Compulsion fingerprintStrong craft, light on feelings.
Tense
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History, crime, and the mind
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
History, crime, and the mind
Its world is built around history, crime, and the mind.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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THEIRS WAS THE PERFECT CRIME they thought! They were too sure...too smart...too careful to leave a clue -- but they did! and it exploded -- The shocking story of two teenagers out for kicks...looking for thrills...and finding them!
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Compulsion is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 88/100 (IMDb 7.4 and Rotten Tomatoes 100%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence.
1 h 43 min
Compulsion runs 1 h 43 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Critics rate Compulsion higher (100) than audiences (80). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $1 million to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 1.3 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+17GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Compulsion in 31 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
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