Amidst a brutal civil war, a smuggler and a fisherman chase a rare diamond and a stolen son.
Suspenseful and bleak. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Apple TV+.
No surprises for an R: some innuendo or implied sex and brutal violence.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
Captain Phillips (2013)Tense · light gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA container ship captain faces down ruthless Somali pirates in a relentless, gritty, and suspenseful true story.
Fight Club (1999)Gritty · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally devastatingAn insomniac and a soap salesman unleash primal aggression, igniting a darkly comic, surreal spiral toward oblivion.
Man on Fire (2004)Gritty · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally devastatingA jaded ex-CIA operative unleashes relentless fury to save a kidnapped girl in Mexico City.
Gladiator (2000)Epic · full attention · brutal violence · graphic goreA betrayed general fights for honor in the brutal Roman arena, fueled by vengeance and sorrow.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)Suspenseful · light gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA relentless, gritty crime drama unfolds as a hero takes the fall to protect his city.
Seven Samurai (1954)Epic · full attention · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA desperate village hires seven masterless samurai to prepare them for a brutal bandit attack.
The Dark Knight (2008)Suspenseful · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA relentless, gritty crime thriller where a hero's war on chaos takes a darkly comic and epic turn.
Parasite (2019)Darkly comic · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally devastatingA poor family's grift of the wealthy Parks escalates into a darkly comic and bleakly suspenseful class struggle.Blood Diamond is on our 2000s, Apple TV+, Drama on Apple TV+, Action on Apple TV+ and Thriller lists.
Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.
Lists with the same feel: Tearjerkers and Epics.
Say the mood. Five picks with where they stream, right here.
Uses the TMDB API; not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Intensity, content, tone and pace tags are CouchRot's own.
