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A working-class driver accompanies a celebrated Black pianist on a concert tour through the American South.

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In 1962, Bronx bouncer Tony Lip is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a concert tour through the American Midwest and South. A travel guide for Black motorists shapes their route while class, race, taste, and dependence complicate the job.

Why it belongs

In Green Book, Mortensen and Ali give the road comedy warmth through sharply different speech and behavior, even as the journey exposes unequal risk.

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Concert halls, roadside diners, hotels, letters home, the Green Book, and changing car conversations create a clear social itinerary—Viggo Mortensen's expansive Tony and Mahershala Ali's exacting Shirley fashion rapport through friction and practical reliance.

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Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250132AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness8.5
Engagement8.9
Ease8.7

English · PG-13
Narrative Feature
Mood: Accessible & Warm