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Music Box (1989) — Where to Stream · CriticCrunch

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Music Box

Movie1989·124 min

Music Box

Directed by Costa-Gavras

Drama Thriller Mystery

An Oscar-nominated drama thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 33%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.1/10

182 ratings

About Music Box

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Tense
Story Tags: betrayal, family dysfunction, trauma recovery, late 20th century, legal, historical event, urban, washington dc, parent child, war homefront, detective investigator, everyman, trial courtroom, slow burn reveal, conspiracy, corruption

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Details

Director: Costa-Gavras
Language: English

Cast

Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Donald Moffat

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Awards

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Actress (1989)

How Music Box Ranks

All movies

Top 33%

1980s movies

Top 35%

Drama movies

Top 34%

1980s Drama movies

Top 42%

Costa-Gavras films#6 of 11

Top 33% All movies.

the vibe

Music Box Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalearnest

contemplative

tense

What it's about

trial courtroomslow-burn revealconspiracybetrayalfamily dysfunctiontrauma recoverydetective investigatoreverymanparent childlegalhistorical eventwar homefrontcorruptionurbanWashington DClate 20th century

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

contemplativequiet