Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs one of a kind?

Yes. More singular than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs sad?

Yes. More sad than 75% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Ballad of Buster Scruggs end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 60% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Name: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Genre: Western, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Danny McCarthy, David Krumholtz

Stories live forever. People don't.

Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Produced by Mike Zoss Productions

2018132 min7.1 / 10

A darkly comic anthology of frontier lives marked by violence, mortality, and the collision between ambition and fate in the dying Old West.

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

Clusters

Dark Comedy Drama Toxic Romance Stories Dark Comedies About Ambition The Bittersweet Cost of Living Roads and Railways

Genres

Western Comedy Drama

Keywords

Prostitute Native American Parody Anthology Bank Robbery Stagecoach Cowboy Wagon Train Singing Cowboy American West The Old West

Where to watch

StreamNetflix

Questions people ask

Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 86% of films.
Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.
Does The Ballad of Buster Scruggs end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.
Is The Ballad of Buster Scruggs easy watching? 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.