Movie · 2023 · Crime, History, Drama · 3h 26m · R · English
Curator score: 8.7/10 (1.5M ratings)
Can you find the wolves in this picture?
Overview
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Ratings
Curator score: 8.7/10
IMDb: 7.5/10
Letterboxd: 4.02/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 89
TMDB: 7.4/10
Director
Martin Scorsese
Production
Apple Studios, Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions, Appian Way
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, Jason Isbell, William Belleau, Louis Cancelmi, Scott Shepherd, Everett Waller, Tahlee Redcorn, Yancey Red Corn, Tatanka Means, Tommy Schultz, Sturgill Simpson
Where to watch
Apple TV Plus
Curator Review
Verdict
A major, devastating historical crime drama with exceptional performances and a controlled, mournful sense of scale. It’s long and deliberately paced, but the film’s power comes from how it turns a murder mystery into an indictment of greed, colonial violence, and complicity.
Best for
Viewers who want prestige historical drama with real moral weight
Fans of slow-burn crime stories that become something larger and more tragic
People interested in Indigenous history and systemic injustice
Audiences who appreciate patient, actor-driven filmmaking
Skip if
You want a brisk thriller with constant plot momentum
You prefer lighter true-crime entertainment
You’re impatient with long runtimes and deliberate pacing
You want a story centered more fully on the victim’s perspective throughout
Overview
Martin Scorsese makes a late-career film of grim patience and enormous sorrow, using the machinery of a crime saga to expose a national crime. What begins as a murder mystery gradually reveals itself as something more chilling: a portrait of greed so normalized it can look like domestic routine. The film’s scale is classical, but its emotional effect is corrosive and modern.
Worth noting
Lily Gladstone is the film’s center of gravity, giving Mollie a quiet force that cuts through the surrounding corruption. Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro are both excellent, with De Niro especially unsettling in his casual, paternal evil. Scorsese’s direction is measured and often haunting, favoring accumulation over shock and letting the enormity of the crimes settle in.
Bottom line
It is not an easy watch, and its length will feel substantial, but the film earns its sprawl. More than a true-crime story, it is a tragedy about extraction, betrayal, and the way violence hides inside respectability. The result is one of Scorsese’s most somber and morally devastating films.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Joel Robinson (4.5★) · 36606 likes
I've always been so proud to be Osage. I'm so thankful that I have a father that instilled that identity in me from a young age, as well as a non-Indigenous mother who has always reinforced it. But being Indigenous comes with a heavy load. All too often, it feels that we're carrying on our ancestors' Sisyphean task of struggling to become more visible and have our issues heard by non-Indigenous communities.
So when I heard years ago that this… more
jonathan fujii (4★) · 30645 likes
Nobody:
Leo the entire movie: ☹️
Framesofnick (4.5★) · 19701 likes
I hope the first person to watch this as tiktok clips gets hit by a car
Jay (4★) · 14545 likes
everybody gangsta til marty brings out the true crime podcast quartet
ndc32002 (3★) · 9156 likes
leo dicaprio and robert deniro make grumpy cat faces at each other for three and a half hours
2007 · Crime, Thriller, Western · 2h 2m · R · Curator 9.6/10 (3.1M ratings) · Where to watch: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, MGM Plus, Philo
Shares a fatalistic sense of violence spreading through a landscape shaped by money, lawlessness, and moral decay.