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Cinderella Man
2005
· Movie
· 144 min
B
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #654
- IMDb #327
- Google retired #189
- Rotten Tomatoes #1028
- Metacritic #1171
- Letterboxd #927
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2021
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #414
- Metacritic Critics #1523
- Metacritic Audience #641
- Criticker #884
- Douban #148
- Kinopoisk #99
- AlloCiné #944
- Trakt #486
Every rating
59–96
out of 100
The true story of James J. Braddock, a promising light-heavyweight boxer forced into retirement after a string of losses and a broken hand during the Great Depression. To provide for his family, he gets a lucky chance to return to the ring as a last-minute replacement, beginning an improbable and inspiring run toward the heavyweight championship.
Details
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writers
- Akiva Goldsman, Cliff Hollingsworth
- Released
- 2 June 2005
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $88.0M
- Box office
- $108.5M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 30 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 41 →2 major awards won · 11 wins from 41 nominations across 28 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2006 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Film Editing | Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Makeup | David LeRoy Anderson and Lance Anderson | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Picture | Cinderella Man | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Director | Ron Howard | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ron Howard | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Cinderella Man | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Film Editing | Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | David LeRoy Anderson and Lance Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Paul Giamatti | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
| Best Director | Ron Howard | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| AFI International Award for Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
Hochi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Picture | Cinderella Man | Winner |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hollywood Screenwriter Award | Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Winner |
Women Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Title, In Recognition of the Hopefully Inner Female in Every Macho Guy | Cinderella Man | Winner |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Cinderella Man | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Renée Zellweger | Nominee |
Empire Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Renée Zellweger | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ron Howard | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Motion Picture, Drama | Cinderella Man | Nominee |
| Best Overall DVD | Cinderella Man | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Nominee |
ESPY Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sports Movie | Cinderella Man | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Summer 2005 Blockbuster | Cinderella Man | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Cinderella Man | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| British Supporting Actor of the Year | Paddy Considine | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR | Anthony J. Ciccolini, Deborah Wallach, Stan Bochner, Dan Korintus, and Kenna Doeringer | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| Best Director of a Foreign Film | Ron Howard | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination
| Best Family Feature Film – Drama | Cinderella Man | Nominee |