

The Darwin Awards
2007-06-25 · 94 min · ★ 5.5
After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becomes an investigator for an insurance company and joins forces with a cynical field agent to probe suspicious and unusual deaths.
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- Directors
- Finn Taylor
- Production companies
- 3 Ring Circus Films, Blumhouse Productions, Icon Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 309,408
Top Cast
Joseph FiennesMichael Burrows
Winona RyderSiri Taylor
David ArquetteHarvey
Juliette LewisJoleen
Ty BurrellEmile
Josh CharlesParamedic
Kevin DunnInsurance Exec
Nora DunnMrs. Pearlman
Judah FriedlanderSimon
Lukas HaasFarley
Tom HollanderHenry
Brad HuntStan
Julianna MarguliesCarla
Tim Blake NelsonPerp
Alessandro NivolaAd Exec
Chris PennTom
Ross PattersonCo Worker #1
Russell SteinbergCo Worker #2
Adam SavageAdam
Jamie HynemanArmy DudeTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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