Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- biting
- melancholic
- amused
- indie film night
- modern western double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the enjoyable ensemble and melancholic revisionist-western atmosphere while finding the ambitious genre fusion and structural choices uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The rare Lakota Ghost shirt functions as the central object connecting the town’s outsiders and outcasts.
The film pays homage to the western genre while contemplating whether its iconography still has a place in contemporary cinema.
The film combines biting dark comedy with violent intersections among characters pursuing conflicting ideas of success.
The plot centers on a Lakota Ghost shirt and an Indigenous community while engaging with cultural background and ownership.
Films like Americana, and why
Fargo
shared dark comedy, crime ensemble, western iconography, and eccentric outsiders
Pulp Fiction
shared stylized crime plotting, intersecting criminal lives, and darkly comic violence
The Rider
shared revisionist western setting, Indigenous cultural context, and melancholic examination of American myth
The Sisters Brothers
shared offbeat criminal characters, rural American setting, and bleakly comic tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Tony Tost
- Release Date
- 2025-08-15
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (198)
Cast
- Sydney Sweeney
- Paul Walter Hauser
- Halsey
- Simon Rex
- Eric Dane
- Zahn McClarnon
- Derek Hinkey
- Toby Huss
- Harriet Sansom Harris
- Joe Adler
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- 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 Americana about?
- A biting modern western sends a town of outsiders spiraling into a violent, darkly comic scramble over a stolen Lakota artifact.
- What is Americana like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Americana as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Americana violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Americana as brutal.
- What did critics think of Americana?
- Critics broadly praised the enjoyable ensemble and melancholic revisionist-western atmosphere while finding the ambitious genre fusion and structural choices uneven.
- Which films are like Americana?
- Films with a similar feel include Fargo, Pulp Fiction, The Rider, and The Sisters Brothers.
- How long is Americana?
- Americana runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch Americana?
- In United States, Americana streams on Hulu.
