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Only God Forgives

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Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death. From TMDB

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  • Big Papa Nito @bigpapanito.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched It's been a week chock full of Ryan G. Project Hail Mary - Adorable Space Gosling Only God Forgives - Looking Stern And Not Speaking Gosling The Fall Guy - Giving You A Thumb All The Way Up Gosling Driller Killer - Sir Not Appearing In This Film Gosling

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  • Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.comBluesky · Jul 16, 2026

    Once I was walking past the Angelika and saw that Refn's then-new movie Only God Forgives was playing in minutes. I popped in and watched. No one left during the end credits, which I found odd even for an arthouse crowd. The lights go up and Refn is there. I'd stumbled into a Q&A. Only in New York!

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  • aliumfungus art @aliumfungus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    WIP of some Only God Forgives fanart. It's not just my favorite Ryan Gosling movie it's in my top 3 movies of all with Interstellar and Spirited Away.

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    Nicolas Winding Refn (with scenes from his film "Only God Forgives") - BOTD

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  • Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    I'm on record saying nice things about ONLY GOD FORGIVES and THE NEON DEMON, but the new Nic Refn movie completely lost me. (Keith seemed to like the pickle ball movie okay, though.) thereveal.film/in-review-th...

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  • Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2026

    Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn (Only God Forgives (probably not in this case)) and Japanese game creator Hideo Kojima (Boktai) teamed up for a 6min long Ai short film for Prada. [1/2] wwd.com/fashion-news...

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  • KPD Max von Sydnow @mpdeejay.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2026

    It's great. The guy who directed "Drive" and "Only God Forgives" did a restoration of it about 10 years ago. archive.org/details/if-f...

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  • AdequateEmily @adequateemily.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    “How did you make a movie more insane than Only God Forgives?” “Well Only God Forgives is about the relationship between mothers and sons…and how all sons want to have sex with their mothers…which is true. This is about the father-daughter dynamic which is more complex for me”

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  • Voroxpete @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 12, 2025

    I have a bad radar for what is "Well known" so we'll see how this goes... *Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* was weird, wonderful, and deeply touching. Great performance from Elijah Wood. *Maniac* is by the director of True Detective, and its a fucking surreal (literal) drug trip of a show that earns a high spot on the "Holy shit, Jonah Hill is a great actor?!" list. *SAS: Rogue Heroes* is a bonkers fun historical drama that feels like a Guy Ritchie movie, and yet is somehow often…

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2024

    Nicolas Winding Refn (with scenes from his film "Only God Forgives") - BOTD

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  • MevsMatze (Shattered version 💔 ) @mevsmatze.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2024

    Using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend 5 films. My picks - M - Marrowbone O - Only God Forgives V - Velvet Buzzsaw I - if.... E - Empty Man, The

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  • aliumfungus art @aliumfungus.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Sometimes I make movie edits. This song is called Black, Black Heart (by David Usher) about Julian from Only God Forgives. Hope you like it. #ryangosling

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  • Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    Tonight's film is... Only God Forgives (2013). It's Refn and Gosling, so I won't be able to post much. A) high on visual storytelling low on dislogue so need to watch B) frickin gorgeous so can't take my eyes off for even a shot I mean this opening shot...

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  • Jo is Afraid @bywayofjosiah.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2025

    Nicolas Winding Refn: (1) DRIVE: damn near perfection. (2) THE NEON DEMON: will go to war about this movie being good. (3) ONLY GOD FORGIVES: makes me feel like shit, but it’s beautiful. (4) VALHALLA RISING: IDGAF about Vikings.

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  • Duke Kaboom @freelarrydoby.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    I love cinema. It is my passion & my vocation. Rare that I get this excited to see a film. The three times I can remember this level of anticipation are before Goodfellas, Heat and Only God Forgives. Two are masterpieces and one had me wanting to kick the directors ass. Giddyup.

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  • Julian Truitt Artworks @juliantruitt.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2025

    Oil color study of Ryan Gosling in the film “Only God Forgives.” I love Nicolas Winding Refn’s lighting and set design, and this was a great exercise in cool and warm light! 🌈 #oilpainting #allaprima #ryangosling #movieart

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  • aliumfungus art @aliumfungus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    ONLY GOD FORGIVES - Prayers and Triangles Song: Prayers and Triangles (Com Truise Remix) Artist: Deftones Movie: Only God Forgives #ryangoslinggosling #onlygodforgives

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  • 𝔻𝕒𝕟 🏈🍻💀 @danmynrd.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2026

    Is Only God Forgives a "good" "movie?" Let's let the eggheads and pencil pushers in Washington figure that out. Get three beers and or an edible and let that collection of images pass through you.

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  • David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.comBluesky · Mar 22, 2026

    I'd seen The Notebook back in the day, but Drive was the first time I really became aware of Ryan Gosling, and I was like, okay, I wanna watch whatever this guy goes. (Then he did Only God Forgives and Lost River, and yeah, I stuck through that.) There aren't a lot of real movie stars anymore, but

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  • haha yeah @freshfleisch.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2026

    see, people didn’t get “Only God Forgives” (2013) because they didn’t realise that it’s a Muppets movie. seriously. cast everyone other than Ryan Gosling as a Muppet and you will understand.

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  • Voroxpete @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 4, 2026

    >But imo, the really high quality of Nolan's visual directing does so much work distracting people from how lacking the movie is in actual substance. Kind of describes most of Nolan's movies really. As a technical director, he's almost unparalleled, but his movies have often struggled to find a meaningful emotional core. They're all polish, but often lacking in substance. Tenet was especially bad for this. An absolute masterpiece of directorial craftsmanship, but almost entirely devoid of…

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  • Space Cowboy @battywanderer.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    Only God Forgives Finally saw this in full. Better than Drive. Probably Ryan Gosling's best performance. A movie about how Gosling's white boy swag is no match for Vithaya Pansringarm's sheer effortless aura.

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  • Medium D. Hollow @mediumhollow.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2025

    Drive and Only God Forgives are the same movie except one is fun and good and the other is un-fun and bad

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  • Mace @macelikespace.bsky.socialBluesky · May 8, 2025

    Watched Only God Forgives just now, my second Refn film after Drive, and I think I like it way better than Drive

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  • Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.comBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    Admittedly, I haven't loved every Refn film but I will say without hesitation that all of them are worth watching. (Yes, I'm including ONLY GOD FORGIVES.)

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  • Josiah Walrus @josiahwalrus1.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2025

    Tonight we watched "Only God Forgives" directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Pusher Trilogy, Valhalla Rising, Neon Demon). Lots of long silences, contemplative gore, distorted eroticism, and archetypal evil characters presented in lush color schemes. A noir film about authoritarianism and punishment.

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  • 🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Now rewatching Only God Forgives (2013)! 📽️

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  • blue @gloomboyszn.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    ONLY GOD FORGIVES what the hell was even that. i hate these fake deep movies where everyone is expressionless and barely talks and it’s just them murdering each other i get bored so quickly. what message are they even trying to send? crime bad? men strong? women sexy? stop making these movies goddd

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  • Tiki, the boosexual feminist 🩷💜💙 @immortalbidesign.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    tonight's film is one of my absolute favorites. top ten inspirational films for filmmaking. Only God Forgives(2013) #filmsky #nowwatching

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  • Biff Whipster @biffwhipster.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    Hell, I’m a big defender of Only God Forgives My god that film is beautiful

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  • Lets_Disco @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 23, 2026

    His film Only God Forgives has to be the most style over substance film of his, hands down

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  • Maddie Rae Gun @maddieraegun.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    Man seeing ONLY GOD FORGIVES on 35mm in a theater was just the best. This is a beautiful movie, a real meal for the eyes and ears. Vithaya Pansringarm as the “Angel of Death” Gosling as the tortured impotent younger brother, and Thomas as the incestuous mother - just all wonderful.

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  • Kadath @kadath.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    I think a really good example of good CGI is Only God Forgives, where despite being a super low budget film, it was able to use CGI in very effective ways - mostly to erase dolly tracks and equipment wires, etc.

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  • The Spectre that crawls through your dreams @tattersking.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2025

    Whats fun for me is Only God Forgives wants so badly to be a chin stroking art film for the intellectuals and kind of people who say optics and panopticon to discuss over cortado but no one cares

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  • Jack @jacklikesfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2025

    134) The Neon Demon (2016, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn) #Filmsky 📽️ This is the only film of Refn's I've not seen yet. I enjoyed most of them a lot, with 'Drive' and 'Only God Forgives' being the only real exceptions.

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  • Dominic Hart @domxhart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2024

    Only God Forgives (2013) A movie that seemed impenetrable on first watch but was so fascinating I've watched it many times. A hypnotic Freudian deconstruction of masculinity, revenge, and hubris.

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  • Dave Wielgosz @davewielgosz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2024

    I spend a lot more time than I should imagining a parallel universe where the film Only God Forgives was as great as it’s trailer was.

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  • melonpunk @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 29, 2023

    I've heard of the concept in the streaming space of "number of minutes watched", like there's a different way of judging success. This has me wondering if there's a demand from up top to make these shows longer in order to increase that metric. I say this because while slow pacing can be an artistic choice and I'm perfectly fine for it for the right story. I lapped up Oppenheimer, and movies like Only God Forgives. When it works, it works. Ahsoka felt like it was stretched way out of pace, a…

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  • Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    #bestfilminlondontoday Sep 28 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com. Winding Refn's remarkable ONLY GOD FORGIVES @princecharlescinema.com. Booed at Cannes but @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social gets close to heart of film here www.theguardian.com/film/2013/au...

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  • Count Drewcula 🧛🏻 @drewdeland.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2026

    Ryan is truly done with making films like Drive and Only God Forgives.

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  • Brent, but haunted 👻 @slurmqueen.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    Favorite film for each year of the 2010s: 2010: Beyond the Black Rainbow 2011: Bridesmaids 2012: Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie 2013: Only God Forgives 2014: It Follows 2015: Closet Monster 2016: The Void 2017: Strapped for Danger 2018: Assassination Nation 2019: About Endlessness 📽️

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  • Britpop Carrie White @2006dvdrip.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    I think I enjoyed it the first time but I was kinda new to that sort of thing at the time . The next Gosling film from that director “Only God Forgives” was kind of cringey and it started to feel like a bunch of macho cliche and bright colors

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  • Half-Diamond Pick @halfdiamondpick.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    I haven't seen his new movie yet, but it might have a positive response on Refn to read better writers. The world might avoid another Only God Forgives.

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  • Fratbear (author of the Sloan Cosgrove stories and “Dear Matt”) @fratbear.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    Text to Matt: I met director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) this weekend after a screening of his new movie Her Private Hell, and I told him about you, because you were the biggest NWR fan that I knew. You even gave The Neon Demon 5 stars on Letterboxd!

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  • Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    Last night I watched Ryan Gosling in “Only God Forgives” and the movie was amazing in its ability to take an incredibly charming and likeable actor and make him both awful AND dull.

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  • Humanist Son of a Preacher Man @dustythecritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    It was the first movie of his I didn’t like. Didn’t like his projects after that on tv. I still have hope to like another movie he does. Maybe the new one. I love Drive, Only God Forgives, and Bronson.

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  • Daniel Joyaux @thirdmanmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    If I adore Drive but think Only God Forgives is a serious contender for the worst movie ever made, where might I fall on this one?

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  • Allen vs Predator @peterdotorg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2026

    Shoutout to the person who I overheard say “I can’t believe Ryan Gosling would be in a movie like this” after a critic screening of Only God Forgives. I will never forget you.

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  • Chris Scalzo @chrisscalzo.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    All the negative reviews of Her Private Hell is reminiscent of Only God Forgives. A film I love.

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  • [sentiment inexpressible] @goresorcerer.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2026

    similar reviews dropped for Only God Forgives, his best movie

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  • FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2026

    It’s been ten years since Danish wild-man Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives, Pusher) released his last cinematic feature film, The Neon Demon. Welcome back, NWR!

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  • Biff Whipster @biffwhipster.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2026

    Everyone hates on Only God Forgives so much, but it may be my favorite It’s truly an “every frame a painting” movie

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  • Eric Z. @ericzieg.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    I know from experience it's bonkers and not good aside from the Cliff Martinez score and being the best movie ever as far as wallpaper goes, but considering catching Only God Forgives on the big screen tonight...

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  • Jeff VS The Evil Dead 🎃 👻 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @jeffreyellis.caBluesky · Apr 28, 2026

    I remember I really liked Drive, but then I watched "Only God Forgives" and realized Nicholas Winding Refn only made one good movie by mistake

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  • dontdrinknuts.bsky.social @dontdrinknuts.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2026

    For beautiful but terrible films look no further than NWR. Apart from Drive which is one of the best and most beautiful films of the 21st century the rest of his output is awful. Has there ever been a trailer as beautiful & enticing as that for Only God Forgives but for such a disappointing film?

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  • @contodomiamor @bayushi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    If you hated Nicolas Winding Refn's film, you should also check out Only God Forgives for another head scratcher.

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  • Humanist Son of a Preacher Man @dustythecritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2025

    I love the movie and Refn found a great balance between traditionally entertaining and artsy fartsy. His next film, Only God Forgives, was full on artsy fartsy , but I loved it. After that, he disappeared up his own ass and I haven’t enjoyed anything since, but I know I’ll like something again.

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  • Valerie (TheCinemaCritic/Jokercritic) @onyxvalkyrie.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    My ★★★★½ review of Only God Forgives (2013) boxd.it/7dvsmz

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  • Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 29, 2023

    IMHO this one didn’t have vibes as good, or story as repellent, as Only God Forgives (the most beautiful movie I genuinely hate) but it also wasn’t nearly as good as, say, Stoker (2013), or Lady Macbeth (2016), where the vibes take the wheel a lot but they’re still really thrillers!

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  • Lego Dolemite 🏴🚩 @psychoalpastor.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2023

    @juicysteak117.gay since people are talking about horrible movies, have you seen "Only God Forgives"? It's a Ryan Gosling movie that I found so bad that I couldn't even finish watching it, part way through I just said Fuck This and switched to YouTube.

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