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Ballad of a Small Player
2025
· Movie
· 101 min
D
MEANRANK
53/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4984
- IMDb #4774
- Metacritic #4115
- Letterboxd #4752
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3853
- Metacritic Critics #3787
+2 more
- Metacritic Audience #4312
- AlloCiné #4150
Every rating
46–59
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 46, highest is IMDb on 59.
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Details
- Director
- Edward Berger
- Writer
- Rowan Joffé
- Based on
- The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osborne
- Studio
- Good Chaos, Stigma Films, Nine Hours
- Released
- 15 October 2025
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (27) →
Awards & nominations
See all 6 →2 wins from 6 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2026 | Best Lead Actor – Film | Colin Farrell | Nominee |
| Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild 2026 | Best Contemporary Hair Styling (Feature-Length Motion Picture) | Alex Kwan and Heike Merker | Nominee |
| National Film Awards 2026 | Best Thriller | Ballad of a Small Player | Nominee |
| Middleburg Film Festival 2025 | Spotlight Actor Award | Colin Farrell | Winner |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival 2025 | Golden Seashell | Ballad of a Small Player | Nominee |
| Zurich Film Festival 2025 | Golden Icon Award | Colin Farrell | Winner |
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Middleburg Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Spotlight Actor Award | Colin Farrell | Winner |
Zurich Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Icon Award | Colin Farrell | Winner |
Irish Film & Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best Lead Actor – Film | Colin Farrell | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild
1 nomination
| Best Contemporary Hair Styling (Feature-Length Motion Picture) | Alex Kwan and Heike Merker | Nominee |
National Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Thriller | Ballad of a Small Player | Nominee |
San Sebastián International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Seashell | Ballad of a Small Player | Nominee |