Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
- immigrant
- detective
- massachusetts
- investigation
- big family
- mansion
- whodunit
- family home
- murder mystery
- neo-noir
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Daniel Craig
Benoit Blanc
Chris Evans
Ransom Drysdale
Ana de Armas
Marta Cabrera
Jamie Lee Curtis
Linda Drysdale
- Michael Shannon — Walt Thrombey
- Don Johnson — Richard Drysdale
- Toni Collette — Joni Thrombey
- LaKeith Stanfield — Lieutenant Elliott
- Christopher Plummer — Harlan Thrombey
- Katherine Langford — Meg Thrombey
- Jaeden Martell — Jacob Thrombey
- Riki Lindhome — Donna Thrombrey
- Edi Patterson — Fran
- Frank Oz — Alan Stevens
- K Callan — Greatnana Wanetta
- Directed
- Rian Johnson
- Written
- Rian Johnson
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 14,442 ratings
- Studio
- MRC, T-Street
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2019 · You’re hereKnives Out
Where it starts.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
