Traffic Department

Traffic Department

The ride is just starting

Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski

Produced by Film it, Agora

2013118 min6.6 / 10

A gritty police procedural that maps moral corruption across seven detectives investigating a murder amid systemic bribery and institutional decay.

Seven policemen, seven deadly sins, a murder case, secrets and the filth of everyday police work: Traffic Department transports the viewer into the darkest Warsaw streets.

Questions people ask

  • Is Traffic Department scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does Traffic Department end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Traffic Department sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Traffic Department easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Traffic Department violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

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.

33/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity6

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise62

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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