The Wrestler (2008)

Movie Details

Original Title The Wrestler

Original Language EN

Budget $6,000,000

Revenue $44,734,660

Status Released

Popularity 2.5

Cast

Mickey Rourke

Randy

Popularity: 3.1

Marisa Tomei

Cassidy

Popularity: 2.3

Evan Rachel Wood

Stephanie

Popularity: 2.0

Mark Margolis

Lenny

Popularity: 1.8

Todd Barry

Wayne

Popularity: 1.0

Wass Stevens

Nick Volpe

Popularity: 0.7

Judah Friedlander

Scott Brumberg

Popularity: 0.6

Ernest Miller

The Ayatollah

Popularity: 4.8

Dylan Keith Summers

Necro Butcher

Popularity: 0.1

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Tommy Farra

Tommy Rotten

Popularity: 0.0

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Mike Miller

Lex Lethal

Popularity: 0.0

Marcia Jean Kurtz

Admissions Desk Woman

Popularity: 3.3

Key Crew

Director Darren Aronofsky

Screenplay Robert D. Siegel

Producer Scott Franklin, Darren Aronofsky

Editor Andrew Weisblum

Executive Producer Jennifer Roth, Vincent Maraval, Agnès Mentre

Production

Wild Bunch

Top Rope

Saturn Films

Protozoa Pictures

Videos & Trailers

Script to Scene - THE WRESTLER #shorts

Featurette

THE WRESTLER film clip #4-"Just One Beer"

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THE WRESTLER film clip #5-"The Thrift Shop"

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THE WRESTLER film clip #3-"Im Here"

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THE WRESTLER film clip #2-"Boardwalk"

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THE WRESTLER film clip #1-"Lets Hang Out"

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Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Wuchak 8/10

Sep 26, 2018

“The Wrestler” (2008) Twenty years past his glory days in the mid/late 80s, a wrestler (Mickey Rourke) struggles to make ends meet in New Jersey while wrestling on the weekends, taking illegal pain-meds, pursuing a dancer at the local strip club (Marisa Tomei) and trying to reestablish a rela ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Mar 30, 2024

Mickey Rourke is on top-form in this depiction of fading wrestling star "Randy". Once the talk of the tour, he has fallen on hard times. His body hasn't the strength or stamina it once had and after one fairly convincing pasting in the ring he decides it is time to hang up his loincloth. Whilst his ... Read more

griggs79 9/10

Mar 28, 2025

What a film. It’s raw, heartfelt, and unexpectedly tender. Mickey Rourke's character, all battered pride and broken dreams, is a reflection of our own struggles, clinging to past glory while life keeps kicking him in the ribs. The themes of faded stardom, loneliness, and defiance really hit home. ... Read more