A House of Dynamite

Name: A House of Dynamite
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: October 10, 2025
Rating: 75

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Netflix | Release Date: October 10, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

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Kyle Smith

Oct 10, 2025

Though Ms. Bigelow includes a few humanizing and even humorous touches . . . she is not interested in the imperatives of the action movie or the moral lesson. She simply lays out one nauseatingly possible future, which means A House of Dynamite is one of the most terrifying movies ever made, but not in a fun way. Read full review

Steve Pond

Sep 2, 2025

The film has its twists, turns and resets, simultaneously giving the audience more information while also keeping it off balance. It can be riveting and at times repetitive, but it does what it sets out to do: It drops you in the middle of a crisis and it keeps you there. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Sep 2, 2025

The director’s latest, her first film in seven years, is an absurdly riveting thriller with the kind of ticking-clock, military-grade suspense the director does so well. Read full review

Next Best Picture Josh Parham

Sep 2, 2025

There’s no denying what a powerfully rendered tale this is, both impressive in its filmmaking and performances. Read full review

Slashfilm Chris Evangelista

Oct 2, 2025

A House of Dynamite delivers on its promise of creating a gripping, well-crafted, anxiety-inducing thriller that sticks with you. Read full review

Eli Friedberg

Sep 29, 2025

Kathryn Bigelow’s nerve-shredding A House of Dynamite stares down impossible questions about an unthinkable scenario. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Oct 8, 2025

A House of Dynamite is an attempt to make a white-knuckle thriller, but there’s very little suspense to it. We have a pretty good idea of how it’s all going to end even before the first segment is over. And after that, we really know it, as we’re forced to watch the same events play out two more times. Read full review

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