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Killers of the Flower Moon

Movie · 2023 · 206 min

A long, quietly devastating descent into greed and complicity, suffocating in its slow accumulation of dread and moral rot.

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2023 film directed by Martin Scorsese
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Year
2023
Runtime
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • corruption
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • race
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism9
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, Western, epic, crime, thriller, crime thriller, detective, crime drama
Directed by
Martin Scorsese
Written by
Eric Roth
Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Brendan Fraser, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone, Tantoo Cardinal, Tatanka Means, Cara Jade Myers
Music
Robbie Robertson
Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto
Runtime
206 min
Country
United States
Languages
English, Osage

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