Nowhere Boy

About Nowhere Boy

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral.

Nowhere Boy is a 2009 drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. The film is filed under rock 'n' roll, musician, dark past, and hit by a car.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson appears as John Lennon, Anne-Marie Duff as Julia Lennon, Kristin Scott Thomas as Mimi Smith, and David Threlfall as George Toogood Smith. Released in December 2009, it runs 98 minutes.

The screenplay is by Matt Greenhalgh. Produced by Ecosse Films. The story is adapted from real events. It streams on Criterion Channel and Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel in the United States.

Big Eyes, Walk the Line, and Born on the Fourth of July make useful companions to Nowhere Boy, all filed under 1950s, 1960s, and biography. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 875 votes.