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Widows
Directed by Steve McQueen
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist. From TMDB
162 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Widows is a 2018 drama crime thriller film, directed by Steve McQueen, starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki.
- 143 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Sep 5, 2018 to Nov 4, 2026
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60 of 162 · most liked firstI’m rewatching “Widows” my favorite Viola Davis movie and I totally forgot that Carrie Coon is in this. What an ensemble! I’m still angry it didn’t win any awards.
positive · AI labelView post →Six years ago Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS dropped. In my opinion, it’s the best film about Chicago.
positive · AI labelView post →once again: I can’t tell you what to do with your one wild and precious life, but have you considered that instead of watching the debate you could watch Steve McQueen’s stone-cold classic revenge-heist movie WIDOWS (2018)
positive · AI labelView post →When you typo Windows 11 as Widows 11, and it suddenly goes from an operating system to a dramatic historical black & white movie
neutral · AI labelView post →You try explaining Widows Bay to the uniniated and they just hear "Scary Movie on the beach". THEN you say the showrunner is the author of "the Babadook tweet" and suddenly they get the appeal-
neutral · AI labelView post →Still remarkable to me how well the movie WIDOWS handles the issues of race, poverty, class, crime, and corruption in the context of a heist-thriller
positive · AI labelView post →Rest in Paradise, Prendergast! Robert Duvall has sadly passed away. I also like his performances on MASH, Godfather, Widows, and Apocalypse Now. #Filmsky #Moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →If (somehow) you haven’t already seen Viola Davis in Widows, fix that ASAP. Now *that* was a movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Widows (2018) is such a straight-up banger of a film that in our house it is WIDOWS in all-caps. And Viola Davis should’ve won an Oscar for it.
positive · AI labelView post →Listen to me talk about why WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING is my favorite, and in my opinion one of the best, Chicago movies (I also gave a shout out to the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social’s cameo in THE VOW lmao) and @812filmreviews.com talk about WIDOWS. Full convo as a podcast will post tomorrow.
neutral · AI labelView post →CONSUMPTION JUNCTION FKA things ive consumed lately & loved -Widows Bay -Strawberry Marg- Casa Vega -Pizza Movie -skyduster lager -tuna salad w cran/apple- whole foods -MK 2 -Wanda Sykes new spesh -Shifty -BBC -Sword and Sorcerer (1982) -BEC (add turkey) -Uncle Paulies -Margo Got Money Troubles
neutral · AI labelView post →Obviously a heist movie is fertile ground for that; I’m just saying WIDOWS does it immensely well
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Steve McQueen’s Widows, a film that should’ve received about fifteen best supporting nominations.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight on the @scrybabies.bsky.social discord is movie night! We’re watching episode 1 of Widows Bay at 7:30PM ET & after we’ll be building a Dungeon Crawler Carl deck out of these partners! Joining the fun by joining our Patreon for as low as $1 for discord access www.patreon.com/scrybabies
neutral · AI labelView post →Currently watching Widows Bay and its been pretty entertaining so far.
neutral · AI labelView post →One more, because fuck it: Widows (2018) is a really good heist movie about women doing crimes and I am so mad people slept on it.
positive · AI labelView post →The movie I saw at TIFF and walked out of and went “this is going to be huge” and was wrong about and I’m still mad about and will never forgive the world for letting the brilliant film down is WIDOWS
positive · AI labelView post →I'm writing a heist film script at the moment, which means I'm watching/rewatching a bunch of films in the genre. God, remember Widows and its absolutely incredible cast?
positive · AI labelView post →Ep 118 from @fangoria.bsky.social We discuss new films HOKUM, APEX, THEY WILL KILL YOU, FORBIDDEN FRUITS, AFFECTION, OVER YOUR DEAD BODY & new show WIDOWS BAY.In anticipation of the upcoming film OBSESSION we countdown our 10 favorite horror films about Obsession. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Chicago Film Canon: Love Jones Cooley High (both of them) Candyman Widows Judas and The Black Messiah Soul Food Running Scared
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s very funny that Steve McQueen made an incredibly mainstream caper with WIDOWS, no one saw it, and so he was like, “Fine! Five-film anthology series! Four-hour documentary! Enjoy!”
positive · AI labelView post →Last thing I saw Robert Duvall in was Widows as Colin Farrell’s racist politician dad. GREAT bit part in a movie full of them.
positive · AI labelView post →We're concluding the first month of the @ohmpods.bsky.social Film Club, THE JUICE. The jury and I will be podcasting about the #Heat Calibre selections - #Widows, #TheTown, #InfernalAffairs, #LeCercleRouge and #Bullitt - soon. ANNOUNCEMENT: The theme for June is ...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowReading Spinsters, Widows and Chars The Ageing Woman in British Film. Claire Mortimer
neutral · AI labelView post →This week, we review the 2018 film Widows! We discuss the electric performance from Viola Davis, the creative choices that bring important themes to life, and some of the expectations that come with certain genres. moviesanduspod.podbean.com?utm_source=b... #moviesandus #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, if you asked me to guess what movie after WIDOWS would feature Bernthal as an abusive New Yawk mook, I would have not have guessed the adaptation of the most famous Greek poem.
neutral · AI labelView post →I didn't see Widows on original release, but it was one of the first movies my wife insisted we watch together and an immediate sign of compatible tastes. Stellar film.
positive · AI labelView post →Happy Birthday to the always fantastic Carrie Coon @carriecoon.bsky.social, Emmy/Tony-nominated actress and fellow film enthusiast, acclaimed for her amazing performances in GONE GIRL, WIDOWS, HIS THREE DAUGHTERS, THE LEFTOVERS, THE GILDED AGE, THE WHITE LOTUS, BUG, and much more.
neutral · AI labelView post →Heads up: Movie Zyng has a sale going on right now on select Disney-owned movies! Some slop, but also some damn good flicks on blu-ray like 12 Years a Slave Bad Times at the El Royale Ever After A Hidden Life One Hour Photo The Peanuts Movie Raising Arizona Ready or Not Underwater Widows and more!
neutral · AI labelView post →or if you’re not in the mood for WIDOWS, McQueen also made maybe my favorite film of the decade so far, LOVER’S ROCK (2020) which is 70 minutes of pure splendor and among the most perfect “all one night at one party” films in history imo (and impossibly sexy)
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished season 4 of Reacher, and season 3 of Silo, both incredible. Finishing up the latest season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, also great, one of the best Star Trek series. The best thing I saw this summer was Widows Bay, which won all the Emmys. At some point, I realized that I was watching 3 series about people living underground after some conflagration on the surface, and wondering about finally going outside again - Silo, Fallout, Paradise. All three were terrific, but…
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's what we have planned this month.. 💰️ Widows 🧗♂️ Frame by Frame 🍂 When Harry Met Sally 🎳 There Will be Blood w/ @moviepostmortem.bsky.social 🥋 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon w/ @brittsbyhobnob.bsky.social & @horrorhour.bsky.social What movies are you looking forward to? #moviesandus #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →So #Widows is currently on TV and I’m sorry, the Academy collectively failed this film. Should have been up for Oscars. The snub still hurts.
positive · AI labelView post →Honestly. There was no other reason for Black Widows movie not to come out right after Cap than pure misogyny
neutral · AI labelView post →He's a half Mexican/Polish alderman whose last name ends in -ski and yah; the Catholic connection is how his parents met. He had a brief cameo playing himself in the film Widows.
neutral · AI labelView post →If anyone takes anything from my impromptu movie marathon today it’s that once again I’m advising folks not to sleep on Widows (2018)
positive · AI labelView post →He’s right and right to say it. Not only is WIDOWS the best crime film of the 21st century it’s the best Chicago film of the last 25 years.
positive · AI labelView post →Movie years project Year 2018 (37/122) Now Watching 📽️ #13/13 Widows dir. Steve McQueen rec'd by @bryandrews.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Love the film Witches of Eastwick so I've just read the book by John Updike. The film adaptation is quite far removed. Now reading the sequel The Widows of Eastwick. Imagine #Cher #SusanSarandon & #MichellePfieffer reprising their roles. The gays would go into meltdown #witchesofeastwick #johnupdike
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m not sure there are even words that could articulate what Viola Davis is doing in #Widows. She’s vibrating on a whole new frequency. Join the @ohmpods.bsky.social film club - THE JUICE and listen to the jury and I try and get our heads around it.
positive · AI labelView post →Remembering these 4 TV actors who all died on this day in years gone by. Eva Motley from Widows died in 1985, age 31. Pamela Cundell from Dad's Army died in 2015, age 95. Alan Howard from No Bananas died in 2015, age 77. John Shrapnel from G.B.H. died in 2020, age 77.
neutral · AI labelView post →Widows was one of my favorite films of 2018!! Incredible acting across the board. I also highly recommend Steve McQueen’s newest film Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan. I really like how he subtly undercuts established movie genres time and again.
positive · AI labelView post →Widows' Houses. Taken on Foma Ortho 400 120 film with a Rolleicord V TLR camera. #Photography #FilmPhotography #MediumFormatPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ArchitecturePhotography @stillframes.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →The original FOG movie is now streaming free. Aside from the 15 minute opening scene where they repeat the Antonio Bay radio station call sign KAB a zillion times i do love this film. Its perfect Maritime Gothic Horror and reminds me very much of Widows Bay which is another series i love.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Trans Widows" lame, cringe, evil "Trans divorcees" atom bomb of modern noir movie revival sex appeal
neutral · AI labelView post →It wasn't just a movie. Lol.. Russia's 'Black Widows' Marrying Soldiers For Their Death Benefits. www.rferl.org/a/russia-sol...
neutral · AI labelView post →I didn't realize tonight's theme was Western Widows. It looks more like Redheads in Film: Eleanor Parker, Maureen O'Hara, Ann-Margret, and Arlene Dahl. #TCMParty
neutral · AI labelView post →I was absolutely aghast at how little press Widows got. It is an incredible movie with every actor swinging for the fences. It feels weird to call it an overlooked gem when everybody quoting this says so but this is like. A once a decade movie
positive · AI labelView post →WIDOWS is a legitimate contender for best movie of the 21st century
positive · AI labelView post →“Glenda Farrell can't resist costumes which feature the ever popular black and white motif…Her dress is of black woolen cloth and the lapels, hat and high gauntlet gloves are of leather." — press copy. Orry-Kelly designed her outfit for the film Havana Widows (1933).
neutral · AI labelView post →5 from Suzanne Vega Widows Walk Straight Lines Anniversary I Never Wear White If You Were in My Movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Widows and mothers are at the "heart" of a gritty documentary by Philippine filmmaker Sheryl Rose Andes, who turns the camera on women left behind by former president Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war.
neutral · AI labelView post →Widows Bay! Treat it like a long movie lol. Best example of that genre I've ever seen.
neutral · AI labelView post →For those of you who considered Widows Bay a comedy, would you consider Obsession one too? www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes let's use up more Epic Movie Teamup Time on The Atlanteans because they didn't have their own movie and Black Widows Dork Ass Friends
neutral · AI labelView post →Not a movie, but Widows Bay on Apple is a fantastic
neutral · AI labelView post →Beach Reads episode of Widows Bay very good because you immediately think "wow I could watch a whole movie or series about the Evil Book", but Dippold et al recognize that no, this premise has only got 45 minutes of juice in it, tops.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Widows Bay. Laughing when I realized CCR's Midnight Special is a hard core bad omen signal to me. Remnants of the Twilight Zone movie I guess.
neutral · AI labelView post →Man, I gotta give it to the end of Widows, The Most Underrated Movie Of The 21st Century.
positive · AI labelView post →I actually wrote a thesis on “The Widow is Creating Other Widows” back in film schoo
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