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Synopsis
A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Cast
Mahershala Ali
Juan
Janelle Monae
Teresa
Naomie Harris
Paula
Jaden Piner
Kevin age 9
Trevante Rhodes
Black
Alex R. Hibbert
Little
Shariff Earp
Terrence
Duan Sanderson
Azu
Herman Caheej McGloun
Longshoreman
Kamal Ani-Bellow
Portable Boy 1
Film details
Country
USA
Runtime
1 hour 50 minutes
Production year
2016
Online premiere
10 March 2017
World premiere
10 September 2016
Release date
| 16 February 2017 | Russia | Парадиз | 16+ |
| 2 February 2017 | Argentina | ||
| 26 January 2017 | Australia | ||
| 10 March 2017 | Austria | 12 | |
| 16 February 2017 | Belarus | ||
| 1 February 2017 | Belgium | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Brazil | ||
| 7 April 2017 | Bulgaria | ||
| 9 March 2017 | Chile | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Colombia | ||
| 2 February 2017 | Croatia | ||
| 9 March 2017 | Cyprus | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Czechia | ||
| 9 February 2017 | Denmark | ||
| 3 February 2017 | Estonia | ||
| 1 February 2017 | France | ||
| 9 March 2017 | Germany | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Great Britain | 15 | |
| 26 January 2017 | Greece | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Hong Kong | ||
| 16 February 2017 | Hungary | ||
| 17 February 2017 | India | ||
| 24 February 2017 | Ireland | 15A | |
| 26 January 2017 | Israel | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Italy | ||
| 31 March 2017 | Japan | ||
| 16 February 2017 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 10 February 2017 | Latvia | ||
| 27 January 2017 | Mexico | ||
| 26 January 2017 | Netherlands | ||
| 19 January 2017 | New Zealand | ||
| 9 March 2017 | North Macedonia | ||
| 10 February 2017 | Norway | ||
| 9 February 2017 | Peru | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Poland | ||
| 2 February 2017 | Portugal | ||
| 10 March 2017 | Romania | ||
| 27 April 2017 | Singapore | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Slovakia | ||
| 10 February 2017 | South Africa | ||
| 22 February 2017 | South Korea | ||
| 10 February 2017 | Spain | ||
| 10 February 2017 | Sweden | ||
| 9 March 2017 | Switzerland | 14 | |
| 3 March 2017 | Taiwan | ||
| 9 February 2017 | Thailand | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Turkey | ||
| 18 November 2016 | USA | ||
| 13 April 2017 | Ukraine | ||
| 23 February 2017 | Uruguay |
MPAA
R
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide Gross
$66,953,264
Production
A24, Plan B Entertainment, PASTEL
Also known as
Moonlight, Luz de luna, Лунный свет, Ánh Trăng, Ay işığı, Holdfény, În lumina lunii, Kuuvalgus, Lumina lunii, Luz de la luna, Mahtab, Mēnesgaisma, Menesiena, Mesečina, Mjesečina, Moonlight - L'histoire d'une vie, Moonlight - Tre storie di una vita, Moonlight: Sob a Luz do Luar, Or ya're'akh, Oy nuri, Σεληνόφως, Ай сәулесі, Лунна светлина, Месечина, Місячне сяйво, ムーンライト, 月光, 月光下的藍色男孩, 月光人生, 月光男孩, 蓝色月光, Anh Trang, 月亮喜欢蓝, 문라이트, Мiсячне сяйво, Місячне світло, მთვარის შუქი, ムーンライト：2016
Updated 16 August 2026
Listen to the
soundtrack Moonlight
soundtrack Moonlight
Quotes
Juan
[to Little]
Let me tell you something, man. There are black people everywhere. You remember that, okay? No place you can go in the world ain't got no black people, we was the first on this planet.
[Slight pause]
Juan
I've been here a long time. I'm from Cuba. Lotta black folks in Cuba. You wouldn't know that from being here, though. I was a wild little shorty, man. Just like you. Running around with no shoes on, when the moon was out. This one time, I ran by this old... this old lady. I was runnin' and hollerin', and cuttin' a fool, boy. This old lady, she stopped me. She said...
[He pauses]
Juan
[Imitating an old lady's voice]
"Runnin' around, catching up all that light. In moonlight, black boys look blue. You blue, that's what I'm gon' call you. 'Blue'."
Little
So your name 'Blue'?
Juan
[Chuckles]
Nah.
[Another pause]
Juan
[to Little]
At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.
Showtimes
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