Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- irreverent
- nostalgic
- indie film night
- music movie night
What critics said
Critics found a promising but uneven coming-of-age drama whose punk-era atmosphere and performances were stronger than its familiar, overstuffed storytelling.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jude, Eliza, and Johnny navigate young adulthood within the CBGB-era East Village music scene.
The three young people are repeatedly entangled with their equally troubled parents, including Les, Diane, and Harriet.
The East Village setting builds toward the Tompkins Square Park Riots amid the area's changing social landscape.
The plot is explicitly situated in the age of CBGB's and the New York punk milieu.
Films like 10,000 Saints, and why
Sing Street
coming of age drama shaped by punk music, family dysfunction, and urban subculture
The Wackness
emotionally messy youth drama set against a formative music scene and changing city culture
Adventureland
ensemble coming of age story combining parental dysfunction, friendship, and countercultural New York
Movie Details
- Directors
- Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
- Release Date
- 2015-08-14
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (187)
Cast
- Ethan Hawke
- Asa Butterfield
- Emily Mortimer
- Julianne Nicholson
- Hailee Steinfeld
- Emile Hirsch
- Avan Jogia
- Nadia Alexander
- Jeff O'Donnell
- Henry Kelemen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is 10,000 Saints about?
- Three troubled young New Yorkers come of age amid punk music, fractured families, and the upheaval of the 1980s East Village.
- What is 10,000 Saints like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of 10,000 Saints as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is 10,000 Saints violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in 10,000 Saints as mild.
- What did critics think of 10,000 Saints?
- Critics found a promising but uneven coming-of-age drama whose punk-era atmosphere and performances were stronger than its familiar, overstuffed storytelling.
- Which films are like 10,000 Saints?
- Films with a similar feel include Sing Street, The Wackness, and Adventureland.
- How long is 10,000 Saints?
- 10,000 Saints runs 113 minutes.
- Where can I watch 10,000 Saints?
- In United States, 10,000 Saints streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
