Burn After Reading
2008USA★ 6.76.5 pt match
Like In the House, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and longing. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. The feel is the same: dark comedy and escalating.
In the House
Dans la maison
2012FranceLanguage: frDirected by François Ozon★ 7.2
Available in English: subtitled
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedytensesurrealmelancholic
Pacing
slow burnescalatingmethodical
Story
con deceptionunravelinginvestigation
Emotion
all-consuming lovefiguring out who you arelongingguilt
Themes
class and moneyfamily dutyfamily wounds passed down
Feel
cerebraldiscussion starterrewatchablequietly haunting
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Hollywood films like In the House
If In the House hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Trading Places
1983USA★ 7.26 pt match
Like In the House, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and family wounds passed down. Same energy: dark comedy and escalating.
The Big Lebowski
1998USA★ 7.85 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: class and money. The feel is the same: dark comedy, surreal, and slow burn.
Being John Malkovich
1999USA★ 7.45 pt match
Like In the House, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, all-consuming love, and longing. They share the same lens on class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, surreal, escalating, and methodical.
Dr. Strangelove
1964USA★ 8.14 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. Same energy: dark comedy, tense, and escalating.
The Truman Show
1998USA★ 8.24 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and longing. Both circle the same ground: class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, surreal, slow burn, and escalating.
Adaptation
2002USA★ 7.34 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, guilt, and longing. Both circle the same ground: class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, melancholic, slow burn, and escalating.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017USA★ 8.14 pt match
Both films sit with guilt. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, melancholic, escalating, and slow burn.