Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Slumdog Millionaire rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 907K votes

Rotten Tomatoes92%

Metacritic84%

TMDb7.732/10· 11K votes

With 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 84/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Slumdog Millionaire

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

Cast of Slumdog Millionaire

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  Dev Patel

  as Older Jamal

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  Freida Pinto

  as Older Latika

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  Madhur Mittal

  as Older Salim

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  Anil Kapoor

  as Prem

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  Mahesh Manjrekar

  as Javed

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  Saurabh Shukla

  as Sergeant Srinivas

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  Irrfan Khan

  as Police Inspector

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  Ankur Vikal

  as Maman

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  Tanay Chheda

  as Middle Jamal

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  Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

  as Youngest Jamal

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  Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala

  as Middle Salim

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  Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

  as Youngest Salim

Slumdog Millionaire facts

Budget

$15M

Box office

$378.4M

Our take on Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle's 2008 drama unfolds as a teenager, accused of cheating on the Indian edition of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?', looks back across his life to explain how he knew each answer. That framing lets the film move between the quiz-show hot seat and the streets that shaped him, weaving a coming-of-age story with a thread of romance. It's kinetic and emotionally direct, using the game's questions as doorways into memory rather than mere suspense. The result suits viewers who want feeling and momentum together, and who don't mind hardship woven through hope. Come for the underdog pull; stay for how neatly the pieces of a life click into place.