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The Apprentice
2024
· Movie
· 122 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1803
- IMDb #1999
- Google retired #2942
- Metacritic #2193
- Letterboxd #1822
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1722
+6 more
- Metacritic Critics #2001
- Metacritic Audience #2511
- Douban #1871
- Kinopoisk #3318
- AlloCiné #929
- Trakt #2649
Every rating
64–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
Details
- Director
- Ali Abbasi
- Writer
- Gabriel Sherman
- Released
- 9 October 2024
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Canada, Sweden
- Language
- English, Hebrew
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $17.3M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 26 →7 wins from 26 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2025 | Best Actor | Sebastian Stan | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2025 | Best Supporting Actor | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
| César Awards 2025 | Best Foreign Film | The Apprentice | Nominee |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2025 | Best Editing | Olivier Bugge Coutté and Olivia Neergaard-Holm | Nominee |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2025 | Best Director | Ali Abbasi | Nominee |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards 2025 | Best Lead Performance | Sebastian Stan | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2025 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Sebastian Stan | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2025 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
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Film Independent Spirit Awards
3 nominations
| Best Director | Ali Abbasi | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Olivier Bugge Coutté and Olivia Neergaard-Holm | Nominee |
| Best Lead Performance | Sebastian Stan | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Sebastian Stan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Sebastian Stan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | Ali Abbasi | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | The Apprentice | Nominee |
Canadian Screen Awards
5 nominations, 5 won
| Best Hair | Michelle Côté, Charlotte Delaet, and Sandra Kelly | Winner |
| Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film | Sebastian Stan | Winner |
| Best Makeup | Colin Penman, Brandi Boulet, and Sean Sansom | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture | Daniel Bekerman | Winner |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Film | Jeremy Strong | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Jeremy Strong | Winner |
Robert Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best English Language Film | The Apprentice | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Sebastian Stan | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
| Best Casting | Carmen Cuba and Stephanie Gorin | Nominee |
Actor Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Studio or Independent (Drama) | Carmen Cuba, Stephanie Gorin, and Brendan Wilcocks | Nominee |
Astra Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Indie Feature | The Apprentice | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Performance | Jeremy Strong | Nominee |