Movies Shows MoodMatch Explore Services New Pick for Me Games

MoodMatch Explore New Services

CriticCrunch

Movies Shows About How It Works Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Streaming availability data provided by Movie of the Night.

A Short Film About Killing (1988) — Where to Watch · CriticCrunch

A Short Film About Killing backdrop

A Short Film About Killing

Movie1988·85 min

A Short Film About Killing

Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski

A crime drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 11%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.6/10

403 ratings

About A Short Film About Killing

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Bleak (1 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: fate destiny, social injustice, isolation loneliness, late 20th century, legal, prison, urban, wilderness, strangers forced together, anti hero, everyman, rise and fall, trial courtroom, corruption

You might like A Short Film About Killing if you enjoyed…

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

2007

Drama

Irreversible

Irreversible

2002

Drama · Thriller

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

1976

Crime · Drama

Prisoners

Prisoners

2013

Drama · Thriller

You Were Never Really Here

You Were Never Really Here

2017

Crime · Drama

More Like A Short Film About Killing

Matched by mood, pacing, and story

Decalogue V

1989

darkharrowinglayered

Taxi Driver

1976

slow burndarklayered

Pixote

Pixote

1980

darkharrowinglayered

The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

2003

fate destinysocial injusticecorruption

Greed

Greed

1924

slow burndarkharrowing

Tubi

Juror #2

Juror #2

2024

trial courtroomfate destinycorruption

Max

The Young and the Damned

The Young and the Damned

1950

darklayerednone

The Trial

The Trial

1962

trial courtroomfate destinysocial injustice

Tubi

Vengeance Is Mine

Vengeance Is Mine

1979

darklayerednone

Tubi

You Don't Know Jack

You Don't Know Jack

2010

rise and falltrial courtroomsocial injustice

Max

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

2007

slow burndarkharrowing

Paramount+

9 Month Stretch

9 Month Stretch

2013

trial courtroomfate destinycorruption

Where to Watch A Short Film About Killing

A Short Film About Killing is not currently available on any tracked service.

Details

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Language: Polish

Cast

Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

⬡Explore cast & crew→

How A Short Film About Killing Ranks

All movies

Top 11%

1980s movies

Top 12%

Crime movies

Top 9%

1980s Crime movies

Top 6%

Krzysztof Kieślowski films#9 of 19

Top 11% All movies.

the vibe

A Short Film About Killing Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriouspersonalbleak

gritty

unsettling

What it's about

rise & falltrial courtroomfate destinysocial injusticeisolation lonelinessanti-heroeverymanstrangers forced togetherlegalcorruptionprisonurbanwildernesslate 20th century

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

bleak 1/9bleak 1/9

texture

grittygritty