Wake Up Dead Man - Knives Out

New Orleans, summer heat, jazz drifting from a cathedral. A charismatic monsignor's congregation is restless, a young priest is suspicious, and a murder occurs with no clear suspect. Rian Johnson puts his clever spin on the whodunit genre.

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Rian Johnson directed Wake Up Dead Man - Knives Out in 2025. See Rian Johnson's full filmography, where to start with Rian Johnson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Rian Johnson.

Wake Up Dead Man - Knives Out was released in 2025 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 145 minutes.