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Monster

Based on a true story.

7.2(2,649)20031h 49m15

In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.

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Status
Released
Budget
$8M
Box office
$58.5M
Language
English
  • death penalty
  • prostitute
  • rape
  • sexual abuse
  • motel
  • based on true story
  • murder
  • betrayal
  • serial killer
  • poverty
  • drifter
  • prostitution

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United States of America, Germany

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereRAFI Film Festival16 Nov 2003
    • Theatrical (limited)R24 Dec 2003
    • TheatricalR30 Jan 2004
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical182 Apr 2004
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+25 Mar 2004
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1630 Jan 2004
  • EstoniaEE

    • Theatrical26 Mar 2004
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical14 Apr 2004
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1615 Apr 2004
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical27 Feb 2004
  • IrelandIE

    • Premiere18Dublin Film Festival13 Feb 2004
    • Theatrical189 Apr 2004
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical25 Sept 2004
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1618 Mar 2004
    • TV16RTL 517 Nov 2007
    • Physical16Blu ray20 Dec 2011
  • PolandPL

    • Theatrical-7 May 2004

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Monster was released on 24 December 2003.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    3/29/2020

    7/10

    We can be as different as we wanna be, but you can't kill people! Monster is the bleak story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute and one of America's most notorious female serial killers. Based around facts of her life and death, the film primarily focuses on the last year of her freedom. Where after entering into a strange lesbian relationship with Selby Wall, Wuornos, fed up of being a abused by men, starts killing …

  • A

    Andre Gonzales

    8/1/2023

    5/10

    The movie was alright. It was more of a sadistic type of love story. What they failed to capture is really how nuts she was. Like do less of a love story and more of her psychoness. The bitch was crazy! All the crazy interviews with her and all the outbursts she did in court, where's that? This movie almost tried to make you feel sorry for her when they really didn't show just how crazy she really was.

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    10/26/2025

    7/10

    Charlize Theron is really quite convincing as the down-at-heel Aileen Wuornos, a real life character who went from hooker to serial killer in late 1980s Florida in the United States. Her’s is a dangerous profession where she encounters some of life’s slime who may pay her with cash or with a beating. It’s after one particularly toxic encounter that she finds herself in a gay bar where she meets Selby (Christina Ricci…

  • A

    Alunauwie

    7/14/2026

    9/10

    Monster (2003) is a compelling biographical crime drama that follows the tragic life of Aileen Wuornos, showing how trauma, abuse, and isolation shaped her descent into violence. Charlize Theron's transformative, Oscar-winning performance brings emotional depth to a story that explores the blurred line between victimhood and criminality. Although it takes creative liberties with real events, the film remains a powerf…

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