Murder in Monaco (2025) poster
2025 · crime · documentary

Murder in Monaco

Directed by Hodges Usry1h 30m2025
ElsewhereIMDb6.53k
  • sombre
  • intense
  • cold
  • twisty
Movie DNA

Sombre, steady, measured crime / documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Monaco, 1999. One of the world's richest men dies in his penthouse. This documentary unpacks the mysterious murder of billionaire banker, Edmond Safra.

Our read · Murder in Monaco (2025) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded crime · documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a twisty true-crime doc unpacking the mysterious murder of a Monaco billionaire.

ends unsettlingit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if real-life arson, conspiracy, and bloody true crime will unsettle your evening.

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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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