Django Unchained

Play trailer

Django Unchained

R

2012

2h 45m

Western

Drama

Action

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

87%

Tomatometer

295 Reviews

92%

Popcornmeter

250,000+ Ratings

Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz frees Django, and together they hunt the South's most-wanted criminals. Their travels take them to the infamous plantation of shady Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where Django's long-lost wife (Kerry Washington) is still a slave.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Stream Now

Critics Consensus

Bold, bloody, and stylistically daring, Django Unchained is another incendiary masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino.

Read Critics Reviews

Anne Thompson

IndieWire

03/31/2020

Tarantino designed this revisionist western to blow people's gaskets. Packed with physical comedy, bloody action and hell-bent revenge, it looks like a classic widescreen Sergio Leone western...

Go to Full Review

Deborah Ross

The Spectator

09/04/2018

A good film, and a crazily entertaining film, until Tarantino does blow everything up, at which point it just becomes rather silly.

Go to Full Review

Roxane Gay

BuzzFeed News

05/25/2018

The film is at times brilliant but mostly infuriating. It is a good movie in that masturbatory way most Tarantino films are good.

Go to Full Review

Branyan Towe

Loud and Clear Reviews

07/29/2024

4/5

Django Unchained is still one of Quentin Tarantino’s finest works to date thanks to an excellent, extremely memorable script and a brilliant cast

Go to Full Review

Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

04/07/2024

4/5

By tackling a massive western, the writer and director continues to prove that he has never been short on ambition and gives us his grandest spectacle yet.

Go to Full Review

John Brhel

Vague Visages

06/05/2023

It might not be the most innovative in Tarantino’s oeuvre, but it’s got real stakes and memorable characters one can root for. Django is packed with Tarantino’s postmodern trademarks, but it also has the added value of actually addressing serious issues.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Eric

04/25/2025

I wish I could give this movie 10 stars. Best movie that I’ve ever seen!

See more

Matt

08/31/2023

LOVED IT! Never seen this before. You’re missing out if you don’t watch this.

See more

Enrique R.

@NostalgicNerd 1d

My favorite Tarantino project ever! I love Django: Unchained from the cast to the action to the cinematography to the story. The performances from Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and other talented actors. But, overall I give Django: Unchained an A+ or a 10/10.

See more

Márcio T

@RT85696313 6d

It's filled with realism and historical accuracy, showing the cold truth to the "naive" minds that think slavery wasn't that serious. The part where they use "science" to show white superiority, was also a huge detail in the critic; reminding us that people used to spread lies and change science, so they could have a reason to make horrible things to other people. Therefore, this movie reminds us something: An event that we should NEVER return. We shall never forget the ones who suffered because of slavery, while we keep in our minds that some people nowadays want to return those concepts. We need more Djangos and less Bens.

See more

Rex K.

@RT61793587 Apr 28

It had some slow parts. But when there was action, it got really entertaining. It had some comedic moments as well.

See more

Noel L

@RT15930389 Apr 26

What a satisfying edge of your seat western. You can really tell how much Tarantino loves classic films and there was no bad acting

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

POST RATING

Quentin Tarantino

Director

Jamie Foxx

Django

Christoph Waltz

Dr. King Schultz

Leonardo DiCaprio

Calvin Candie

Samuel L. Jackson

Stephen

Kerry Washington

Broomhilda von Shaft

The Proposition

86%

85%

The Proposition

Watchlist

The Hateful Eight

74%

77%

The Hateful Eight

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Hateful Eight

Appaloosa

77%

55%

Appaloosa

Watchlist

The Salvation

72%

62%

The Salvation

Watchlist

Jane Got a Gun

42%

38%

Jane Got a Gun

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Jane Got a Gun

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

The Freshest Films of Quentin Tarantino

1:58

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on a mission to capture the vicious Brittle brothers. Their mission successful, Schultz frees Django, and together they hunt the South's most-wanted criminals. Their travels take them to the infamous plantation of shady Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), where Django's long-lost wife (Kerry Washington) is still a slave.

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: A Band Apart
Rating: R (Language|A Vicious Fight|Some Nude Images|Strong Graphic Violence)
Genre: Western, Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 24, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $162.8M
Runtime: 2h 45m