

The Killing of a Sacred Deer
A brilliant surgeon is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart.
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
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7.0/10
4,634 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3M
- Box office
- $10.7M
- Language
- French
- husband wife relationship
- hostage
- psychopath
- insanity
- blackmail
- surgeon
- paralysis
- dysfunctional family
- paranormal
- revenge
- hospital
- cruelty
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United Kingdom, United States of America, Ireland
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRFantastic Fest22 Sept 2017
- Theatrical (limited)R20 Oct 2017
- TheatricalR3 Nov 2017
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical153 Nov 2017
- Physical15Blu-ray / DVD5 Mar 2018
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival12 Aug 2017
- TheatricalMA15+3 Nov 2017
- Theatrical (limited)16 Nov 2017
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2017
- Theatrical (limited) movie score rate is : m3 Nov 2017
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1 Nov 2017
BrazilBR
- Theatrical168 Feb 2018
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical2 Nov 2017
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical159 Nov 2017
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical19 Jan 2018
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-163 Nov 2017
FranceFR
- Premiere12Cannes Film Festival22 May 2017
- PremiereL'Étrange Festival7 Sept 2017
- Theatrical121 Nov 2017
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1228 Dec 2017
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer was released on 20 October 2017.
Audience reviews
7- J9/10
jessetaylor
9/15/2017
My immediate response as soon as this finished was "MASTERPIECE." Lanthimos is back to _Dogtooth_-level craziness with this film and I couldn't be happier. _The Lobster_ was a favourite of mine in 2016, but something about this one's hopelessness drew me in more - odd, I know. Lanthimos' films have characters stuck in dead end situations where they are able to make a choice, but the results of the options are bad and…
- G5/10
Gimly
12/10/2017
I am a big fan of some of Yorgos Lanthimos' earlier work, so _The Killing of a Sacred Deer_, which I had been told in no uncertain terms would be a straight up horror movie, was well and truly on the agenda for 2017. Unfortunately, I found that not only was _Sacred Deer_ not at all a horror, but more importantly that it lacked the dark whimsy of something truly odd, like the director's previous film, _Lobster_. Inste…
- T7/10
tmdb23156637
12/23/2017
Finally got the chance to see this via Amazon. Dogtooth and The Lobster (from the same Greek director, who I must admit has a keen sense of storytelling) did not impress me at all. Very interesting ideas; atrocious presentations. Dogtooth was indecipherable and The Lobster is cruel, ugly, and not humorous in any fashion (I've no idea why it's billed as a black comedy.) However, this latest film is entertaining to m…
- 53/10
5rJoud
7/2/2021
**What a shame this could have been excellent** This film depicts the life of upper class people as we like to imagine it, and brilliantly so. The medical doctors couple have it all figured out, speak in complete sentences and are firm and polite. The house is gorgeous, the children are smart and well behaved. The setting of the story as a whole is very well done, believable and with great actors to boot. The s…
- N6/10
Nathan
10/14/2022
I found this to be one of the better Yorgos Lanthimos films, but I just cannot get behind his writing style. The stories he delivers are incredibly unique and I want to like them so much more than I actually do. Despite those drawbacks, _The Killing of a Sacred Deer_ was a mind-bending movie that threw me for a loop. The performances were great all around, as they should be with a star-studded cast featuring Colin Fa…
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