# Live by Night (2016)

> A Boston outlaw climbs the Prohibition underworld from rum-running streets to tropical crime empires while love, revenge, and betrayal threaten his survival.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/149157

## Facts

- Runtime: 129 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Ben Affleck
- Cast: Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Remo Girone, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Glenister, Matthew Maher, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361317/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: brooding, stylish, romantic, crime movie night, period drama night

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- [Road to Perdition (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/2403)
- [The Business (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/2945)
- [Black Mass (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/150245)
- [The Town (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/13770)
- [Contraband (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/54721)
- [Blood Ties (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/112131)
- [What Doesn't Kill You (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/9478)
- [Gangs of New York (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/2075)

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