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The Machinist is a 2004 thriller drama film, directed by Brad Anderson, starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.
- 68 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy
- posts span Sep 14, 2023 to Oct 14, 2026
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60 of 73 · most liked firstnext up: The Machinist (2004) Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Lee. I remember this being a really trippy movie. youtu.be/H0fuHY4U1UA?...
positive · AI labelView post →For emphasis, Kung Fu Hustle *has* to be my favorite movie from 2004. In a year that contained Shaun of the Dead, 2046, Spider-Man 2, Howl's Moving Castle, Layer Cake, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Collateral, and The Machinist, that's no small feat!
neutral · AI labelView post →Strangest movie you’ve ever seen…and kind of liked it, but will NEVER watch again. The Machinist
neutral · AI labelView post →This dog has reached her peak of puppy and I have barely slept in many days. This must be what The Machinist felt like in the movie "The Machinist" starring Christian Bale as The Machinist
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out our exclusive interview with director Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist) about his new creature feature Worldbreaker, starring Milla Jovovich and Luke Evans. www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/session... #horrorsky #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →This "ruining my health for The Method" made it impossible for me to enjoy the Les Mis movie as well: I was so horrified by the bs Anne Hathaway put herself through that I couldn't bear it (see also: The Machinist from long ago - brilliant! unbearable)
positive · AI labelView post →Out of the Furnace and The Machinist are two fine movies by Christian. Out of the Furnace has Woody Harrelson and Casey Affleck. Not a Christmas day movie but it's just me and my cat so I'm putting it on again. Casey made me cry in one part. If you cry, let me know which part.
positive · AI labelView post →Maybe she wondered if it's an integral part of Wicked that the characters lose weight later in the story, like in the hit Christian Bale movie The Machinist
neutral · AI labelView post →When the Machinist came out in 2004 this was considered disturbingly skinny. Nowadays this is what most actors look like..
neutral · AI labelView post →Also because it's mentioned towards the end of the episode, shoutout to @danielgorman20.bsky.social and his recommendation of IN THE DARK (2000), as well as Mike's addition of THE MACHINIST (2004) if you're searching for films evocative of SILENT HILL. More below: letterboxd.com/the_timestar...
neutral · AI labelView post →Severance is the weirdest thing in television. It’s somehow weirder than the movie the Machinist, and sustains it hour after hour. It’s unfathomable.
neutral · AI labelView post →Went out with a guy who'd called the film the Machinist the mack-in-ist It's been 9 years and yet!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Machinist Mainly because I shortly after watching it worked in my dads workshop thats full of massive saw machines very similar to the ones in the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →#DendensMovieDen. No. 97. The Machinist. This was a movie I was aware of very early on after its release thanks to Christian Bale’s involvement. I knew him from the impressive Empire of the Sun and American Psycho, but the stories around his weight loss as an early sign of his (1/7)
neutral · AI labelView post →Hmm. Plenty of unreliable narrators but that's not quite it, is it? Some good ex below, I though Grave Encouters as well...what about The Machinist? Though that may be less the camera and more the entire story...Mouth of Madness, where the film bc a Sutter Cain story thru Trent's involvement?
neutral · AI labelView post →Transsiberian is Brad Anderson’s true masterpiece. It’s the only post Hitchcock film I would ever call truly Hitchcockian, and it isn’t just because of the train. All due respect to The Machinist, I truly hope Transsiberian ends up #1
positive · AI labelView post →The Machinist is a badass movie
positive · AI labelView post →The first film my wife and I saw together was Magic Roundabout. Followed by Vera Drake, The Machinist, A Very Long Engagement, Pans Labyrinth and the Orphanage.
neutral · AI labelView post →movie #thinspo for #edsky #lemonwatersky #caterpillarsky The Machinist (2004) - Christine Bale
neutral · AI labelView post →Is that The Machinist? Thats a film!
neutral · AI labelView post →THE MACHINIST (2004) is a terrifying movie in large part due to the unstartling bits
positive · AI labelView post →What's a movie that felt like a fever dream? The Machinist! #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching: The Machinist (Anderson, 2004)
neutral · AI labelView post →Ha ha, The Machinist is such a cult film for so many. I prefer Session IX, but both are great and definitely for the same viewer. Have fun!
positive · AI labelView post →lets keep this discourse going. rank your top 3 nolan films 1. I don't like "films" I like MOVIES 2. I don't know who Nolan is 3. It's a tie between The Machinist and the Batman movie with Bane because I've got a major crush on Tom Hardy
neutral · AI labelView post →Kinda reminds me of The Machinist mixed with that one Vincent Price movie with the "if you scream you die" premise + bugs in your spine.
neutral · AI labelView post →films of Jun 2026 inc 1989 Punisher, The Machinist, One Hour Photo, The Haunting (1961), Seconds, The Strangeness, Warlock Moon, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, The Innocents, In Fabric, Symptoms, Hour Of The Wolf, Persona, Sleep Has Her House, 1408 and HOTEL
neutral · AI labelView post →Day Shift was an entertaining movie, was fun watching it. The Machinist is one I keep meaning to see, have to imagine its quite an unsettling movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →What do people think? Is prosthetics "cheating" when it comes to playing a role in a film or tv show? Do you want to see people ape Christian Bale in the Machinist or Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket because digital assists and other methods feel somehow cheap? Or are fat suits ok?
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember this Christian Bale scene but can’t remember which film it’s from. The Machinist?
neutral · AI labelView post →Please, just no more losing weight like in THE MACHINIST. That actually scared me more than any horror movie.
negative · AI labelView post →Boost! The way to get more theatrical releases of indie film is to go see them in theaters. (Also, The Machinist is fantastic. The 00s were full of hidden gems; that's one of them.)
positive · AI labelView post →Have you ever seen The Machinist? My first Bale film and it's astounding. No special effects, remember that as you go through this movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Last night we started watching American Psycho. About 30 seconds into it, I got up, paused it, and went, "nope. Tonight we watch The Machinist (2004 Christian Bale)" They've never seen it before and they were mesmerized by it Solid 4/5 psychological thriller movie. Would recommend for a wild ride!
positive · AI labelView post →Christian Bale (six feet tall, born 1974) body transformations for movie roles After averaging 180 pounds in 2000, he dropped 60 in four months for The Machinist (2004), gained 70 for Batman Begins (2005), dropped 55 for Rescue Dawn (2006)... www.celebheights.com/s/Christian-...
neutral · AI labelView post →batman begins (2005). The actor also did a movie called the Machinist before it where he became dangerously underweight for the role so his transformation was even more incredible. People called him chubby on set. How out of touch do you have to be with what normal buff bodies look like.
neutral · AI labelView post →You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature? The Machinist (2004) and Jacob's Ladder (1990)
neutral · AI labelView post →No no The Machinist was the remake of an old Charles “Entertainment” Bronson movie starring John Transporter as Agent 47. The movie you’re thinking of is called The Cure and it’s about how emotions is bad so they invented medicine that gives you super depression and made it illegal to not take it.
neutral · AI labelView post →AT-J in particular usually looks like she's going through The Machinist (2004) training for a film about the Greys 👽
neutral · AI labelView post →Christine Bale in The Machinist (2004) THIS MOVIE IS SUCH THINSPO!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose a MOVIE CLIP in Youtube of a film that you want to share. If you cannot find it, default to GIF! One for day as long as you want. 😊 #FilmSky #Movies #Películas 🎬🎥 The Machinist - El Maquinista (2004) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ineR...
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to replace every modern thriller movie hero with Jimmy Stewart. Just put him in Nightcrawler or The Machinist.
neutral · AI labelView post →Uh wow! He really lost weight like what Christian Bale did for The Machinist movie?
neutral · AI labelView post →Maybe my fave review of THE MACHINIST included this line: "You can't stop thinking about how awful Bale looks-partly because his transformation is so unnerving, but also because the film doesn't give you anything else to think about."
neutral · AI labelView post →I think they did make that as a Batman prequel called The Machinist. Bruce Wayne's eating disorder is a major part of the film. youtu.be/H0fuHY4U1UA?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I reference the 2004 movie The Machinist a lot considering I've never actually watched it.
neutral · AI labelView post →What's a good horror movie that isn't actually a horror movie? For me, The Machinist. Deeply unsettling vibes.
positive · AI labelView post →There was a Christian Bale movie called The Machinist about long-term insomnia; not hereditary though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Brad Anderson is a director who fell through the cracks. His finest work, The Machinist, is often described as a "cult film". No. It's a masterpiece. Christian Bale's tortured physical performance is jaw-dropping. This film has so much rewatchability. Every single scene operates on multiple levels.
positive · AI labelView post →Yeah I saw this movie called The Machinist and Christian Bale talked about his process and you know he loves to shapeshift for his roles he was talking about how once he lost all that weight he wasn’t even tired anymore he was just reading a lot and awake more I
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Grid - 08/10/2026: 9/9 Correct Score: 2623 (top 8%) 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 www.moviegrid.io The Machinist an all-time "should be obscure but everyone knows it" pick
neutral · AI labelView post →The Machinist (2004) The Machinist (2004) Another film by Brad Anderson! This director made the fairly decent Stonehearst Asylum (2014) and The Silent Hour (2024), as well as the excellent The Call (2013). In recent years, he’s made Worldbreaker (2025), which isn’t great. Yeah, he’s got some really good stuff and some really bad stuff, that’s for sure! As for Session 9 (2001), it’s, sadly, just not a good film! It also had all the makings of a boring film, just like The Machinist, but Anderson…
neutral · AI labelView post →The Machinist 6.5/10 - A dark, psychologically interesting film about guilt and identity, with a viscerally physical performance from Christian Bale. #TheMachinist searchingforthe10.substack.com/p/the-machin...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Session 9, the preceding movie from the director of The Machinist. Frustratingly close to being good. Great in acts one and two, does not stick the landing at all. Pretty good at handling themes like psychiatric abuse and multiple personalities, but annoyingly blind to other subjects.
neutral · AI labelView post →Brad Anderson’s masterpiece isnt The Machinist (though admittedly great), but Transsiberian. It is the ONLY post-Hitchcock movie that I believe can TRULY be called Hitchcockian.
neutral · AI labelView post →#TheMachinist is a movie with a twist. But it couldn't give you a better feel for what losing touch with reality in #paranoidSchizophrenia can look like if it tried. Good #movie with a phenomenal performance by #ChristianBale. www.imdb.com/title/tt0361...
positive · AI labelView post →WELP, BUGONIA certainly hoped my "what madness feels like" movie.. The Voices, The Machinist, this def topped them. However.. got mixed feelings about the ending (specifically the last few min.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching THE CUT (2024). Orlando Bloom plays a boxer coming out of retiremenrt who has to cut weight before a comeback bout. Bloom lost either 35 or 52lbs for the film. He was 46 or 47 when he made this. That is insane commitment to a role. Bale was 30 when he lost 62lbs for THE MACHINIST.
neutral · AI labelView post →watched 'fractured' (2019) a while back (it was bad) and throughout i was like "oh, they're doing The Machinist, okay" and afterwards i looked up who made it and it's crazy to me that brad anderson just made the same film twice
negative · AI labelView post →Movie Pyramid - 06/23/2025: 10/10 Correct Score: 1214 (top 17%) 🟩 🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.moviepyramid.io Always surprised how many other people also go to The Machinist rather than bigger movies
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