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My Beautiful Laundrette

1985 film by Stephen Frears
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Summary

My Beautiful Laundrette is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,465 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Stephen Frears[4]
  • Screenwriter: Hanif Kureishi[5]
  • Composer: Stanley Myers[6], Hans Zimmer[7]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[8], comedy drama[9], drama film[10], LGBTQ-related film[11]
  • Cast member: Gordon Warnecke[12], Daniel Day-Lewis[13], Saeed Jaffrey[14], Roshan Seth[15], Richard Graham[16], Shirley Anne Field[17], Stephen Marcus[18], Persis Khambatta[19], Ayub Khan-Din[20], Gerard Horan[21]
  • Producer: Tim Bevan[22], Sarah Radclyffe[23]
  • Production company: Working Title Films[24], Film4 Productions[25]
  • Director of photography: Oliver Stapleton[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27], Urdu[28]
  • Distribution format: digital download[29], video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 98%[31], 8.3/10[32], 75/100[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[35], Australia[36]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1985[37], September 25, 1986[38], November 16, 1985[39], March 7, 1986[40], April 4, 1986[41]
  • Distributed by: Orion Pictures[42], Netflix[43], Fandango at Home[44], iTunes[45]
  • Narrative location: London[46]
  • Filming location: London[47], Battersea[48], Queenstown Road railway station[49], Stockwell[50], 11 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth, Lambeth, London, England, UK[51]
  • Film editor: Mick Audsley[52]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[53]
  • Title: My Beautiful Laundrette[54]
  • MPA film rating: R[55]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[56]
  • Duration: 93 minutes[57], 97 minutes[58]
  • Capital cost: 650,000 pounds sterling[59]

Why It Matters

My Beautiful Laundrette has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

FAQs

What awards did My Beautiful Laundrette receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Australia Daniel Day-Lewis film Hanif Kureishi London Netflix Orion Pictures Saeed Jaffrey Stephen Frears United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 18d ago · Bazi · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer → Stanley Myers, Hans Zimmer
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    Set in period → 1980s
    Publication date → +1985-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1986-09-25T00:00:00Z, +1985-11-16T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → Hanif Kureishi
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