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Million Dollar Baby
2004
· Movie
· 132 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #209
- IMDb #202
- Google retired #335
- Rotten Tomatoes #522
- Metacritic #206
- Letterboxd #486
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #986
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #496
- Metacritic Critics #326
- Metacritic Audience #170
- Criticker #764
- Douban #134
- Kinopoisk #116
- AlloCiné #35
- Trakt #172
Every rating
60–94
out of 100
A determined woman in her thirties walks into a rundown gym and asks a hardened boxing trainer to take her on. He refuses, believing it's too late for her to start and having no interest in training girls. Her relentless persistence eventually breaks down his resistance, and he agrees to train her, forging a powerful bond as she proves herself and climbs the ranks of the boxing world.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer
- Paul Haggis
- Studio
- Lakeshore Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Epsilon Motion Pictures, Albert S. Ruddy Productions
- Released
- 5 December 2004
- Country
- United States, Switzerland
- Language
- English, Irish Gaelic, German
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $216.8M
- Awards
- 22 wins, 32 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 54 →10 major awards won · 22 wins from 54 nominations across 28 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Picture | Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Winner |
| César Awards 2004 | Best Foreign Film | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Award 2004 | Outstanding Directing | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Golden Globe Award 2004 | Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Golden Globe Award 2004 | Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
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Academy Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Picture | Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Winner |
| Best Actor | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Paul Haggis | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Joel Cox | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture—Drama | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Winner |
| Best Cast | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directing | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
Art Directors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Best Contemporary Feature Film | Henry Bumstead Jack G. Taylor Jr. | Nominee |
Grammy Award
1 nomination
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Award
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Best Film | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Actor | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Nominee |
Satellite Award
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Paul Haggis | Winner |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Best Actor | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Film | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Film | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Nominee |
American Screenwriters Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Discover Screenwriting Award | Paul Haggis | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank | Winner |
NAACP Image Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
National Board of Review Award
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Film | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Nominee |
ACE Eddie
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Joel Cox | Nominee |
Amanda Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Feature Film | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
Billie Award
1 nomination
| Best Film | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Nominee |
Black Reel Award
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Nominee |
Casting Society of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Casting for Feature Film: Drama | Phyllis Huffman | Nominee |
Director's Guild of Great Britain
1 nomination
| Outstanding Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
ESPY Award
1 nomination
| Best Sports Movie | Clint Eastwood Albert S. Ruddy Tom Rosenberg Paul Haggis | Nominee |
MTV Movie Award
1 nomination
| Best Female Performance | Hilary Swank | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Award
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing (Sound Effects & Foley) | Alar Robert Murray Bub Asman David Grimaldi Jason King | Nominee |