Widows Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Four women who team up to complete a heist.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

From Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

Thriller Heist

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Widows.

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  Viola Davis

  The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, Air

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  Cynthia Erivo

  Wicked, Wicked Part 2

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  Daniel Kaluuya

  Get Out, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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  Michelle Rodriguez

  Fast X, Fast & Furious 6

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  Liam Neeson

  Absolution, The Naked Gun

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  Elizabeth Debicki

  MaXXXine, The Great Gatsby

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  Colin Farrell

  The Penguin (series), A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

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  Brian Tyree Henry

  Transformers One, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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  Garret Dillahunt

  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Dead Don’t Hurt

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  Carrie Coon

  Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, His Three Daughters

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  Jacki Weaver

  Memoir of a Snail, Equals

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  Jon Bernthal

  Fury, The Accountant 2

Crew Behind the Film

The Widows behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Steve McQueen last directed Blitz and Occupied City. The film's writer Steve McQueen last wrote Blitz and 12 Years a Slave.

Director

Steve McQueen

Screenwriters

Steve McQueen
Gillian Flynn

Producers

Iain Canning
Steve McQueen
Emile Sherman

Additional Information

All Trailers

Official Widows movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the Widows movie production.

Key Facts

• The film adaptation will be contemporary and set in a U.S. city. The script calls for four female leads: two black, one white and one Latina (Hollywood Reporter, 9/27/16).
• Based on the 1980s British TV series written by Lynda La Plante.

Questions

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