Traffic Stop

Traffic Stop

A Routine Encounter Takes A Bad Turn

Directed by David Heilbroner, Kate Davis

Produced by Q-Ball Productions

201731 min6.1 / 10

A harrowing documentary account of systemic racism and police violence told through dashcam footage and intimate testimony, demanding witness and reckoning.

Breaion King, a 26 year-old African-American school teacher from Austin, Texas - is pulled over for a routine traffic stop that escalates into a violent arrest. Dashcam clips intercut with verite scenes tell a story of racism in law enforcement through the eyes of one of its victims.

Questions people ask

  • Is Traffic Stop scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Traffic Stop easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Traffic Stop sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

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

  • Is Traffic Stop violent? Yes. More violent than 80% 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.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity39

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise12

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Traffic Stop

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Traffic Stop

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Traffic Stop, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Traffic Stop, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Traffic Stop, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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