: Maverick")* (2022) *[Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_\(film\) "Oppenheimer (film)")* (2023) *[The Brutalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brutalist "The Brutalist")* (2024) *[Hamnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_\(film\) "Hamnet (film)")* (2025) |
| Musical or Comedy (1996–2009, 2018–present) | *[Evita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evita_\(1996_film\) "Evita (1996 film)")* (1996) *[As Good as It Gets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Good_as_It_Gets "As Good as It Gets")* (1997) *[Shakespeare in Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_in_Love "Shakespeare in Love")* (1998) *[Being John Malkovich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich "Being John Malkovich")* (1999) *[Nurse Betty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_Betty "Nurse Betty")* (2000) *[Moulin Rouge\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_Rouge! "Moulin Rouge!")* (2001) *[My Big Fat Greek Wedding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Big_Fat_Greek_Wedding "My Big Fat Greek Wedding")* (2002) *[Lost in Translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_\(film\) "Lost in Translation (film)")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Walk the Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_the_Line "Walk the Line")* (2005) *[Dreamgirls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamgirls_\(film\) "Dreamgirls (film)")* (2006) *[Juno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_\(film\) "Juno (film)")* (2007) *[Happy-Go-Lucky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy-Go-Lucky_\(2008_film\) "Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film)")* (2008) *[Nine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_\(2009_live-action_film\) "Nine (2009 live-action film)")* (2009) *[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pilgrim_vs._the_World "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World")* (2010) *[A Star Is Born](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_\(2018_film\) "A Star Is Born (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")* (2019) *[The Forty-Year-Old Version](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forty-Year-Old_Version "The Forty-Year-Old Version")* (2020) *[tick, tick... BOOM\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick,_Tick..._Boom!_\(film\) "Tick, Tick... Boom! (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[The Holdovers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holdovers "The Holdovers")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[Marty Supreme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Supreme "Marty Supreme")* (2025) |
| Motion Picture (2010–2017) | *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Descendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descendants "The Descendants")* (2011) *[Silver Linings Playbook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Linings_Playbook "Silver Linings Playbook")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_\(film\) "Birdman (film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* / *[Manchester by the Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_by_the_Sea_\(film\) "Manchester by the Sea (film)")* (2016) *[God's Own Country](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s_Own_Country_\(2017_film\) "God's Own Country (2017 film)")* / *[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri")* (2017) |
| Independent (2018) | *[BlacKkKlansman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlacKkKlansman "BlacKkKlansman")* (2018) |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:St._Louis_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:St._Louis_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:St._Louis_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Film")[St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") | |
| *[The Aviator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aviator_\(2004_film\) "The Aviator (2004 film)")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[The Departed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Departed "The Departed")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_\(film\) "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)")* (2008) *[Up in the Air](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_in_the_Air_\(2009_film\) "Up in the Air (2009 film)")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_\(film\) "The Artist (film)")* (2011) *[Argo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_\(2012_film\) "Argo (2012 film)")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* (2016) *[The Shape of Water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Water "The Shape of Water")* (2017) *[A Star Is Born](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_\(2018_film\) "A Star Is Born (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[Licorice Pizza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licorice_Pizza "Licorice Pizza")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_\(film\) "Oppenheimer (film)")* (2023) *[Dune: Part Two](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two "Dune: Part Two")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:TFCA_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:TFCA Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:TFCA_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:TFCA Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:TFCA_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:TFCA Award for Best Film")[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") | |
| *[The Sweet Hereafter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweet_Hereafter_\(film\) "The Sweet Hereafter (film)")* (1997) *[Saving Private Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan "Saving Private Ryan")* (1998) *[Magnolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_\(film\) "Magnolia (film)")* (1999) *[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon")* (2000) *[Memento](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_\(film\) "Memento (film)")* (2001) *[Adaptation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_\(film\) "Adaptation (film)")* (2002) *[Lost in Translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_\(film\) "Lost in Translation (film)")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[A History of Violence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Violence "A History of Violence")* (2005) *[The Queen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_\(2006_film\) "The Queen (2006 film)")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Wendy and Lucy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_and_Lucy "Wendy and Lucy")* (2008) *[Hunger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_\(2008_film\) "Hunger (2008 film)")* / *[Inglourious Basterds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglourious_Basterds "Inglourious Basterds")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Tree of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_\(film\) "The Tree of Life (film)")* (2011) *[The Master](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_\(2012_film\) "The Master (2012 film)")* (2012) *[Inside Llewyn Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Llewyn_Davis "Inside Llewyn Davis")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Carol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_\(film\) "Carol (film)")* (2015) *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")* (2016) *[The Florida Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Florida_Project "The Florida Project")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[Drive My Car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_My_Car_\(film\) "Drive My Car (film)")* (2021) *[Aftersun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftersun "Aftersun")* (2022) *[The Zone of Interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_of_Interest_\(film\) "The Zone of Interest (film)")* (2023) *[Nickel Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_Boys "Nickel Boys")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film")[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Film "Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film") | |
| *[Traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_\(2000_film\) "Traffic (2000 film)")* (2000) *[Memento](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_\(film\) "Memento (film)")* (2001) *[The Hours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hours_\(film\) "The Hours (film)")* (2002) *[Lost in Translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_\(film\) "Lost in Translation (film)")* (2003) *[Sideways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways "Sideways")* (2004) *[Brokeback Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain "Brokeback Mountain")* (2005) *[Children of Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men "Children of Men")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_\(2008_American_film\) "Milk (2008 American film)")* (2008) *[Up in the Air](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_in_the_Air_\(2009_film\) "Up in the Air (2009 film)")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_\(film\) "The Artist (film)")* (2011) *[Zero Dark Thirty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Dark_Thirty "Zero Dark Thirty")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[Manchester by the Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_by_the_Sea_\(film\) "Manchester by the Sea (film)")* (2016) *[Lady Bird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_\(film\) "Lady Bird (film)")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[The Power of the Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Dog_\(film\) "The Power of the Dog (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[Anatomy of a Fall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_a_Fall "Anatomy of a Fall")* (2023) *[Anora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora "Anora")* (2024) *[One Battle After Another](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another "One Battle After Another")* (2025) | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template:Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Template talk:Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Special:EditPage/Template:Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film")[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film "Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film") | |
| *[Road to Perdition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Perdition "Road to Perdition")* (2002) *[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")* (2003) *[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Sunshine_of_the_Spotless_Mind "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind")* (2004) *[Munich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_\(2005_film\) "Munich (2005 film)")* (2005) *[United 93](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_93_\(film\) "United 93 (film)")* (2006) *[No Country for Old Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men "No Country for Old Men")* (2007) *[Slumdog Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire "Slumdog Millionaire")* (2008) *[Up in the Air](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_in_the_Air_\(2009_film\) "Up in the Air (2009 film)")* (2009) *[The Social Network]()* (2010) *[The Artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_\(film\) "The Artist (film)")* (2011) *[Zero Dark Thirty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Dark_Thirty "Zero Dark Thirty")* (2012) *[12 Years a Slave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_\(film\) "12 Years a Slave (film)")* (2013) *[Boyhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_\(2014_film\) "Boyhood (2014 film)")* (2014) *[Spotlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_\(film\) "Spotlight (film)")* (2015) *[La La Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land "La La Land")* (2016) *[Get Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out "Get Out")* (2017) *[Roma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_\(2018_film\) "Roma (2018 film)")* (2018) *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")* (2019) *[Nomadland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland "Nomadland")* (2020) *[Belfast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_\(film\) "Belfast (film)")* (2021) *[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once "Everything Everywhere All at Once")* (2022) *[American Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Fiction_\(film\) "American Fiction (film)")* (2023) *[Wicked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_\(2024_film\) "Wicked (2024 film)")* (2024) *[Sinners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_\(2025_film\) "Sinners (2025 film)")* (2025) | |
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| Readable Markdown | | The Social Network | |
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Social_Network_film_poster.png "On top of a man's face, in white font, the phrase \"You Don't Get to 500 Million Friends Without Making a Few Enemies\" appears, covering most of the poster. Underneath, the words \"The Social Network\" are presented in a Facebook-esque style and logo.")Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | [David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher") |
| Screenplay by | [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin") |
| Based on | *[The Accidental Billionaires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires "The Accidental Billionaires")* by [Ben Mezrich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mezrich "Ben Mezrich") |
| Produced by | [Scott Rudin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Rudin "Scott Rudin") [Dana Brunetti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Brunetti "Dana Brunetti") [Michael De Luca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_De_Luca "Michael De Luca") [Ceán Chaffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ce%C3%A1n_Chaffin "Ceán Chaffin") |
| Starring | [Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg") [Andrew Garfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield "Andrew Garfield") [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake "Justin Timberlake") [Armie Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armie_Hammer "Armie Hammer") [Max Minghella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella "Max Minghella") |
| Cinematography | [Jeff Cronenweth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cronenweth "Jeff Cronenweth") |
| Edited by | [Angus Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Wall "Angus Wall") [Kirk Baxter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Baxter "Kirk Baxter") |
| Music by | [Trent Reznor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor "Trent Reznor") [Atticus Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atticus_Ross "Atticus Ross") |
| Production companies | [Columbia Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures "Columbia Pictures") [Relativity Media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_Media "Relativity Media") Scott Rudin Productions Michael De Luca Productions [Trigger Street Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_Street_Productions "Trigger Street Productions") |
| Distributed by | [Sony Pictures Releasing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Releasing "Sony Pictures Releasing") |
| Release dates | September 24, 2010 ([NYFF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Festival "New York Film Festival"))[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NYFF-1) October 1, 2010 (United States) |
| Running time | 120 minutes[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BBFC-2) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | \$40 million[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3) |
| Box office | \$224.9 million[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3) |
***The Social Network*** is a 2010 American [biographical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_drama "Biographical drama") [drama film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_film "Drama film") directed by [David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher") and written by [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin"). Based on the 2009 book *[The Accidental Billionaires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires "The Accidental Billionaires")* by [Ben Mezrich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mezrich "Ben Mezrich"), the film portrays the founding of the [social networking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service "Social network service") website [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"). It stars [Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg") as Facebook founder [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg"), with [Andrew Garfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield "Andrew Garfield") as [Eduardo Saverin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin "Eduardo Saverin"), [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake "Justin Timberlake") as [Sean Parker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parker "Sean Parker"), [Armie Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armie_Hammer "Armie Hammer") as [Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Winklevoss "Cameron Winklevoss") and [Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss "Tyler Winklevoss"), and [Max Minghella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella "Max Minghella") as [Divya Narendra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Narendra "Divya Narendra"). Neither Zuckerberg nor any other Facebook staff were involved with the project, although Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich's book.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NewYork-4)
Production began when Sorkin signed on to write the screenplay. [Principal photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began that same year in October in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts "Cambridge, Massachusetts"), and lasted until November. Additional scenes were shot in California, in the cities of [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles") and [Pasadena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California "Pasadena, California"). [Trent Reznor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor "Trent Reznor") and [Atticus Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atticus_Ross "Atticus Ross") of [Nine Inch Nails](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails "Nine Inch Nails") composed the film's award-winning [score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network_\(soundtrack\) "The Social Network (soundtrack)"), which was released on September 28, 2010.
The film premiered at the [New York Film Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Festival "New York Film Festival") on September 24, 2010, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 1, by [Sony Pictures Releasing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Releasing "Sony Pictures Releasing"). A major commercial success, the film grossed \$224 million on a \$40 million budget and was widely acclaimed by critics. It was named one of the best films of the year by 447 critics, and named the best by 110 critics, the most of any film that year.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-5) It was also chosen by the [National Board of Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review "National Board of Review") as the [best film of 2010](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards_2010#Top_10_Films "National Board of Review Awards 2010"). At the [83rd Academy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_Academy_Awards "83rd Academy Awards"), it received eight nominations, including for [Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture "Academy Award for Best Picture"), [Best Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director "Academy Award for Best Director"), and [Best Actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor "Academy Award for Best Actor") for Eisenberg, and won for [Best Adapted Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay "Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay"), [Best Original Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score "Academy Award for Best Original Score"), and [Best Film Editing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing "Academy Award for Best Film Editing"). It also received awards for [Best Motion Picture – Drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama "Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama"), [Best Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Director "Golden Globe Award for Best Director"), [Best Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Screenplay "Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay"), and [Best Original Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Score "Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score") at the [68th Golden Globe Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Golden_Globe_Awards "68th Golden Globe Awards").
*The Social Network* has maintained a strong reputation since its initial release, and is commonly ranked by critics as one of the [best films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_films "Best films") of the 2010s and 21st century.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-9) The [Writers Guild of America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America "Writers Guild of America") ranked Sorkin's screenplay the third greatest of the 21st century.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-11) The factual accuracy is, however, largely contested.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-12) In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [National Film Registry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Registry "National Film Registry") by the [Library of Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress "Library of Congress") as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-2024NFR-13) A companion piece, titled *[The Social Reckoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Reckoning "The Social Reckoning")*, with Sorkin writing and directing is scheduled for release on October 9, 2026.
In intercut [frame stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_story "Frame story"), two ongoing depositions play out: in one, [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg") is being sued by his former friend [Eduardo Saverin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin "Eduardo Saverin"), and in the other, he is sued by twins [Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Winklevoss "Cameron Winklevoss") and [Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss "Tyler Winklevoss").
On October 28, 2003, 19-year-old Zuckerberg, a [Harvard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University "Harvard University") sophomore, is dumped by his girlfriend, Erica Albright. Returning to his dorm, Zuckerberg writes an insulting post about her on his [LiveJournal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal "LiveJournal") blog. Zuckerberg creates a campus website called [Facemash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facemash "Facemash") by hacking and downloading photos of female students from house [face books](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_book "Face book"), then allowing site visitors to rate their attractiveness. After traffic to the site crashes parts of Harvard's computer network, Zuckerberg is given six months of [academic probation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary_probation "Disciplinary probation").
Facemash's popularity attracts the attention of the Winklevoss twins and their business partner [Divya Narendra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Narendra "Divya Narendra"). The trio invites Zuckerberg to work on [Harvard Connection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Connection "Harvard Connection"), a social network exclusive to Harvard students focused on dating. Soon after, Zuckerberg approaches Saverin with an idea for "[TheFacebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheFacebook "TheFacebook")", a [social networking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service "Social networking service") website that would be exclusive to [Ivy League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League "Ivy League") students. As its CFO, Saverin provides \$1,000 in seed funding to allow Zuckerberg to build the website, which quickly becomes popular. When they learn of TheFacebook, the Winklevoss twins and Narendra are incensed, believing that Zuckerberg stole their idea while misleading them by stalling development on the Harvard Connection. They raise their complaint with Harvard President [Larry Summers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Summers "Larry Summers"), who is dismissive and sees no value in disciplinary action on TheFacebook or Zuckerberg.
Saverin and Zuckerberg meet fellow student Christy Lee, who asks them to "Facebook me," a phrase that impresses them. As TheFacebook grows in popularity, Zuckerberg expands the network to [Yale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University "Yale University"), [Columbia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University "Columbia University"), and [Stanford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University"). Saverin begins dating Lee, who arranges for him and Zuckerberg to meet [Napster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster "Napster") co-founder [Sean Parker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parker "Sean Parker"). Parker presents a "billion-dollar" vision for the company, impressing Zuckerberg. Saverin dismisses Parker as paranoid and delusional, except for his suggestion to rename TheFacebook to [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"). Saverin deposits \$18,000 into a new account as Zuckerberg relocates the company to [Palo Alto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto "Palo Alto") on Parker's advice; Saverin remains in New York to work on business development while breaking up with Lee. Parker later moves into the house that Zuckerberg is using as a base of operations and becomes more involved with the company, much to Saverin's annoyance.
After narrowly losing in the 2004 [Henley Royal Regatta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henley_Royal_Regatta "Henley Royal Regatta") for Harvard against the [Hollandia Roeiclub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandia_Roeiclub "Hollandia Roeiclub"), the Winklevoss twins discover that, through Parker, Facebook has expanded to Europe with [Oxford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford "University of Oxford"), [Cambridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge "University of Cambridge") and [LSE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Economics "London School of Economics"), and decide to sue the company for [intellectual property theft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_rights "Intellectual property rights"). Meanwhile, Saverin objects to Parker's decision-making for Facebook and freezes the company's bank account in the resulting dispute. He relents when Zuckerberg reveals that they have secured \$500,000 from [angel investor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investor "Angel investor") [Peter Thiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel "Peter Thiel").
Saverin is invited to the company's new headquarters in [San Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco "San Francisco") on the pretense of attending a business meeting and "millionth user party," but is enraged when he discovers that the new investment deal [dilutes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_dilution "Stock dilution") his share of Facebook from 34% to 0.03%, without diluting the ownership percentage of any other owner. Furthermore, he is removed from the masthead as co-founder and CFO. He confronts Zuckerberg and Parker, vowing to sue as security removes him from the building. Shortly after, Parker is apprehended for cocaine possession with a minor at a party celebrating one million users. He attempts to blame Saverin, prompting Zuckerberg to cut ties with him.
Marylin Delpy, a junior lawyer for Zuckerberg, informs Zuckerberg that they will settle with Saverin since the sordid details of Facebook's founding and Zuckerberg's callous attitude will make him unsympathetic to a jury. Alone, Zuckerberg sends a Facebook friend request to Albright and repeatedly refreshes the page. Closing text reveals both cases were [settled out of court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settled_out_of_court "Settled out of court") and Zuckerberg became the world's youngest billionaire.
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- [Andrew Garfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield "Andrew Garfield") as [Eduardo Saverin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin "Eduardo Saverin")[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-15)
- [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake "Justin Timberlake") as [Sean Parker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parker "Sean Parker")[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-16)
- [Armie Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armie_Hammer "Armie Hammer") as [Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Winklevoss "Cameron Winklevoss") and [Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss "Tyler Winklevoss")[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- [Max Minghella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella "Max Minghella") as [Divya Narendra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Narendra "Divya Narendra")[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
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- [Rashida Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Jones "Rashida Jones") as Marylin Delpy[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-18)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-RashidaJones-19)
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- [David Selby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Selby "David Selby") as Gage[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- Denise Grayson as Gretchen[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- [Douglas Urbanski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Urbanski "Douglas Urbanski") as [Larry Summers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers "Lawrence Summers")[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- [Rooney Mara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Mara "Rooney Mara") as Erica Albright[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-21)
- [Joseph Mazzello](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mazzello "Joseph Mazzello") as [Dustin Moskovitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz "Dustin Moskovitz")[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- Dustin Fitzsimons as [The Phoenix – S K Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_%E2%80%93_S_K_Club "The Phoenix – S K Club") President[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-22)
- [Wallace Langham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Langham "Wallace Langham") as [Peter Thiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel "Peter Thiel")[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-23)
- Patrick Mapel as [Chris Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hughes "Chris Hughes")[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- [Dakota Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Johnson "Dakota Johnson") as Amelia Ritter[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CastMembers-17)
- [Malese Jow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malese_Jow "Malese Jow") as Alice Cantwel[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-24)
- [Trevor Wright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Wright "Trevor Wright") as B.U. Guy in Bra[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- [Shelby Young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Young "Shelby Young") as K.C.[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-25)
- [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin") as Ad Executive[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheNewYorkTimes-20)
- Steve Sires as [Bill Gates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates "Bill Gates")[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-26)
- [Caleb Landry Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Landry_Jones "Caleb Landry Jones") as a fraternity brother[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-27)
[Josh Pence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Pence "Josh Pence") is the body double for Hammer, whose likeness was digitally imposed onto Pence's body. He is listed in the end credits as playing Tyler Winklevoss alongside Hammer, though he also shot scenes as Cameron. He also appears in a cameo role as the man being detoured from the bathroom by Zuckerberg and Saverin.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TWPost-28)
Screenwriter [Aaron Sorkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin "Aaron Sorkin") said, "What attracted me to \[the film project\] had nothing to do with [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook"). The invention itself is as modern as it gets, but the story is as old as storytelling; the themes of friendship, loyalty, jealousy, class and power". He said he read an unfinished draft of [Ben Mezrich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mezrich "Ben Mezrich")'s *[The Accidental Billionaires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires "The Accidental Billionaires")* when the publisher began "shopping it around" for a film adaptation. Sorkin added, "I was reading it and somewhere on page three I said yes. It was the fastest I said yes to anything ... They wanted me to start right away. Ben and I were kind of doing our research at the same time, sort of along parallel lines".[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-FaceValue-29) In August 2008, Sorkin started a Facebook group for research purposes while he was working on the film. "I've just agreed to write a movie for [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures "Sony Pictures") and producer [Scott Rudin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Rudin "Scott Rudin") about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page."[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-31) He emphasized the role of the competing narratives at a Q\&A screening hosted by [Myspace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace "Myspace"): "If the same story was behind the invention of MySpace or Friendster, I would have written that. Two separate lawsuits were brought against Facebook at roughly the same time. Rather than pick one and decide that's the truth, or pick one and say that's the sexist \[*sic*\], I like the idea that there are three conflicting stories."[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-32)
According to Sorkin, Mezrich did not send him material from his book as he wrote it: "Two or three times we'd get together. I'd go to [Boston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston "Boston"), or we'd meet in [New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City "New York City") and kind of compare notes and share information, but I didn't see the book until he was done with it. By the time I saw the book, I was probably 80 percent done with the screenplay."[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-FaceValue-29) Sorkin elaborated:
> There's a lot of available research, and I also did a lot of first person research with a number of the people that were involved in the story. I can't go too deeply into that because most of the people did it on the condition of anonymity, but what I found was that two lawsuits were brought against Facebook at roughly the same time, that the defendant, plaintiffs, witnesses all came into a deposition room and swore under oath, and three different versions of the story were told. Instead of choosing one and deciding that's the truest one or choosing one and deciding that's the juiciest one, I decided to dramatize the idea that there were three different versions of the story being told. That's how I came up with the structure of the deposition room.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-FaceValue-29)
Casting began in mid-2009, with [Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg"), [Justin Timberlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake "Justin Timberlake"), and [Andrew Garfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield "Andrew Garfield") announced to star.[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-33)[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-34) [Jonah Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Hill "Jonah Hill") was in contention for Timberlake's role, but director [David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher") passed on him.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-35) In October 2009, [Brenda Song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Song "Brenda Song"), [Rooney Mara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Mara "Rooney Mara"), [Armie Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armie_Hammer "Armie Hammer"), [Shelby Young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Young "Shelby Young"), and [Josh Pence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Pence "Josh Pence") were cast.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-ThePlaylist-36) [Max Minghella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella "Max Minghella") and [Dakota Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Johnson "Dakota Johnson") were also confirmed.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-ThePlaylist-36) In a 2009 interview with *[The Baltimore Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baltimore_Sun "The Baltimore Sun")*, Eisenberg said, "Even though I've gotten to be in some wonderful movies, this character seems so much more overtly insensitive in so many ways that seem more real to me in the best way. I don't often get cast as insensitive people, so it feels very comfortable: fresh and exciting, as if you never have to worry about the audience. Not that I worry about the audience anyway – it should be just the furthest thing from your mind. *The Social Network* is the biggest relief I've ever had in a movie".[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-37) In 2010, it was announced that [Rashida Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Jones "Rashida Jones") would appear as Marylin Delpy.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-RashidaJones-19)
[Principal photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began in October 2009 in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts "Cambridge, Massachusetts").[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-38) Scenes were filmed around the campuses of two Massachusetts prep schools, [Phillips Academy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Academy "Phillips Academy") and [Milton Academy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Academy "Milton Academy").[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-39) Additional scenes were filmed on the campus of [Wheelock College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelock_College "Wheelock College"), which was set up to be Harvard's campus,[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-40) as well as locations on and around the campus of [Johns Hopkins University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University "Johns Hopkins University") in [Baltimore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore "Baltimore")[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-41) (Harvard has turned down most requests for on-location filming ever since the filming of *[Love Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Story_\(1970_film\) "Love Story (1970 film)")* (1970), which caused significant physical damage to trees on campus.)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Schwartz-42) Filming took place on the Keyser and Wyman quadrangles in the [Homewood campus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homewood_campus "Homewood campus") of [Johns Hopkins University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University "Johns Hopkins University") from November 2–4,[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-43) which also doubled for Harvard in the film.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-44) The first scene in the film, where Zuckerberg is with his girlfriend, took 99 takes to finish.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NewYork-4) The film was shot on the [Red One](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_One_\(camera\) "The Red One (camera)") digital cinema camera.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-45) The rowing scenes with the Winklevoss brothers were filmed at Community Rowing Inc. in [Newton, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts "Newton, Massachusetts")[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-46) and at the Henley Royal Regatta; [miniature faking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_faking "Miniature faking") process was used in a sequence showing a rowing event at the latter.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-47) Although a significant portion of the latter half of the film is set in [Silicon Valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley "Silicon Valley"), the filmmakers opted to shoot those scenes in Los Angeles and [Pasadena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California "Pasadena, California").\[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")*\]
Armie Hammer, who portrayed the Winklevoss twins, acted alongside body double Josh Pence while his scenes were filmed. His face was later digitally grafted onto Pence's face during post-production, while other scenes used [split-screen photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_screen_\(filmmaking\) "Split screen (filmmaking)"). Pence was concerned about having no face time during the role, but after considerable musing thought of the role as a "no-brainer". He also appears in a cameo role elsewhere in the film.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TWPost-28) Hammer states that director David Fincher "likes to push himself and likes to push technology" and is "one of the most technologically minded guys I've ever seen."[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NYMag-48) This included sending the actors to "twin boot camp" for 10 months to learn everything about the Winklevosses.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TWPost-28)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harvard_Rowing_Crew_at_Henley_2004_-2.JPG)
Harvard's rowing tradition is depicted in the film.
Community Rowing Inc. held a casting call and a tryout for 20 rowing extras; some were graduates from Harvard, [Northeastern University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_University "Northeastern University"), [Boston University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_University "Boston University"), [George Washington University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University "George Washington University"), and [Trinity College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Hartford "Trinity College, Hartford"), as well as local club rowers from [Union Boat Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Boat_Club "Union Boat Club") and [Riverside Boat Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Boat_Club "Riverside Boat Club").[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-49) None of the cast rowing extras for the Henley Royal Regatta racing scene appeared in the film; filming for the race was originally planned to take place in Los Angeles, but Fincher decided to film in [England](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England "England") during production.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Boyne-50)
David Fincher hired [Loyola Marymount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola_Marymount "Loyola Marymount") coach Dawn Reagan to help train Josh Pence and Armie Hammer.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Row2k-51) While Hammer was new to the sport, Pence rowed previously at [Dartmouth College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College "Dartmouth College").[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Row2k-51)
The indoor rowing scene was filmed at Boston University's indoor rowing tanks. All of BU's blue oars in the scene were repainted to Harvard's crimson color for filming. Dan Boyne was the official rowing consultant in the US and the UK.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Boyne-50)
On June 1, 2010, it was announced that [Trent Reznor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor "Trent Reznor") and [Atticus Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atticus_Ross "Atticus Ross") would score the film.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-52) The soundtrack was released September 28 in various formats under the Null Corporation label.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-53) Leading up to the release of the soundtrack, a free five-track [EP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play "Extended play") was made available for download.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-54) [The White Stripes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Stripes "The White Stripes")' song "[Ball and Biscuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_and_Biscuit "Ball and Biscuit")" can be heard in the opening of the film and [the Beatles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles "The Beatles")' song "[Baby, You're a Rich Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_You%27re_a_Rich_Man "Baby, You're a Rich Man")" concludes the film. Neither song appears on the soundtrack album. Reznor and Ross won the award for [Best Original Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Score "Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score") at the 2011 [Golden Globe Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award "Golden Globe Award"),[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-55) as well as the 2011 [Academy Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award "Academy Award") for [Best Original Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score "Academy Award for Best Original Score").
The first theatrical poster, designed by Neil Kellerhouse, was released on June 18, 2010.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-56) As Kellerhouse previously designed posters for the films of [Steven Soderbergh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh "Steven Soderbergh"), director David Fincher's friend, he was contacted by Ceán Chaffin in late 2009 to work on the [key art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_art "Key art") for *The Social Network*, which had to make sole use of one approved photograph, that of Eisenberg's head.[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Haywire-57) As he wanted to highlight the tremendous drama that went with Mark Zuckerberg's success, Kellerhouse thought of the tagline "You don't get to 300 million friends without making a few enemies"; he would later adjust the line to "500 million friends" in anticipation of Facebook reaching 500 million users by the film's release date.[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Haywire-57) Kellerhouse's poster has been praised for its unique and "striking" design, and alongside his work for the film *[I'm Still Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Still_Here_\(2010_film\) "I'm Still Here (2010 film)")*, has since become influential in film marketing; posters for *[The King's Speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech "The King's Speech")* and *[The Armstrong Lie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Armstrong_Lie "The Armstrong Lie")* strongly evoked the poster's design format.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-58)[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-59)
The film's first [teaser trailer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaser_trailer "Teaser trailer") was released on June 25, 2010.[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-60) The second teaser was released on July 8.[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-61) The full length theatrical trailer debuted on July 16, 2010, which plays an edited version of the song "[Creep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_\(Radiohead_song\) "Creep (Radiohead song)")", originally by [Radiohead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead "Radiohead"), covered by the Belgian choir group [Scala & Kolacny Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%26_Kolacny_Brothers "Scala & Kolacny Brothers").[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-62)[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Filmissimo-63) The trailer was then shown in theaters, prior to the films *[Inception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception "Inception")*, *[Dinner for Schmucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_Schmucks "Dinner for Schmucks")*, *[Salt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_\(2010_film\) "Salt (2010 film)")*, *[Easy A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_A "Easy A")*, *[The Virginity Hit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginity_Hit "The Virginity Hit")*, and *[The Other Guys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Guys "The Other Guys")*. The theatrical trailer, put together by [Mark Woollen & Associates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Woollen "Mark Woollen"), won the Grand Key Art award at the 2011 [Key Art Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Art_Awards "Key Art Awards"),[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-64) sponsored by *[The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter")*, and was also featured on *The Film Informant*'s Perfect 10 Trailers in 2010.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-65)
*The Social Network* premiered at the [New York Film Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Festival "New York Film Festival") on September 24, 2010.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NYFF-1)
The film was released in theaters in the United States on the weekend of October 1–3, 2010. It debuted at No. 1, grossing \$22.4 million in 2,771 theaters.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3) The film retained the top spot in its second weekend, dropping only 31.2%,[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3) breaking *[Inception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception "Inception")*'s 32.0% record as the smallest second weekend drop for any number-one film of 2010, while being the third-smallest overall behind *[Secretariat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_\(film\) "Secretariat (film)")*'s 25.1% drop and [*Tooth Fairy*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_Fairy_\(2010_film\) "Tooth Fairy (2010 film)")'s 28.6% drop. At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed \$97 million in the United States and \$128 million in other territories for a worldwide total of \$224.9 million.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-3)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jesse_Eisenberg_-_La_red_social_-_Madrid_-_2.jpg)
[Jesse Eisenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg "Jesse Eisenberg") received critical acclaim for his performance as Mark Zuckerberg, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
*The Social Network* received widespread critical acclaim. On review aggregator [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), the film has an approval rating of 96% based on 335 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Impeccably scripted, beautifully directed, and filled with fine performances, *The Social Network* is a riveting, ambitious example of modern filmmaking at its finest."[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-66) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the film has a weighted average score of 95 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-67) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore "CinemaScore") gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-CinemaScore-68)
From *[The Guardian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian "The Guardian")*, Peter Bradshaw gave the film four stars, praising David Fincher's directing as the "right intensity and claustrophobia for a story that takes place largely in a stupefyingly male environment at Harvard University in 2003".[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-69) In her review for *[The Verge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verge "The Verge")*, Kaitlyn Tiffany wrote positive comments on Aaron Sorkin's screenplay, writing that his "reflex for writing witty, whiny men with outsized intellect and poorly disguised narcissism serves as an advantage instead of a handicap."[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-70) The film's editing by [Kirk Baxter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Baxter "Kirk Baxter") and [Angus Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Wall "Angus Wall") was also lauded by critics, leading to their win of the [Academy Award for Best Film Editing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing "Academy Award for Best Film Editing").[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-71) Additionally, the film's [score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network_\(soundtrack\) "The Social Network (soundtrack)") received positive commentary, with some reviewers stating that it was "a persistent source of simmering tension in the movie", and a "masterpiece".[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-72)[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-73)
[Roger Ebert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert "Roger Ebert") of the *[Chicago Sun-Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times "Chicago Sun-Times")*, giving it four stars and naming it the best film of the year, wrote: "David Fincher's film has the rare quality of being not only as smart as its brilliant hero, but in the same way. It is cocksure, impatient, cold, exciting and instinctively perceptive."[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-74) [Peter Travers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Travers "Peter Travers") of *[Rolling Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone "Rolling Stone")* gave the film his first full four-star rating of the year and said: "*The Social Network* is the movie of the year. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade."[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-75) *[The Harvard Crimson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson "The Harvard Crimson")* review called it "flawless" and gave it five stars.[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-76)
[Joe Morgenstern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morgenstern "Joe Morgenstern") in *[The Wall Street Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal "The Wall Street Journal")* praised the film as exhilarating but noted: "The biographical part takes liberties with its subject. Aaron Sorkin based his screenplay on ... *The Accidental Billionaires*, so everything that's seen isn't necessarily to be believed."[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-77) Nathan Heller of *[Slate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_\(magazine\) "Slate (magazine)")* wrote a negative review of the film, describing it as "rote and deeply mediocre" as well as "maddeningly generic", and said that, "Sorkin and Fincher's 2003 Harvard is a citadel of old money, regatta blazers, and (if I am not misreading the implication here) a Jewish underclass striving beneath the heel of a [WASP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP "WASP")\-centric, socially draconian culture ... to get the university this wrong in this movie is no small matter."[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-78)
*The Social Network* appeared on 78 film critics' top-ten lists of the best films of 2010, based on Metacritic's aggregation. Out of the critics, 22 ranked the film first, and 12 ranked the film second. Out of the films of 2010, *The Social Network* appeared on the most top-ten lists.[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-2010_Film_Critic_Top_Ten_Lists-79)[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-80) In 2016, *The Social Network* was voted the 27th-best film of the 21st century by the BBC, as voted on by 177 film critics from around the world.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-81)
In 2018, [IndieWire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndieWire "IndieWire") writers ranked the script the fourth best American screenplay of the 21st century, with Michael Nordine arguing that "everything came together nearly perfectly on the film, thanks in large part to Aaron Sorkin's Oscar-winning screenplay. Its finds the loquacious scribe at his best, with all the verbal takedowns ... and rapid-fire back-and-forths we've come to expect (and, more often than not, love) from him. Sorkin's portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg was hardly flattering, but recent headlines suggest it may have been too sympathetic."[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-82)
*The Social Network* appeared on over 70 critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2010. Over a dozen publications ranked the film first in their lists.[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-2010_Film_Critic_Top_Ten_Lists-79)
- 1st – [Peter Travers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Travers "Peter Travers"), *[Rolling Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone "Rolling Stone")*
- 1st – [Roger Ebert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert "Roger Ebert"), *[Chicago Sun-Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times "Chicago Sun-Times")*
- 1st – [Christy Lemire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Lemire "Christy Lemire"), [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press")
- 1st – Andrea Grunvall, *[Chicago Reader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Reader "Chicago Reader")*
- 1st – [Owen Gleiberman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Gleiberman "Owen Gleiberman") and [Lisa Schwarzbaum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Schwarzbaum "Lisa Schwarzbaum"), *[Entertainment Weekly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly "Entertainment Weekly")*
- 1st – Betsy Sharkey and [Kenneth Turan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Turan "Kenneth Turan"), *[Los Angeles Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times "Los Angeles Times")*
- 1st – Rene Rodriguez, *[Miami Herald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Herald "Miami Herald")*
- 1st – Stephen Holden, *[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*
- 1st – [David Denby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Denby_\(film_critic\) "David Denby (film critic)"), *[The New Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker "The New Yorker")*
- 1st – [Now Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_\(newspaper\) "Now (newspaper)")
- 1st – Tim Robey, *[Telegraph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph "Telegraph")*
- 1st – Joshua Rothkopf, *[Time Out New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_New_York "Time Out New York")*
- 1st – Ann Hornaday, *[Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post "Washington Post")*
- 1st – [Joe Morgenstern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morgenstern "Joe Morgenstern"), *[Wall Street Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal "Wall Street Journal")*
- 2nd – [Richard Brody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brody "Richard Brody"), *[The New Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker "The New Yorker")*
- 2nd – [Glenn Kenny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Kenny "Glenn Kenny"), *[MSN Movies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Movies "MSN Movies")*
- 2nd – [Ty Burr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Burr "Ty Burr"), *[The Boston Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe "The Boston Globe")*
- 2nd – Tasha Robinson, *[The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club")*
- 2nd – [Phillip French](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_French "Phillip French"), *[The Observer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Observer "The Observer")*
- 2nd – [Todd McCarthy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_McCarthy "Todd McCarthy") & Kirk Honeycutt *[The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter")*
- 3rd – [Richard Roeper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Roeper "Richard Roeper"), *[Chicago Sun-Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times "Chicago Sun-Times")*
- 3rd – [Stephanie Zacharek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Zacharek "Stephanie Zacharek"), *[Movieline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movieline "Movieline")*
- 3rd – [Anne Thompson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Thompson_\(film_critic\) "Anne Thompson (film critic)"), *[Indiewire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiewire "Indiewire")*
- 3rd – Keith Phipps & Noel Murray *[The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club")*
- 4th – Scott Tobias, *[The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club")*
- 4th – Chris Vogner, *[Dallas Morning News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Morning_News "Dallas Morning News")*
- 4th – Joe Neumaier & Elizabeth Weitzman, *[New York Daily News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News "New York Daily News")*
- 5th – [Richard Corliss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Corliss "Richard Corliss"), [*Time*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_\(magazine\) "Time (magazine)")
- 5th – [David Ehrenstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ehrenstein "David Ehrenstein"), *[L.A. Weekly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Weekly "L.A. Weekly")*
- 7th – [Nathan Rabin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Rabin "Nathan Rabin"), *[The A.V. Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club "The A.V. Club")*
- 7th – [Claudia Puig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Puig "Claudia Puig"), *[USA Today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today "USA Today")*
- 7th – [Mick LaSalle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_LaSalle "Mick LaSalle"), *[San Francisco Chronicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle "San Francisco Chronicle")*
- 8th – [David Ansen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ansen "David Ansen"), *[Newsweek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek "Newsweek")*
- 9th – [James Berardinelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Berardinelli "James Berardinelli"), *Reelviews*
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – [Wesley Morris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Morris "Wesley Morris"), *[The Boston Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe "The Boston Globe")*
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – [Steven Rea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Rea "Steven Rea"), *[Philadelphia Inquirer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Inquirer "Philadelphia Inquirer")*
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – [Dana Stevens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Stevens_\(critic\) "Dana Stevens (critic)"), *[Slate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_\(magazine\) "Slate (magazine)")*
*The Social Network* was released on [DVD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD "DVD") and [Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray "Blu-ray") on January 11, 2011 by [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Home_Entertainment "Sony Pictures Home Entertainment"). In its first week of release, DVD sales totaled \$13,470,305 and it was the number-one-sold DVD of the week.[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-83) The DVD includes an [audio commentary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_commentary "Audio commentary") with director David Fincher, and a second commentary with writer Aaron Sorkin and the cast. The Blu-ray and two-disc DVD releases include the commentaries, along with a feature-length documentary, *How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?*, featurettes, *Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter and Ren Klyce on Post*, *Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and David Fincher on the Score*, *In the Hall of the Mountain King: Reznor's First Draft*, *[Swarmatron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarmatron "Swarmatron")*, *Jeff Cronenweth and David Fincher on the Visuals*, and a Ruby Skye VIP Room: Multi-Angle Scene Breakdown feature.[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-84) The film was released on [Ultra HD Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray "Ultra HD Blu-ray") in October 2021 as part of the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection (Volume 2), featuring a new [Dolby Atmos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Atmos "Dolby Atmos") mix and upscaled [Dolby Vision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Vision "Dolby Vision")/[HDR10](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDR10 "HDR10") transfer from the film's [2K](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution "2K resolution") master.[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-85)
*The Social Network* won the [Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama "Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama") at the [68th Golden Globe Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Golden_Globe_Awards "68th Golden Globe Awards") on January 16, 2011.[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-HFPA-86) The film also won the awards for [Best Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Director "Golden Globe Award for Best Director"), [Best Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Screenplay "Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay"), and Best Original Score, making it the film with the most wins of the night.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-SUTGoldenGlobes-87)
The film was nominated for seven [British Academy Film Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards "British Academy Film Awards"), including [Best Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Film "BAFTA Award for Best Film"), [Best Actor in a Leading Role](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role "BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role") (Eisenberg), [Best Actor in a Supporting Role](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Supporting_Role "BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role") (Garfield), and [Rising Star Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Star_Award,_BAFTA "Rising Star Award, BAFTA") (Garfield). It won three for [Best Editing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Editing "BAFTA Award for Best Editing"), [Adapted Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay "BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay"), and [Best Direction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Direction "BAFTA Award for Best Direction") on February 13, 2011.[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-BAFTA-Past-Winners&Nominees-88)
*The Social Network* was nominated for eight [Academy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards "Academy Awards"), including [Best Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture "Academy Award for Best Picture"), [Best Actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor "Academy Award for Best Actor"), [Best Cinematography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography "Academy Award for Best Cinematography"), [Best Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director "Academy Award for Best Director"), Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, [Best Sound Mixing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Mixing "Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing"), and [Best Adapted Screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay "Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay").[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Oscars-89) It also won three for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing at the [83rd Academy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_Academy_Awards "83rd Academy Awards") on February 27, 2011.
The film won Best Picture from the [National Board of Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review "National Board of Review"), [National Society of Film Critics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Society_of_Film_Critics "National Society of Film Critics"), [New York Film Critics Circle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Critics_Circle "New York Film Critics Circle"), and [Los Angeles Film Critics Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association "Los Angeles Film Critics Association"), making it only the third film in history—after *[Schindler's List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List "Schindler's List")* (1993) and *[L.A. Confidential](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_\(film\) "L.A. Confidential (film)")* (1997)—to sweep the "Big Four" critics awards.[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-90) The film also won the "Hollywood Ensemble Award" from the [Hollywood Film Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Film_Awards "Hollywood Film Awards").[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-91)
## Historical accuracy
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[Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg") expressed his dissatisfaction with a film being made about him and noted that much of the plot was not factual.
The script was [leaked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_leak "Internet leak") online in July 2009.[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-92)[\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-93) In November 2009, executive producer [Kevin Spacey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Spacey "Kevin Spacey") said, "*The Social Network* is probably going to be a lot funnier than people might expect it to be."[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-94) *[The Cardinal Courier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Courier_Media "Cardinal Courier Media")* stated that the film was about "greed, obsession, unpredictability and sex" and asked, "Although there are over 500 million Facebook users, does this mean Facebook can become a profitable blockbuster movie?"[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Surprise-95)
At the D8 conference hosted by [D: All Things Digital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Mossberg "Walt Mossberg") on June 2, 2010, host [Kara Swisher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Swisher "Kara Swisher") told Zuckerberg she knew he was not happy with *The Social Network* being based on him, to which he replied, "I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive."[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-96) Zuckerberg stated to [Oprah Winfrey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey "Oprah Winfrey") that the drama and partying of the film is mostly fiction, and that he had spent most of the past six years focusing, working hard, and coding Facebook.[\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-97) Speaking to an audience at Stanford University, Zuckerberg said that instead of making Facebook to "get girls", he made it because he enjoyed "building things".[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheGuardian-98) He added that the film accurately depicted his wardrobe, saying, "It's interesting the stuff that they focused on getting right—like every single shirt and fleece they had in that movie is actually a shirt or fleece that I own."[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-TheGuardian-98)
Facebook co-founder [Dustin Moskovitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz "Dustin Moskovitz") called the film a "dramatization of history ... it is interesting to see my past rewritten in a way that emphasizes things that didn't matter, (like the Winklevosses, who I've still never even met and had no part in the work we did to create the site over the past 6 years) and leaves out things that really did (like the many other people in our lives at the time, who supported us in innumerable ways)". According to Moskovitz:[\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-99)
> A lot of exciting things happened in 2004, but mostly we just worked a lot and stressed out about things; the version in the trailer seems a lot more exciting, so I'm just going to choose to remember that we drank ourselves silly and had a lot of sex with coeds. ... The plot of the book/script unabashedly attacked \[Zuckerberg\], but I actually felt like a lot of his positive qualities come out truthfully in the trailer (soundtrack aside). At the end of the day, they cannot help but portray him as the driven, forward-thinking genius that he is.
Co-founder Eduardo Saverin said "the movie was clearly intended to be entertainment and not a fact-based documentary".[\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-100) Sean Parker described the film and its depiction of him as "a morally reprehensible human being" as "a complete work of fiction", and claimed that he remained friends with Saverin.[\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-101)[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-102) Sorkin said, "I don't want my fidelity to be to the truth; I want it to be to storytelling. What is the big deal about accuracy purely for accuracy's sake, and can we not have the true be the enemy of the good?"[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-NewYork-4)
Journalist [Jeff Jarvis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Jarvis "Jeff Jarvis") acknowledged the film was "well-crafted" but called it "the anti-social movie", objecting to Sorkin's decision to change various events and characters for dramatic effect, and dismissing it as "the story that those who resist the change society is undergoing want to see".[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-103) Technology broadcaster [Leo Laporte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Laporte "Leo Laporte") concurred, calling the film "anti-geek and [misogynistic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny "Misogyny")".[\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-104) Sorkin responded to these allegations by saying, "I was writing about a very angry and deeply misogynistic group of people".[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-WomanProblem-105)
Andrew Clark of *The Guardian* wrote that "there's something insidious about this genre of \[docudrama\] scriptwriting", wondering if "a 26-year-old businessman really deserves to have his name dragged through the mud in a murky mixture of fact and imagination for the general entertainment of the movie-viewing public?" Clark added, "I'm not sure whether Mark Zuckerberg is a punk, a genius or both. But I won't be seeing *The Social Network* to find out."[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-106)
[Mashable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashable "Mashable") founder and CEO [Pete Cashmore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Cashmore "Pete Cashmore"), blogging for [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"), said: "If the Facebook founder \[Zuckerberg\] is concerned about being represented as anything but a genius with an industrious work ethic, he can breathe a sigh of relief."[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-107) Jessi Hempel, a technology writer for *[Fortune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_\(magazine\) "Fortune (magazine)")* who says she has known Zuckerberg "for a long time", wrote of the film:
> The real-life Zuckerberg was maniacally focused on building a web site that could potentially connect everyone on the planet ... By contrast, in the film he seems more obsessed with achieving the largesse that bad boy Sean Parker, an original Napster founder, portrays when he arrives to meet Zuckerberg at a New York restaurant.[\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-108)
[Harvard Law School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_School "Harvard Law School") professor [Lawrence Lessig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig "Lawrence Lessig") wrote in *[The New Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Republic "The New Republic")* that Sorkin's screenplay does not acknowledge the "real villain" of the story:
> The total and absolute absurdity of the world where the engines of a federal lawsuit get cranked up to adjudicate the hurt feelings (because "our idea was stolen!") of entitled Harvard undergraduates is completely missed by Sorkin. We can't know enough from the film to know whether there was actually any substantial legal claim here. Sorkin has been upfront about the fact that there are fabrications aplenty lacing the story. But from the story as told, we certainly know enough to know that any legal system that would allow these kids to extort \$65 million from the most successful business this century should be ashamed of itself. Did Zuckerberg breach his contract? Maybe, for which the damages are more like \$650, not \$65 million. Did he steal a trade secret? Absolutely not. Did he steal any other "property"? Absolutely not—the code for Facebook was his, and the "idea" of a social network is not a patent. It wasn't justice that gave the twins \$65 million; it was the fear of a random and inefficient system of law. That system is a tax on innovation and creativity. That tax is the real villain here, not the innovator it burdened.[\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-109)
In an onstage discussion with the *[Huffington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post "The Huffington Post")* co-founder [Arianna Huffington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington "Arianna Huffington") in 2010, Facebook's chief operating officer, [Sheryl Sandberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Sandberg "Sheryl Sandberg"), said the film was "very Hollywood" and mainly "fiction". She said that "in real life, \[Zuckerberg\] was just sitting around with his friends in front of his computer, ordering pizza. Who wants to go see that for two hours?"[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-110) [HarvardConnection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarvardConnection "HarvardConnection") co-founder [Divya Narendra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divya_Narendra "Divya Narendra") said that he was surprised to see himself portrayed by the non-Indian actor Max Minghella, but said he did a "good job in pushing the dialogue forward and creating a sense of urgency in what was a very frustrating period".[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-111)
Since its release, *The Social Network* has inspired involvement in start-ups and social media.[\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-112) [Bob Lefsetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lefsetz "Bob Lefsetz") has stated that: "watching this movie makes you want to run from the theatre, grab your laptop and build your own empire,"[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-hardknoxlife.com-113) noting that *The Social Network* has helped fuel an emerging perception that "techies have become the new rock stars."[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-114) This has led Dave Knox to comment that: "fifteen years from now we might just look back and realize this movie inspired our next great generation of entrepreneurs."[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-hardknoxlife.com-113) After seeing the movie, Zuckerberg was quoted as saying he is "interested to see what effect *The Social Network* has on entrepreneurship", noting that he gets "lots of messages from people who claim that they have been very much inspired ... to start their own company."[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-115) Saverin echoed these sentiments, stating that the film may inspire "countless others to create and take that leap to start a new business."[\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-116) In one such instance, the co-founders of [Wall Street Magnate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Magnate "Wall Street Magnate") confirmed that they were inspired to create the fantasy trading community after watching *The Social Network*.[\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-117)
In 2011, a storyline on *[The Good Wife](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Wife "The Good Wife")* featuring a technology executive suing a screenwriter appeared to be inspired by the tension between Mark Zuckerberg and Aaron Sorkin.[\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-118)[\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-119)
Following his success with the film, Sorkin became attached to another project about a technology company, writing the script for the 2015 biopic *[Steve Jobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_\(film\) "Steve Jobs (film)")*, which used a similar format.[\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-hollywood.com-120) Another Facebook film may be produced, as Sheryl Sandberg has signed a deal with [Sony Pictures Entertainment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment "Sony Pictures Entertainment") to develop her 2013 book *[Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_In "Lean In")*, into a film.[\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-121)
### Post-2010s assessment
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Following the close of the decade, *The Social Network* was recognized as one of the best films of the 2010s. [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic") reported that it was listed on over 30 film critics' top-ten lists for the 2010s, including eight first-place rankings and four second-place rankings. Metacritic ranked *The Social Network* third overall, following *[Mad Max: Fury Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road "Mad Max: Fury Road")* and *[Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_\(2016_film\) "Moonlight (2016 film)")*.[\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-122) *[Esquire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire_\(magazine\) "Esquire (magazine)")* named *The Social Network* the best of the 2010s, calling it *[Citizen Kane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane "Citizen Kane")* "for the Internet age" and dubbing it "the movie of our new millennium".[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Esquire-123) With Facebook going "from a utopian, world-shrinking force of good to a potential threat to democracy", *Esquire* wrote, "Fincher seemed to sense all of this and more long before anyone else. And his brilliant, troubling film bristles with that queasy sense of prophecy and prescience."[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-Esquire-123) *[Polygon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygon_\(website\) "Polygon (website)")*, calling *The Social Network* the best film of the decade, wrote, "*The Social Network*, by chance or by design, has become one of the most immensely relevant movies of this decade ... But after nearly a decade of watching Facebook 'move fast and break things,' including news websites, social video, politics, etc., the movie's tangible sense of tension can easily be reinterpreted as foreboding for what comes *after* you make a billion friends."[\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-124) Director [Quentin Tarantino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino "Quentin Tarantino") called the film the best of the 2010s, singling out the script by Sorkin, whom he described as "the greatest active dialogist".[\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-125)
*Rolling Stone* ranked *The Social Network* second after *Moonlight* (2016) on its end-of-decade list, describing it as "one deliciously re-watchable preview of the apocalypse, as entertaining and cheeky as it is troubling and startlingly prescient".[\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-126) *[Time Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_\(magazine\) "Time Out (magazine)")* named it the fourth-best of the decade, "Powered by a relentless, clinical Aaron Sorkin script, directed with sinuous grace by David Fincher and loaded with smirking, smart-ass central performances, *The Social Network* is arguably the most important and prophetic film of our era, itself a depressing thought."[\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-127) *[ScreenCrush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScreenCrush "ScreenCrush")* ranked *The Social Network* eighth, referring to it as "\[Fincher's\] spiritual sequel to *[Fight Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_\(film\) "Fight Club (film)")*, another story of an embittered, lonely man who discovers unleashing his rage at society has unexpected consequences".[\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-128) *Mashable*, listing *The Social Network* among the top 15 films of the 2010s, said of the story, "It was everything young people could be and everything older generations feared in us before a decade of blaming \[us for\] problems we didn't create and can't solve."[\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-129) IndieWire ranked *The Social Network* sixteenth among the decade's films, writing, "*The Social Network* is both a thrilling, queasy exploration of how Facebook came to be and a searing indictment of what it would inevitably become."[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-130) *[Inverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_\(website\) "Inverse (website)")* listed the film among those defining "class rage" in the 2010s, "As a gently prodding diagnosis of class conflict, *The Social Network* is a logical place to start."[\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-131)
The February 2020 issue of *[New York Magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Magazine "New York Magazine")* lists *The Social Network* as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."[\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-132)
In 2024, *[Looper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looper_\(website\) "Looper (website)")* ranked it number 5 on its list of the "50 Best PG-13 Movies of All Time," writing "Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's examination of Facebook's ascension in power and how that came at the cost of so many people's well-being and relationships has only gotten more prescient as the years have passed by. Plus, performances as good as the ones delivered here by Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield never go out of style."[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-133)
In June 2025, the film ranked number 10 on both *[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*' list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century" .[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-134) In July 2025, it ranked number 13 on *[Rolling Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone "Rolling Stone")*'s list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century."[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-135)
In January 2019, Sorkin revealed that Rudin has suggested the development of a screenplay for a sequel, noting, "A lot of very interesting, dramatic stuff has happened since the movie ends."[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-136) Sorkin also mentioned that there was indeed enough material to create a sequel.[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-137) On July 18, 2019, Eisenberg expressed his interests in starring in the proposed sequel, stating that "Sorkin is a genius, and if he chooses to write about something, I'll obviously be interested".[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-138) In October 2020, a decade after the film's release, Sorkin announced that he would only write the sequel's script if Fincher returned as director.[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-:0-139) In 2023, Fincher told *The Guardian* that he and Sorkin have discussed a sequel, but said "that's a can of worms."[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-140) On April 26, 2024, Sorkin said he had been working on the script for a new Facebook movie tied to the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack "January 6 United States Capitol attack").[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-141)
On June 25, 2025, it was announced that a sequel, *The Social Network Part II*, was in active development with Sorkin returning to write and direct.[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-142) *Variety* reported in July 2025 that although there had been meetings with possible cast members, "the film is still very much in the development stage and has yet to receive the green light from Sony."[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-143) *The Hollywood Reporter* reported that Sorkin was working on packaging a cast and budget for the studio, which saw the project as a priority.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-:1-144) Reports of potential casting included [Mikey Madison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikey_Madison "Mikey Madison") as [Frances Haugen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Haugen "Frances Haugen") and [Jeremy Allen White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Allen_White "Jeremy Allen White") as Jeff Horwitz, although no official deal has been made yet.[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-145) [Jeremy Strong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Strong "Jeremy Strong") was also being reported to be in talks for a role, speculated to be either a *WSJ* editor or to replace Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-:1-144) In September 2025, it was announced that the sequel would be called *The Social Reckoning* to be released by [Sony Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures "Sony Pictures") in October 2026, with Strong playing Zuckerberg, Madison as Haugen, and White as Horwitz. It was announced later in September that [Bill Burr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Burr "Bill Burr") was in talks to star as a fictional character.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-146)[\[147\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-147) Early production reportedly took place in [Vancouver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver "Vancouver") in October 2025.[\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_note-148)
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2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#cite_ref-BBFC_2-0)**
["The Social Network"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120831063406/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/BFF270720/). [British Board of Film Classification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification "British Board of Film Classification"). September 21, 2010. Archived from [the original](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/social-network-film) on August 31, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
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- [Official website](http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/)
- [*The Social Network*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/) at [IMDb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb_\(identifier\) "IMDb (identifier)")
- [*The Social Network*](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network) at [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes")
- [Official screenplay](https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thesocialnetwork-dl.pdf) |
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