Munich (2005)

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Genre

drama film, spy film, political thriller film

Country

France, United States, Canada

Runtime

2h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 3,026 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, a Mossad team secretly hunts down the Palestinian militants they believe were responsible. The mission slowly weighs on the team members as they grapple with the cost of revenge.

tensegrittysoberingmoral quandarysuspensefulbleakdeliberate paceserious tone

What happens

Munich is a 2005 epic historical drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, co-written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth. It is based on the 1984 book Vengeance by George Jonas, an account of Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre. Munich was released by Universal Pictures in the United States and Canada and internationally by DreamWorks Pictures on December 23, 2005, and received five Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Score. The film made $131 million worldwide but just $47 million in the United States, making it one of Spielberg's lowest-grossing films domestically. In 2017, the film was named the 16th "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" by The New York Times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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