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Feature · 2021 · released

Silk Road

116 min USA Amazon Prime Video; Apple TV; Fandango at Home; Plex

Ross Ulbricht builds the Silk Road, an online marketplace that grows into a billion-dollar dark-web empire, while a DEA agent works to bring him down. The film follows the idealism, ambition, and consequences behind the marketplace.

Cast

Nick Robinson Jason Clarke Alexandra Shipp Darrell Britt-Gibson Paul Walter Hauser

Stills

Official trailer frame from Silk Road
Lionsgate — official trailer
Director
Tiller Russell
Writer
Tiller Russell
Producer
Stephen Gans; Duncan Montgomery; David Hyman; Jack Selby; Alex Orlovsky
Cast
Nick Robinson, Jason Clarke, Alexandra Shipp, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Paul Walter Hauser
Studio
Lionsgate
Country
USA
Runtime
116 min
Where to watch
Amazon Prime Video; Apple TV; Fandango at Home; Plex

The Bitcoin angle

Bitcoin is the marketplace's sole transaction currency and the technology that enables the story's central conflict. It is one of the clearest major feature-film depictions of Bitcoin's early dark-web era.

Trailer

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Official links

Sources

Lionsgate — official film pageRolling StoneAmazon Prime VideoIMDb