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Dead Man's Wire
2026
· Movie
· 104 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2126
- IMDb #3814
- Metacritic #2140
- Letterboxd #2587
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #887
- Metacritic Critics #1736
+3 more
- Metacritic Audience #2932
- Kinopoisk #4370
- AlloCiné #1884
Every rating
63–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
Details
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Writer
- Austin Kolodney
- Studio
- Elevated Films, Balcony 9 Productions, RNA Pictures, TPC
- Released
- 9 January 2026
- Country
- United States, Israel, Cyprus, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13.0M
- Box office
- $2.2M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →3 wins from 6 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| AACTA International Awards 2026 | Best Supporting Actor | Dacre Montgomery | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2026 | Best Period Film | Dead Man's Wire | Nominee |
| Astra Creative Arts Awards 2025 | Best Stunt Coordinator | Frank Blake | Nominee |
| Chicago International Film Festival 2025 | Visionary Award | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| Denver Film Festival 2025 | Excellence in Directing Award | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| Miami Film Festival 2025 | Precious Gem Award | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Chicago International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Visionary Award | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
Denver Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Directing Award | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
Miami Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Precious Gem Award | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Dacre Montgomery | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Period Film | Dead Man's Wire | Nominee |
Astra Creative Arts Awards
1 nomination
| Best Stunt Coordinator | Frank Blake | Nominee |