A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
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slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriousintimatehauntinggritty
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Movie1973·113 min
The Offence
Directed by Sidney Lumet
A crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 45%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.8/10
182 ratings
About The Offence
- 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
- Intimate (1 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- trauma recovery, corruption power, obsession, action combat, london, workplace, rivals, detective investigator, anti hero, investigation procedural, siege bottle, slow burn reveal, corruption