Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- paranoid
- slick
- action movie night
- political thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film sleek, topical, and effective in its action sequences and locations, but considered its conspiracy plot preposterous and its characters underdeveloped.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Salinger and Whitman investigate a bank involved in money laundering, arms trading, government destabilization, and terrorism financing.
The investigation moves from Berlin to Milan, New York, and Istanbul while the bank operates across borders and influences governments.
The film's major Guggenheim Museum gunfight turns a distinctive public building into a labyrinthine battlefield.
The protagonists follow evidence linking an apparently legitimate bank to covert arms trading and destabilization campaigns.
Films like The International, and why
The Bourne Ultimatum
Shares a globe-spanning conspiracy thriller structure, morally compromised institutions, and determined investigators confronting powerful political forces.
Syriana
Both are topical political thrillers about covert networks, international criminal activity, and protagonists pursued across multiple European cities.
Body of Lies
Shares sleek action filmmaking, transnational financial conspiracies, investigative tension, and a conspiracy reaching into government affairs.
Michael Clayton
Both combine crime investigation, institutional corruption, international locations, and escalating thriller action centered on a relentless protagonist.
Movie Details
- Director
- Tom Tykwer
- Release Date
- 2009-02-03
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (1492)
Cast
- Clive Owen
- Naomi Watts
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Ulrich Thomsen
- Brían F. O'Byrne
- Patrick Baladi
- Jay Villiers
- James Rebhorn
- Michel Voletti
- Jack McGee
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- 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 The International about?
- Relentless investigators pursue a seemingly untouchable bank whose global financial empire conceals arms dealing, political sabotage, and deadly criminal power.
- What is The International like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The International as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The International violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The International as brutal.
- What did critics think of The International?
- Critics broadly found the film sleek, topical, and effective in its action sequences and locations, but considered its conspiracy plot preposterous and its characters underdeveloped.
- Which films are like The International?
- Films with a similar feel include The Bourne Ultimatum, Syriana, Body of Lies, and Michael Clayton.
- How long is The International?
- The International runs 118 minutes.
- Where can I watch The International?
- In United States, The International streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
