Silk Road

Silk Road

A mastermind is a terrible thing to waste.

Directed by Tiller Russell

Produced by Piccadilly Pictures, High Frequency Entertainment

2021116 min6.2 / 10

A tense cat-and-mouse thriller exploring the ideological clash between a brilliant but morally compromised entrepreneur and the federal agent hunting him through the digital underworld.

Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.

Questions people ask

  • Does Silk Road end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Silk Road easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Silk Road scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Silk Road sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Silk Road violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

29/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity37

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise22

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Silk Road, and what each one shares →

Like Silk Road

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Silk Road

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Silk Road, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Silk Road, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Silk Road, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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