F1
Family FavoritePG-13

F1

Let's ride.

2025 • 156 min • Action · Drama

Synopsis

Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.

Our family guide

Best from age 13
94
Movie Knight Score
4394 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 9 · 75%
  • 78 Audience · 4385 · 25%

An aging Formula 1 legend comes out of retirement to mentor a young star and help a struggling team. He chases one last shot at glory in the high-stakes world of professional racing.

Violence & peril
3/10
Language
3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
2/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
4/10

Heads up

  • Intense racing sequences with crashes
  • Some competitive tension and rivalries
  • Moments of emotional struggle and doubt

What it models well

  • Perseverance and determination
  • Teamwork and mentorship
  • Learning from past mistakes
  • Chasing dreams

Talk about it after

  • The importance of resilience in sports and life
  • Balancing personal ambition with team goals
  • How to handle pressure and setbacks
  • The dangers and risks involved in racing

Written by the Movie Knight editorial team for F1. Our own words, our own scoring — always double-check against your family's standards.

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Top billed cast

Director: Joseph Kosinski • Crew: Ehren Kruger, Joseph Kosinski, Ehren Kruger

Trailers & clips

‘F1’ Wins Best Sound | 98th Oscars Speech (2026)

F1 Best Sound Press Room Speech | 98th Oscars (2026)

F1 Wins The BAFTA for Sound | EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026

He's Flying Scene

Opening Title Sequence

Behind the VFX - Behind the Scenes

Filming on Location & Designing the Sets - Behind the Scenes

Lewis Hamilton on Producing A Formula 1 Film - Behind the Scenes

Reviewer notes

Recommended

A Fantastic Encore from Joseph Kosinski - A Love Letter to Speed and Storytelling"Plan C is For Combat" -Sonny Hayes Watched F1:T With Brad Pitt(Ad Astra) as Sonny Hayes, Damson Idris(Outside The Wire) as Joshua Pearce aka JP, Kerry Condon(Rome,Star Wars:Skeleton Crew) as Kate McKenna, Javier Bardem(Dune Part 2) as Ruben Cervantes, Tobias Menzies(The Way Up) as Peter Banning, Shea Wigham(Kong :Skull Island, Mission:I…

Recommended

I could beat around the bush about this one, but I won’t: If you’re looking for innocuous, mindless entertainment lacking in substance and riddled with clichés and implausibilities, all supported by admittedly impressive action-adventure cinematography, then this is the movie for you.…

Recommended

Film is great. Top notch acting from all actors. Captures the essence of just how much dedication is need for the sport and how thrilling, exciting and also dangerous the sport is. Would recommend, 5 Stars!

Recommended

I am so glad I'm F1 illiterate. Even though I know basically nothing about this sport, I can still feel how unrealistic everything is. The opening scene had me going, "Yeah right. Calm down already." But really, it doesn't matter. This has the hallmarks of producer Jerry Bruckheimer, it's dumb and it's fun. It has to be somewhat dumb to be this much fun.…

Recommended

With Sir Lewis Hamilton and F1 media veteran Ian Holmes amongst those at the helm of this production, you can be certain that it’s going to be as an authentic story of all things F1 (can’t be bothered finding the trademark symbol) as you’re ever likely to see. It’s all about team “Ruben” (Javier Bardem) whose cars couldn’t beat an egg and so is looking at ending up broke!…

Recommended

There is no need to say a lot about the movie, it was very very very nice. If you don't care about F1 but just casually like any competition just give it a go. It is really hard for me to watch a longer video without doing something else too but I watched the entire length of this movie without thinking anything about doing something else or eat or touching my phone.…

Recommended

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://talkingfilms.net/f1-review-a-high-octane-triumph-of-technical-filmmaking/ "F1 is a technical and sensory triumph, a cinematic rollercoaster that throws viewers right into the heart of the action with rare intensity.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

A true blockbuster! Although predictable, and a little long, the movie works from start to finish as Brad Pitt brings major star power.

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Entertaining sports drama featuring great racing sequences from director Joseph Kosinski, thrilling score by Hans Zimmer and fine performances by Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem. Not a fan of racing in general but this one was pretty solid. **4.0/5**

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Details

TMDB audience
7.8/10 (4,385)
Age rating
PG-13
Status
Released
Budget
$300,000,000
Box office
$634,142,436
Franchise
F1 Collection
Official site
www.f1themovie.com

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