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The Smashing Machine
2025
· Movie
· 123 min
C
MEANRANK
61/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3827
- IMDb #3936
- Rotten Tomatoes #2324
- Metacritic #2947
- Letterboxd #3265
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2653
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2445
- Metacritic Critics #1892
- Metacritic Audience #4255
- Criticker #2566
- Douban #2568
- Kinopoisk #4427
- AlloCiné #3432
- Trakt #4349
Every rating
40–72
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 40, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 72.
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Details
- Director
- Benny Safdie
- Writer
- Benny Safdie
- Released
- 1 October 2025
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $50.0M
- Box office
- $21.1M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (84) →
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →3 wins from 16 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2026 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2026 | Best Makeup | Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, and Mia Neal | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2026 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2026 | Best Actor – Drama | Dwayne Johnson | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2026 | Best Actor | Dwayne Johnson | Nominee |
| Astra Film Awards 2026 | Best Actor – Drama | Dwayne Johnson | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2026 | Outstanding Hair and Makeup | Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox & Mia Neal | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2026 | Outstanding Production Design | James Chinlund, production designer; Marcia Calosio, Mike Keel & Frank Okay, set decorators | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor – Drama | Dwayne Johnson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Makeup | Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, and Mia Neal | Nominee |
Venice International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Silver Lion | Benny Safdie | Winner |
| Golden Lion | Benny Safdie | Nominee |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award | Dwayne Johnson | Winner |
Savannah Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Maverick Director Award | Benny Safdie | Winner |
Black Reel Awards
4 nominations
| Outstanding Editing | Benny Safdie | Nominee |
| Outstanding Hair and Makeup | Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox & Mia Neal | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Performance | Dwayne Johnson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Production Design | James Chinlund, production designer; Marcia Calosio, Mike Keel & Frank Okay, set decorators | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Dwayne Johnson | Nominee |
Astra Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor – Drama | Dwayne Johnson | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
North Texas Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Dwayne Johnson | Nominee |