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Summary After the events of Captain America: Civil War, King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero k...

Directed By: Ryan Coogler

Written By: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

Black Panther

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 55 Critic Reviews
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88
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 3,721 User Ratings
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Summary After the events of Captain America: Civil War, King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero k...

Directed By: Ryan Coogler

Written By: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

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100
Feb 15, 2018
Black Panther could have been just another Marvel romp—a fun but ultimately disposable entry in the studio’s catalogue. But Ryan Coogler and company had the power, and perhaps the responsibility, to do much more. And they did.
By Jamelle Bouie FULL REVIEW
96
Feb 22, 2018
The arguments Black Panther undertakes with itself are central to its architecture, a narrative spine that runs from the first scene to the last.
By Christopher Orr FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 3,721 User Ratings
6.3
59% Positive
2177 Ratings
20% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 3,721 User Ratings
6.3
59% Positive
2177 Ratings
20% Mixed
750 Ratings
21% Negative
794 Ratings

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10
Balazs360
Jul 17, 2025
How are there so many negative reviews?? Anyways, this films presents an amazing place and explores the heroic T'Challa, who has to deal with problems in- and outside of Wakanda. I love the story and the look of Wakanda, it totally got my attention. There's nothing really bad I could point other than the fact that the final fight between the two rulers could've been better. I think this is an amazing film that doesn't necessarily have the usual superhero things, which actually makes it even better. Rest in peace Chadwick Boseman.
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10
ZO5K
Jun 15, 2025
Black panther is genuinely amazing, I feel like it’s one of the best films in the entirety of the MCU.
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90
Feb 6, 2018
It wouldn’t be a Marvel production without manly skirmishes and digital avatars. Yet in its emphasis on black imagination, creation and liberation, the movie becomes an emblem of a past that was denied and a future that feels very present. And in doing so opens up its world, and yours, beautifully.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
88
Feb 13, 2018
Coogler is a young filmmaker — this is just his third feature, following “Fruitvale Station” and “Creed” (two fine and very different films) — but he marshals this world with confidence and flair. The action sequences are insanely fun.
By Moira Macdonald FULL REVIEW
82
Feb 14, 2018
Black Panther might be the first MCU film that could claim to most clearly be an expression of a particular director’s voice.
By Dom Sinacola FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 6, 2018
Like Taika Waititi before him, Ryan Coogler gives the Marvel template a bold auteurist twist with an African extravaganza that packs a muscular intensity and challenges as much as it exhilarates.
By Jimi Famurewa FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 13, 2018
Whatever its cultural significance, it’s just passable entertainment, a noble attempt at waxing mythical that never, for one second, delivers that out-of-body giddiness that makes popcorn pictures of its ilk burst to life.
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10
moviefanic
Aug 25, 2023
In my opinion, I think Black Panther is one of the finest movies made yet and yeah, people show appreciate this film more.
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6
finellla
Jun 24, 2023
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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6
Sosmooth1982
Apr 30, 2023
Pretty good movie. I gave it a 6 because the black panter didn't really do much action in this movie.
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3
bumble_bee
Apr 13, 2020
Even Ant Man looked more interesting A very overrated movie There is nothing innovative Bad special effects at the end were very noticeable
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dauphinemery6
Jan 27, 2020
The movie is and was wayyyyyyy overhyped then it should've been. The CGI was bad, the story was uninteresting, etc. This movie is way overrated.
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Production Company
  • Marvel Studios
Release Date Feb 16, 2018
Duration 2 h 14 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Long live the king.
Website https://www.facebook.com/BlackPantherMovie
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Nominations
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 3 Wins & 18 Nominations

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