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The Killer
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2723
- IMDb #2811
- Google retired #3807
- Metacritic #1577
- Letterboxd #2711
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1522
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- Metacritic Critics #1145
- Metacritic Audience #2465
- Criticker #2098
- Kinopoisk #3853
- AlloCiné #2611
- Trakt #3396
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 45, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 90. Critics average 79, everyone else 65.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A meticulous and professional assassin strictly adheres to his solitary routines. After a job goes wrong in Paris, he finds himself the target of a international manhunt. He must return to his operations center in the Dominican Republic and hunt down those who are hunting him, breaking his own rules in the process.
Details
- Director
- David Fincher
- Writer
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Based on
- The Killer by Alexis Nolent
- Studio
- Netflix
- Released
- 25 October 2023
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $175.0M
- Box office
- $362.1K
- Awards
- 2 wins, 10 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →2 wins from 12 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| April 4, 2024 2023 | Best Actor in a Superhero Movie | Michael Fassbender | Winner |
| December 13, 2023 2023 | Best Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
| December 13, 2023 2023 | Best Stunts | The Killer | Nominee |
| December 13, 2023 2023 | Best Picture | The Killer | Nominee |
| December 17, 2023 2023 | Best Director | David Fincher | Nominee |
| December 17, 2023 2023 | Best Editing | Kirk Baxter | Nominee |
| December 17, 2023 2023 | Best Cinematography | Erik Messerschmidt | Nominee |
| December 17, 2023 2023 | Best Musical Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
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12 awards — The Killer
×| Premio Soundtrack Stars Award — Special Mention | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Winner |
| Golden Lion | David Fincher | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Superhero Movie | Michael Fassbender | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Erik Messerschmidt | Nominee |
| Best Director | David Fincher | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Kirk Baxter | Nominee |
| Best Musical Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Killer | Nominee |
| Best Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross | Nominee |
| Best Stunts | The Killer | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley | Ren Klyce, Jonathon Stevens, Malcolm Fife, Jeremy Molod, Thom Brennan, Dee Selby, Shelley Roden, John Roesch | Nominee |
| Original Score — Feature Film | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Nominee |