Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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On Netflix
Detective Benoit Blanc teams up with an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history.
- Rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Director
- Rian Johnson
- Added to Netflix
- December 12, 2025
- Cast
- Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close
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