Paper Tiger

Name: Paper Tiger
Duration: 1 h 55 min

1hr 55m

3.4/5 (1.9K)

1hr 55m
3.4/5 (1.9K)

In James Gray's deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navigate their way through the dangerous world of the Russian mafia, family bonds begin to fray with life-altering consequences.

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Director:

James Gray

Producer:

Andrea Bucko, Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, Gary Farkas

Writer:

James Gray

Release Date:

Nov 13, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 55m

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Cast

Adam Driver
Scarlett Johansson
Miles Teller
Gavin Goudey
Roman Engel
Cindy Katz
Yves Garvy
Victor Ptak
Dimiter D. Marinov
Raphael Corkhill

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RATINGS 4 FANS

3.4

May 17, 2026

Simply one of the coolest shoot-outs i’ve ever seen, I didn’t know you could still make em like that. The best Miles Teller has been in a really long time

703 Likes

Karsten

May 16, 2026

It’s the final weekend of summer in 1986, upwardly aspirant Jewish families across Queens are still crowding around country club pools to make sure they get their annual money’s worth, and — in a little less than two months — the Mets are going to win the World Series for…

522 Likes

davidehrlich

May 15, 2026

Peepaw cinema of the highest order, looks insane and has two scenes I will take with me (turns into a horror movie for one and a Mann film for the other). Ultimately charmed by it even if it leaves a lot to be desired. We do not deserve Adam Driver and neither does this…

262 Likes

Sydney🚀
Sep 21, 2026

Most filmmakers mine their lives for inspiration, but few repurpose their personal history with as much insight and groundedness as James Gray. His latest, Paper Tiger, follows on the heels of Armageddon Time (2022)—a coming-of-age story that dramatized the tension of…

86 Likes

Robert Daniels

May 16, 2026

James Gray’s PAPER TIGER is an old-school American crime drama about brotherhood, ambition within a capitalist society, and pushing back against forces of change that are far greater than yourself. It features some of the most tension-filled filmmaking Gray has ever made,…

130 Likes

Matt Neglia

Jun 17, 2026

“You can be better than us.”the entire world seems to exist between these characters. the best American movie of the year and one of the best movies About America in at least the past decade, utilizing another finely crafted James Gray Coppola-mode small scale family…

86 Likes

coffee
May 16, 2026

Left me cold, save one tall grass scene for the history books!

102 Likes

Ella Kemp

May 18, 2026

A fine film until a finely tuned shootout in a desolate field pushes it to edge of something mythical.

101 Likes

Robert Daniels

Sep 23, 2026

"you can be better than us" i need james gray to leave the suburbs... but this is a step from his last film. adam driver is absolutely incredible (as usual). really love this type of character for him and he has so many moments with choices i don't think another…

22 Likes

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