Thesis
1996Spain★ 7.56 pt match
Like Get Out, this one is rooted in paranoia, figuring out who you are, and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions. The feel is the same: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Get Out
2017USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Jordan Peele★ 7.6
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
Themes and style
Tone
tensehauntingdark comedysurreal
Pacing
slow burnescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
survivalunravelingescapeinvestigation
Emotion
paranoiafiguring out who you areinjusticefeeling powerlessloss of innocence
Themes
corrupt institutionsclass and moneycaught between worldslife under oppression
Feel
gut punchdiscussion startercerebralrewatchablequietly haunting
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
Foreign films like Get Out
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Get Out. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Julia's Eyes
2010Spain★ 6.74 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia, loss of innocence, and feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Deep Red
1975Italy★ 7.74 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia, figuring out who you are, and feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions. Same energy: haunting, tense, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018South Korea★ 7.33.5 pt match
Like Get Out, this one is rooted in paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions. Both move the same way too, tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.