12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. It follows the story of a free black man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War United States.
ReleasedOct 18, 2013
Budget$20M
Box Office$187M
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#612
12 Years a Slave
2.2
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Brad Pitt
Samuel Bass
13.5
2
Lupita Nyong'o
Patsey
6.6
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Michael Fassbender
Edwin Epps
5.3
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Paul Giamatti
Theophilus Freeman
5.0
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
Solomon Northup
4.3
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Sarah Paulson
Mary Epps
4.2
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