Summary
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
Good for
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+11)
Critics 89Audiences 78GoodWatch 83
Tomatometer96%
Metascore81
Audience score82%
IMDb7.8
User score7.5
Running time
1 h 59 min
Longer than most documentaries, +23 min on the typical 96
typical 96119Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 35 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
+25Released
2020
December 25, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicTurkishMade in
Türkiye- United States
Writers Guild of America Awards2021
- Best Documentary Screenplay2021Won
BAFTA Awards2021
- Best Documentary2021Nominated
Rated
- PG-13United States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 9 more12 people
- Jamal KhashoggiSelf (archive footage)
- Omar AbdulazizSelf - Interviewee
- Prince Mohammed bin Salman al SaudSelf (Footage)
- İrfan FidanSelf - Public Prosecutor
- Agnès CallamardSelf - Interviewee
- Hatice CengizSelf - Interviewee
- John O. BrennanSelf - Interviewee
- Fahrettin AltunSelf - Interviewee
Anthony J. FerranteSelf - Interviewee
Abdulhamit GulSelf - Interviewee
Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
Bob CorkerSelf (archive footage)
Directing · 1
- Bryan Fogel Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Mark Monroe Writer, Producer
Production · 2
- Thor Halvorssen Producer
- Jake Swantko Producer
Camera · 1
- Ross McDonnell Camera Operator
Editing · 4
- Wyatt Rogowski Editor
- Scott D. Hanson Editor
- James Leche Editor
- Avner Shiloah Editor
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