The film premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on August 31 , 2018 , where it won the Golden Osella Award for Best Screenplay . After a limited theatrical run beginning on November 9 , 2018 , it was released on Netflix on November 16 . The National Board of Review named it as one of its top ten best films of 2018 . The film earned three nominations at the 91st Academy Awards : Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Costume Design and Best Original Song ( " When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings " )
75th Venice International Film Festival
75th Venice International Film Festival
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs