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Killers of the Flower Moon

Based on a true story. Hidden for a century.

["Academy Award 10 Nominations (no wins \u2014 controversial)","Golden Globe Best Actress (Lily Gladstone)","Golden Globe Best Director Nomination (Scorsese)","BAFTA Best Film Nomination","Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Nomination","National Board of Review Best Picture"]

About

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) is Martin Scorsese's 3.5-hour epic based on David Grann's bestseller. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, it depicts the systematic murder of Osage Nation members — who had become the wealthiest people on Earth after oil was discovered on their land — by white settlers and corrupt law enforcement. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, complicit in the murders of his Osage wife Mollie's (Lily Gladstone) family. Produced by Apple Original Films.

Trailer / Official Video

Killers of the Flower Moon

Credits & Contributors (7)

Cast & Performance
Direction
Music
Marketing & PR

Cast & Performance

Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio Ernest Burkhart

Leonardo DiCaprio plays the complicit, morally hollow Ernest Burkhart — a man who loves his wife while participating in the murder of her family. One of his most challenging roles.

Lily Gladstone
Lily Gladstone Mollie Burkhart

Lily Gladstone's performance is the film's moral center — devastating, dignified, historically landmark as the first Indigenous Best Actress Oscar nominee.

Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro William King Hale

Robert De Niro's quietly malevolent Hale — presenting himself as a friend to the Osage while orchestrating their murder — is career-defining work.

Jesse Plemons
Jesse Plemons Tom White (FBI)

Jesse Plemons brings righteous resolve to FBI agent Tom White — the investigator whose work finally brings partial justice to the Osage.

Direction

Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese Director & Producer

Martin Scorsese directed Killers of the Flower Moon at age 80 — an astonishing technical and moral achievement from cinema's greatest living director.

Music

Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson Original Score

Robbie Robertson's posthumous final score is haunting and elegant. He died in August 2023 before the film's release — making it a painful farewell.

Marketing & PR

Apple Original Films
Apple Original Films Production & Streaming

Apple Original Films co-produced Killers of the Flower Moon — its most prestigious and expensive film, signaling Apple's commitment to prestige cinema.