Killer Joe is a 2011 American criminal comedy movie starring Gina Gershon. Its distributor for the United States is Liddell Entertainment. The story of this comedy concerns a tough (though quiet) killer who befriends a young man who in turn wants his own mother taken out. Killer Joe received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA for "graphic aberrant content involving violence and sexuality, and a scene of brutality". The distributor appealed the NC-17 rating decision, though they lost the appeal to get the rating lowered to an R rating.

2011 comedy movies

2011 crime movies

2010s criminal comedy movies

American criminal comedy movies

English-language movies

Movies set in Texas

NC-17 rated movies

Movies directed by William Friedkin

American independent movies

Movies about contract killing

Movies about dysfunctional families

Killer Joe