Natural Born Killers

1994 Directed by Oliver Stone

The media made them superstars

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Woody Harrelson Juliette Lewis Robert Downey Jr. Tommy Lee Jones Tom Sizemore Rodney Dangerfield Edie McClurg Jared Harris Russell Means Maria Pitillo Sean Stone Everett Quinton O-Lan Jones Pruitt Taylor Vince Steven Wright Lanny Flaherty Richard Lineback Kirk Baltz Ed White Terrylene Josh Richman Melinda Renna Dale Dye Edward Conna Evan Handler Matthew Faber Jamie Harrold Saemi Nakamura Keiko Seiko Show All…

Alternative Titles

Natural Born Killers - DC, Assassinos por Natureza, Asesinos Natos, Gennimenoi dolofonoi, Asesinos por naturaleza, Urodzeni mordercy, Прирожденные убийцы, 閃靈殺手, Assassini Nati - Natural Born Killers, Natural Born Killers (Director's Cut)

drama crime thriller

119 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★

This is the kind of thing where if the director ever asked me what I thought of it, I'd stare blankly for a few seconds before saying "y'know, it was interesting" in a high-pitched voice.
Review by Hollie Horror 21

I am having trouble coming up with a proper rating when it comes to this revisit of Natural Born Killers. I have a fairly long history with the movie. At 12 years old I was allowed to watch almost any movie I wanted but because NBK received a lot of media attention for this "controversial" film my Mom put her foot down this one time and said that I was not allowed to watch Natural Born Killers despite my best attempts at being charming or whiny. Not long after.. my older sister wanted to have a party while our parents were away and I decided it was the perfect time for a little blackmail. My silence cost one video rental…
Review by brat pitt ★★★½ 4

"Steve Buscemi and Tim Roth were both offered the role of Wayne Gale and turned it down. Jane Hamsher claims in her book about the movie that they did so because Quentin Tarantino told them he would never cast either of them in any of his movies again if they took the role."
this is my 2nd favorite imdb trivia fact of all time because steve & tim are so loyal to their pal QT & i love them!!! my 1st favorite imdb trivia fact is the one about harrison ford shitting his pants during filming for raiders
Review by Harry Ridgway ★★★★½ 8

At a glance, Natural Born Killers has the potential to mislead. What seems like a full-blooded thriller packed with gratuitous brutality is in fact more profound; more intelligent than what its exterior and hateful critics may imply. It's personality is satirical, predominantly lampooning the media for their embracement of serial killers and near veneration of the activities they conduct - all done for the sake of ratings. Oliver Stone is clearly a staunch combatant of such behaviour and as we all know, if Oliver Stone disagrees with something, it's almost guaranteed he'll make a film to argue his perspective. Some may call him his work propaganda, but you can't deny his skill and innovation.
Mickey and Mallory are not individual…
Review by matt lynch ★★★★½ 3

"I've had a strong opinion about the psychopathic fringe that thrives today in America's fast food culture."
i kept thinking about what this movie would look like today given media saturation now vs. then and stuff like outrage twitter, but that's a total trap because the only way this functions is if it's thoroughly divorced from context or "timeliness". Stone's coke-and-'shrooms-fueled "Who's really in the prison?" swipe at satire is so utterly sanctimonious and trite that for at least half a second it actually threatens to become unfunny, even if the scene where Russell Means sees the word "demon" written on Harrelson's chest couldn't possibly be anything but a joke. whatever this is mad at, it's not around anymore, not…
Review by Vishwas Verma ★★★★

A story of a psychopath murderer couple in the very crazy way. Oliver Stone's storytelling is unique (I wanted to say in a very Sin City type but this came first).
Woody Harrelson (one of my favourite actors) played Mickey and Juliette Lewis as Mallory are insane psychopath killers as crazy as Joker and Harley. Both were outstanding in their roles. Robert Downey Jr. as Wayne Gale surprised me with his acting, especially in the last scene.
Writing is very good and so is the direction, sufi score was brilliant. Very unique film.
Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★★

Oliver Stone's in your face crime drama designed to shock and titillate as it drives home its message with a sledgehammer regarding the glorification of violence by the media!
A film that was ahead of its time and is even MORE relevant today than it was back in 1994!
Review by Larry ★★★½ 12

I imagine most people had the same reaction I did after watching the first half hour of Natural Born Killers. I imagine the same 6 words came out of many people's mouths. What. The. Fuck. Am. I. Watching.
This zany bloodbath of a movie was penned by none other than Quentin Tarantino and directed by Oliver Stone. The film is like a shotgun blast of weird visuals, triply editing, and over the top violence. The gimmick is fun at first. It's like being taken through a Charles Manson funhouse ride. But it frankly starts to grow thinner and thinner as the films goes on. I found that the fractured and crazy storytelling method actually became a distraction more than anything.…
Review by 1̶̢̧͉̞̰͕̤̰̏̍͜ͅ%̸̢͈͉̖͚̗̦̻̼̫̍͂̔͝ ̸̨̡̲͙̠̭̺̝͕͇̊́̐̉̑̓͛̓͘͝ȍ̵̮̉̀̑̏͘͘f̶̹͉̩̯̗͙̗̼̈̒̍̆̍̕ ̷̼͈̖͈̟̔̽̒̄̿̓̌̚͝M̶̡̖̪̗͖̝̆̀͜o̶̮͕̦͛̈́̈́̏́͋̔͂̕͘n̴̛͉͍̳̦̈́̽̐̆̀̋̌s̸̨̠̽ţ̸̡̡͕̜͖̝̪̙͘͜͝e̶̿̈́͂͊͗ͅr̵̪͕̞̖̩͆ ★★★★½ 4

Nobody after watching this:
Two young boys in Colorado, 1999: it’s free real estate!
Review by Griffin ★★★½ 2

Two baddies get up to no good in this extremely violent thriller. Sitcom scene and prison riot were awesome, the rest was aight.
Review by Will ★★★ 4

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Mass murdering, blood rushing and damn right weird, but at the end of the day, a love story. Such an incredibly strange and experimental film. It has all types of styles. Which personally, I’m not a huge fan of. I did find it a bit annoying sometimes. It almost felt like a student film for an alternative project.
It’s clearly a modern approach to a Bonnie and Clyde story but somehow it was made more twisted. Woody Harrelson was brilliant, along with Robert Downey Jr and Juliette Lewis. Tommy Lee Jones is crazy as well. I’m pretty torn with this. There were multiple times where I lost all interest but there were multiple moments that I really liked.
Review by Noah Thompson ½ 7

"Look, bitch, you knew I was a snake."
In one word, grating. Before I say anything beyond that, I'm going to make something clear: I wholly get what Oliver Stone and company were doing here. You can't miss what this movie is supposed to be about. It's decent messaging. Of course we glorify killers in the media. Of course humans are hypocritical with violence. The way the film is made, I also understand that this movie is likely meant to get on your nerves. Its editing and mix of visual styles gives a migraine. Hell, maybe Stone intentionally made something bad, something that makes you repulsed in a way that's meant to gear your thoughts towards greater disdain for the…

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Review by emmy :•) ★★★

this was a really weird romcom idk :/
Review by Ben Trout ★★★★★

Fox Coventry, Pottstown, PA, with Tom Rivers.
Review by Ben Trout ★★★★★

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Review by CrazyLou92166 ★★★½

A movie about two mass murderers who had a tragic past and raised by the pop culture around them get recklessly and irresponsibly glorified by media.
This movie is fucking buck wild.
Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, and even Robert Downey Jr. all kill it in this film.
I'm not surprised by the controversy and it's history relating to Columbine but I disagree with the whole "movies make you bad" take though. Good movie. Fun as hell but really fucked up and kinda depressing.
Review by Mariana ★★★★★

I’ve watched it a while ago but I remember, as a child, be astonished, pumped and loving the bold reds and high contrast. Still recall it as being my favorite film.
Review by Julián Díaz ★★★★

En resumen: absolutamente todo es una mierda.
Que impecable la dirección de Oliver Stone y que frenetica que es la película, rozando lo desquiciado.
Review by Solom21 ★★★★

ماذا عن المعتوه اللعين تيد باندي - هل تفوقت ارقامي وشعبيتي عليه- ؟
نعم تفوقت عليه بالطبع.
ماذا عن مانسون؟
مانسون...يغلبك قليلا.
اظن انه من الصعب التغلب على الملك؟.
فيلم عن اد ايه السيستم الاداري كله في الكوكب خربان
Review by taylor haeffele

Honestly glad I had never watched this until now because I feel better able to appreciate how ABSOLUTELY FUCKING BONKERS this movie is. Like, the idea that this could have ever been a major studio production and gotten a wide release!! It feels like a relic from another dimension. It’s equal parts mesmerizing and unwatchable and I’ve never seen anything like it and for that I think I kind of loved it?
Review by Şehmus Aksoyek ★★★½

Mickey and Mallory
Review by Kam Athey ★★★

The satire can get a big lost in the style of this rather strange movie, but it works for the most part. The rough camerawork works very well for the way they tell this bizarre story. Performances are good, it’s well written, and the editing is impressive for a film with so many camera angles and such a unique style. The movie could’ve actually used more editing as the third act drags a bit. It’s maybe too wild and silly but is still quite an effective and entertaining film experience.
Review by em ★★★★

one word
unhinged
Review by joaquin zanzio ★★★½

the message it want's to give is clear and strong, sometimes the style is a little more than necessary, but in general it is fine, and robert downey jr with his strange accent is the best. Oliver stone is growing a lot in me.