Top 24 Best Sports Movies Of All Time
The Wrestler (2008)
"The Wrestler" was directed by acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky. Starring Mickey Rourke, it follows an aging professional wrestler. Rourke does a phenomenal job depicting the struggles of an aging wrestler with ill health and waning fame. He won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award, and the role revitalized his career.
Movie Plot: A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
- Genre: Drama, Sport
- Rated: R
- Released: 30 Jan 2009 in USA, France
- Runtime: 109 min
- Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
- BoxOffice: $26,238,243
- Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 58 wins & 91 nominations.
The Wrestler was Written by Robert Siegel and directed by Darren Aronofsky and produced by Protozoa Pictures, Wild Bunch.
7.9/10 IMDB Rating
98% Rotten Tomatoes
80/100 Metacritic
98% Rotten Tomatoes
80/100 Metacritic
