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The Fighter
2010
· Movie
· 116 min
B
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #649
- IMDb #538
- Google retired #1444
- Rotten Tomatoes #528
- Metacritic #566
- Letterboxd #949
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #862
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #630
- Metacritic Critics #731
- Metacritic Audience #485
- Criticker #694
- Douban #749
- Kinopoisk #658
- AlloCiné #401
- Trakt #819
Every rating
61–91
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91.
See the most agreed on films →The based-on-a-true-story of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward, whose career is managed by his domineering mother and overshadowed by his older half-brother, a former boxer whose drug addiction consumes him. Micky must break free from his family's control to seize his own shot at the world title.
Details
- Director
- David O. Russell
- Writers
- Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy, Scott Silver
- Released
- 10 December 2010
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $129.2M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 24 →3 major awards won · 6 wins from 24 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Winner | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Director | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Supporting Actress | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Film Editing | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
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Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
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| Best Actor – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Director | Nominee | |
| Best Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Winner | |
| Best Acting Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
3 nominations
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Acting Ensemble | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Winner | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominee |
ESPY Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sports Movie | Winner |