Operation Finale

This week's most rewarding drama pick in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video is Operation Finale. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Oscar Isaac's performance alone is worth the time investment. Start it on Netflix whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason Operation Finale keeps coming up in conversation. Operation Finale takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged. Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It hit screens in 2018. What elevates Operation Finale is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Operation Finale is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Oscar Isaac's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

Operation Finale was released in 2018, directed by Chris Weitz. The full 124-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.