James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari is seeing a resurgence on the worldwide streaming charts, a number of months after one other auto racing sports activities motion film dominated the field workplace. Ford v Ferrari is a docudrama starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale as a duo making an attempt to construct a Ford automobile that may beat Ferrari within the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
Former racer and automotive designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and driver Ken Miles (Bale), in addition to the remainder of their staff, should cope with Ford’s company calls for and the near-unbeatable legacy of Ferrari, however finally triumph in Ford v Ferrari‘s bittersweet ending. Mangold’s sports activities entry was nominated for the Oscar for Greatest Image 5 years earlier than A Full Unknown.
Now, Ford v Ferrari is seeing a resurgence on streaming as it’s presently the No. 6 film on the planet on HBO Max at the moment (December 2), per FlixPatrol. That is forward of the long-term streaming hit Weapons, which turned massively common on the platform following its theatrical success this summer time, and Dwayne Johnson’s vacation motion fare Crimson One.
Ford v Ferrari is, nonetheless, nonetheless behind the extra presently related motion pictures on HBO’s international streaming charts, with 2025’s The Conjuring: Final Rites claiming the No. 1 spot at the moment and 2024’s Depraved at No. 2, with its sequel now in theaters. In the meantime, Ford v Ferrari‘s non secular successor is gearing up for its streaming launch, possibly indicating why the previous is surging.
Although it isn’t strictly related to Ford v Ferrari, 2025’s F1: The Film starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris was additionally successful motorsport characteristic with an intensive runtime, permitting it to showcase all the main points of racing. F1 went on to develop into the highest-grossing film of Pitt’s profession, surpassing 2013’s World Battle Z, whereas additionally being comparatively well-reviewed.
F1 is about for its streaming launch on Apple TV on December 12. This yr’s providing was not as critically acclaimed as Ford v Ferrari — for example, F1 has an 82% on Rotten Tomatoes whereas Ford v Ferrari has a 92% —and is unlikely to comply with in its footsteps on the Oscars. However followers of 1 film should be inclined to take a look at the opposite, and may stream each quickly.
Ford v Ferrari, although it was overshadowed by the historic win of Parasite that awards season, is a film that ought to be capable to stand the take a look at of time. Additionally starring Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe, Josh Lucas, and Noah Jupe, followers of racing motion pictures ought to revisit this providing that recounts a model of a captivating story earlier than watching or rewatching the fictional F1 counterpart.
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November 13, 2019
- Runtime
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153 minutes
- Writers
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Jason Keller, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth