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Beautiful Boy

2018 film by Felix Van Groeningen
Movie film Q29051576
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Summary

Beautiful Boy is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,315 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Felix van Groeningen[3]
  • Screenwriter: Luke Davies[4]
  • Genre: drama film[5], biographical film[6]
  • Based on: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction[7]
  • Cast member: Steve Carell[8], Timothée Chalamet[9], Maura Tierney[10], Amy Ryan[11]
  • Producer: Dede Gardner[12], Brad Pitt[13], Jeremy Kleiner[14]
  • Production company: Plan B Entertainment[15]
  • Director of photography: Ruben Impens[16]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[17]
  • Commons category: Beautiful Boy (2018 film)[18]
  • Review score: 67%[19], 6.5/10[20], 62/100[21]
  • Color: color[22]
  • Country of origin: United States[23]
  • Publication date: 2018[24], October 12, 2018[25], January 17, 2019[26], January 24, 2019[27], January 31, 2019[28]
  • Has edition or translation: Q113496724[29]
  • Distributed by: Amazon MGM Studios[30], Mozinet[31]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[32]
  • Official website: https://www.beautifulboy.movie/[33]
  • Main subject: addiction[34], coming of age[35], family[36]
  • Film editor: Nico Leunen[37]
  • Title: Beautiful Boy[38]
  • Has characteristic: title for Spain[39], title for Hispanic America[40]
  • MPA film rating: R[41]
  • After a work by: David Sheff[42], Nic Sheff[43]
  • Duration: 120 minutes[44]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[45]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[46]

  • First release date: 2018-10-12[47]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cdcaf22d-ea8b-42f3-a722-2a92b0c59d34[48]

Why It Matters

Beautiful Boy has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Related Entities

Amy Ryan Brad Pitt film Los Angeles Maura Tierney Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [45] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 34
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'f
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  2. 25d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bechdel test movie list id → 10669
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1226837
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  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 158934
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  5. 10w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Ethan Tobman
    Publication date → +2018-00-00T00:00:00Z, +2018-10-12T00:00:00Z, +2019-01-17T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → Luke Davies
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+120'}
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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