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Boys Don't Cry

1999 film by Kimberly Peirce
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Summary

Boys Don't Cry is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,087 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Actress[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: Kimberly Peirce[5]
  • Screenwriter: Kimberly Peirce[6], Andy Bienen[7]
  • Composer: Nathan Larson[8]
  • Genre: romance film[9], docudrama[10], drama film[11], transgender film[12], biographical film[13], LGBTQ-related film[14]
  • Cast member: Hilary Swank[15], Chloë Sevigny[16], Peter Sarsgaard[17], Brendan Sexton III[18], Lecy Goranson[19], Jeannetta Arnette[20], Matt McGrath[21], Alison Folland[22]
  • Producer: Christine Vachon[23], Eva Kolodner[24], John Hart[25], Jeffrey Sharp[26]
  • Production company: Searchlight Pictures[27], Killer Films[28]
  • Director of photography: Jim Denault[29]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[32]
  • Review score: 7.9/10[33], 90%[34], 86/100[35]
  • Color: color[36]
  • Country of origin: United States[37]
  • Publication date: September 2, 1999[38], May 19, 2000[39], February 3, 2000[40], 1999[41]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[42], Disney+[43]
  • Narrative location: Nebraska[44], Falls City[45], Lincoln[46]
  • Official website: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/boysdontcry/[47]
  • Main subject: transphobia[48], anti-transmasculinity[49], Brandon Teena[50], outsider[51], violence against LGBTQ people[52], secrecy[53], white trash[54], human bonding[55], rural America[56]
  • Inspired by: Bonnie and Clyde[57], Oblivion 2: Backlash[58], The Brandon Teena Story[59]
  • Film editor: Lee Percy[60], Tracy Granger[61]
  • Described by source: BBC's The 100 greatest films directed by women[62]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[63], Academy Award for Best Actress[64], European Film Award for Best Non-European Film[65]
  • Executive producer: John Sloss[66], Caroline Kaplan[67]

Why It Matters

Boys Don't Cry has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

FAQs

What awards did Boys Don't Cry receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Actress[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

Bonnie and Clyde Chloë Sevigny film Hilary Swank Nebraska Peter Sarsgaard United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1993
    Described by source → BBC's The 100 greatest films directed by women
    Inspired by → Bonnie and Clyde, Oblivion 2: Backlash, The Brandon Teena Story
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