Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- bleak
- disturbing
- paranoid
- crime thriller night
- dark mystery marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the adaptation bland, poorly written, generic, and lacking suspense despite its promising serial-killer premise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The killer announces forthcoming murders through picture postcards addressed to seemingly random journalists.
Victims are discovered in tableaux designed to resemble celebrated works of art.
Jacob Kanon investigates after his daughter is brutally murdered during her honeymoon.
The plot explicitly follows both the detectives pursuing the killer and couples exposed to the unfolding threat.
Films like The Postcard Killings, and why
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
international serial-killer investigation with investigators following stylized clues across Europe
The Snowman
dark procedural mystery involving transnational murders, family trauma, and a determined investigator
Se7en
killer puzzle structure, escalating threats, and a cat-and-mouse investigation centered on disturbing murders
Movie Details
- Director
- Danis Tanović
- Release Date
- 2020-03-13
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (664)
Cast
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan
- Famke Janssen
- Cush Jumbo
- Joachim Król
- Steven Mackintosh
- Naomi Battrick
- Ruairí O'Connor
- Denis O'Hare
- Eva Röse
- Lukas Loughran
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now, Netflix Standard 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 The Postcard Killings about?
- A grieving New York detective and a Swedish art critic pursue a serial killer who announces stylized European murders through cryptic postcards.
- What is The Postcard Killings like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Postcard Killings as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Postcard Killings violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Postcard Killings as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Postcard Killings?
- Critics broadly found the adaptation bland, poorly written, generic, and lacking suspense despite its promising serial-killer premise.
- Which films are like The Postcard Killings?
- Films with a similar feel include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Snowman, and Se7en.
- How long is The Postcard Killings?
- The Postcard Killings runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Postcard Killings?
- In United States, The Postcard Killings streams on Netflix, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now, Netflix Standard with Ads.
