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The Art of Self-Defense

Name: The Art of Self-Defense
Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada, David Zellner

2019104 minComedy · Thriller · Drama · Mystery

★ 6.6 / 10 TMDb rating · 860 votes

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IMDb: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
Metacritic: 65/100

Awards

5 nominations total

OMDb · Sep 14, 2026

What is The Art of Self-Defense about?

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.