Fresh
Three Monkeys... is the latest eyeful from director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, one of a handful of international directors deserving of the title artist.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Three Monkeys
2008 · 1h 49m · Not Rated
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Three Monkeys
Overview
A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An elegant exercise with four characters trapped by class, guilt and greed.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
There are enough ponderous moments that you may find yourself resisting the heavy mood.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
The pace is deliberate, sometimes slow, but the whirlpool pull of this tragic psychological thriller is irresistible.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
This is powerful filmmaking for discerning viewers.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
More films
Addicted (2014)
Drama · Thriller · R
A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Bille Woodruff
- Cast
- Sharon Leal, Boris Kodjoe, John Newberg
IMDb
5.0
Rotten Tomatoes
7%
Metacritic
32
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · R
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Mike Barker
- Cast
- Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler
IMDb
6.6
Undercurrent (1946)
Drama · Thriller · Approved
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Director
- Vincente Minnelli
- Cast
- Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum
IMDb
6.5
Deep Water (2022)
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · R
A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Director
- Adrian Lyne
- Cast
- Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts
IMDb
5.5
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
53
Derailed (2005)
Drama · Thriller · R
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Director
- Mikael Håfström
- Cast
- Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel
IMDb
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes
21%
Metacritic
40
School of Magical Animals 4 (2025)
Family · Fantasy · N/A
Ida's friend Miriam visits the school for three months, but a secret threatens to tear them apart. Miriam is entrusted with the tarsier Fitzgeraldo, while Max, deeply in love, is given the owl Muriel. Meanwhile, the sale of the school is imminent, and the future of the magical community is in peril.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Director
- Bernhard Jasper, Maggie Peren
- Cast
- Emilia Maier, Loris Sichrovsky, Marleen Lohse
IMDb
5.7
Color of the Ocean (2012)
Drama · N/A
After years working as a border patrolman, José has developed a salty crust of cynicism about his work, which places him in a position to decide the fates of many. José's weary attitude is put to the test when he encounters Nathalie, a German tourist assisting a boatload of refugees she discovered landing on the Canary shores. One of t...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Maggie Peren
- Cast
- Álex González, Hubert Koundé, Nathalie Poza
IMDb
6.6
Die hellen Tage
Die hellen Tage (2027)
Comedy · Drama · N/A
- Director
- Maggie Peren
- Cast
- Karoline Herfurth, Julia Jentsch, Emilia Maier
Comments
Talk about the film with other members