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View Blade Runner 2049 film page
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Spoiler-free premise

A new blade runner uncovers a discovery that could destabilize the fragile order between humans and replicants.

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Replicant blade runner K works for the Los Angeles Police Department retiring older models. Evidence found during one assignment suggests a concealed biological event with destabilizing implications, sending him toward missing former officer Rick Deckard.

Why it belongs

Blade Runner 2049 extends the original's questions through monumental emptiness, physical decay, synthetic intimacy, and Gosling's quietly destabilized K.

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Roger Deakins's severe color worlds, vast architecture, dust, snow, rain, holograms, and Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch's score make loneliness spatial—Ryan Gosling's minimal reactions let identity fracture beneath professional obedience.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Academy Awards2 wins2018 · official ceremony record ↗

Plus 2 additional wins

No headline-category win to name

BAFTA2 wins2018 · official BAFTA 2018 Film Awards results ↗

Plus 2 additional wins

No headline-category win to name

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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Institutional reference ranks

Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness9.1
Engagement8.9
Ease8.0

English · R
Narrative Feature
Mood: Immersive & Reflective