2025 film by Kathryn Bigelow
A House of Dynamite is a 2025 American political thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Noah Oppenheim. It stars an ensemble cast including Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke. It shows the perspectives and responses of different U.S. government and military officials after an unknown adversary launches an intercontinental ballistic missile at Chicago.
The film had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2025, where it competed for the Golden Lion. It was given a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom on October 3 and in the United States on October 10, before its streaming debut on Netflix on October 24. It received positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for Best Film Editing at the 31st Critics' Choice Awards and the 79th British Academy Film Awards.
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