The International

R

Released Feb 13, 2009

1 hr. 58 min.

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

List

58%

212 Reviews

Tomatometer

37%

100,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) joins forces with New York prosecutor Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to put an end to a powerful bank's funding of terrorism. As they follow the money from Germany to Italy to New York to Turkey, Salinger and Whitman find their own lives are at risk from those who will stop at nothing to protect their interests.

Read More

Read Less

Watch on Fandango at Home

Premiered Aug 02

Buy Now

Fandango at Home

Prime Video

Apple TV

Rent The International on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV.

Critics Consensus

The International boasts some electric action sequences and picturesque locales, but is undone by its preposterous plot.

Read Critics Reviews

Terry S

Well-done acting, plot and execution. The scene in the museum alone is worth the price of admission.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

Full Review

Julian P

Not sure why this rates so low. The plot isn't that far fetched as some critics have said... Banks are knee deep in dodgy debt and loans hence their transparency is poor. Clive Owen is a master of this genre, the action scenes are great, well shot in a typical north European colour (not one ray of sunshine!) Quite Bourne-esque.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/24

Full Review

Pippa B

Entertaining action film about two law enforcers not licensed to carry guns - one from Interpol, one from the New York DA's office - determined to bring down a corrupt international bank that peddles in (smallish) arms (of mass destruction)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

Full Review

Patrick J M

Gloomy film, but that should not be considered a negative descriptor. Clive Owens is superb. Naomi Watts is a surprising casting choice, but I think she is believable, albeit somewhat forgettable. The Guggenheim shootout scene is phenomenal. Some of the "Top" Reviewers seem to want the movie to be something else. They're upset that it cannot be easily categorized. My only real negative critique of this film is that they never produced the sequel. This was a two-part series. It ends in a manner that requires the second film. Yes they wrap up some sins but the story was not over. Even the credits indicates that a second film is coming. It also includes a newspaper montage that alludes to a second film. What happened here? Bottom line, this movie is we're seeing. It's not bad at all.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/23

Full Review

Joe U

Only a few action sequences…but they are worth every bit of it . It is a movie that let you understand how the world is going( if you don't already now!) Good movie!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/02/23

Full Review

Michael G

Don't pay any attention to the audience and critics reviews on this movie. This is a beautifully shot and paced action thriller. Right from the opening scenes. The shootout at the Guggenheim museum is incredible and worth the watch alone. They actually built a duplicate set for the shootout scene, incredible. Highly recommended!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/13/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Post a rating

Tom Tykwer

Director

Clive Owen

Louis Salinger

Naomi Watts

Eleanor Whitman

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Wilhelm Wexler

Ulrich Thomsen

Jonas Skarssen

Brian F. O'Byrne

The Consultant

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

The International: Official Clip - Can't Fight the Bank

2:32

The International: Official Clip - Bugged House

2:03

The International: Official Clip - Two Snipers

2:51

The International: Official Clip - Museum Ambush

2:42

The International: Official Clip - Market Chase

2:54

The International: Official Clip - Museum Shootout

3:26

The International: Official Clip - Hunting the Killer

2:46

The International: Official Clip - Assassin Detectives

2:43

The International: Official Clip - Cyanide Poisoning

2:11

The International: Official Clip - Mafia Justice

2:13

View more videos

38%

28%

Killshot

76%

66%

The Debt

69%

77%

Shutter Island

TRAILER

for Shutter Island

11%

31%

Deception

62%

82%

Changeling

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Critics Consensus: Friday the 13th Feels Too Familiar

Box Office Guru Preview: Friday the 13th Brings Chaos to Multiplexes

The Weekly Ketchup: The Owen Wilson Saga, Studio Puts Sweeney Todd Under the Knife

View more photos

Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Whatever happened to the old fashioned spy sagas which had breakneck chases, busty women and non-stop action? Now it's all brooding fellows with sad back-stories.

Apr 26, 2019

Full Review

Deborah Ross

The Spectator

The premise might be timely, but the execution is same old, same old.

Aug 29, 2018

Full Review

Samuel Wigley

Sight & Sound

A sure-footed and thrilling sidestep into cinema's mainstream.

Jul 6, 2018

Full Review

Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The International is an occasionally cartoonish gut shot at the banking industry, its heroes white as white and its villains black as black.

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 6, 2023

Full Review

Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

This altogether self-serious thriller is a timely piece of conspiratorial intimation and multinational economic power and Tom Tykwer’s direction is both sleekly handsome and efficiently anonymous...

Aug 19, 2023

Full Review

Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Assassins are no match for Clive Owen's powerful stare; it's all he ever brings to a gun-toting engagement, and it usually suffices.

Rated: 5/10

Nov 28, 2020

Full Review

Read all reviews

Synopsis

Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) joins forces with New York prosecutor Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to put an end to a powerful bank's funding of terrorism. As they follow the money from Germany to Italy to New York to Turkey, Salinger and Whitman find their own lives are at risk from those who will stop at nothing to protect their interests.

Director: Tom Tykwer
Executive Producer: Alan Glazer, Ryan Kavanaugh
Screenwriter: Eric Warren Singer
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Atlas Entertainment
Rating: R (Sequences of Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 13, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.5M

Most Popular at Home Now