Us
2019USA★ 6.93.5 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, haunting, surreal, and escalating.
Raw
Grave
2017FranceLanguage: frDirected by Julia Ducournau★ 7
Available in English: subtitled
Stringent vegetarian Justine encounters a decadent, merciless, and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. She soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.
Themes and style
Tone
brutalhauntingdark comedycold and detachedsurreal
Pacing
slow burnescalating
Story
unravelingsurvival
Emotion
figuring out who you areloss of innocencebelongingshameall-consuming love
Themes
family wounds passed downmen and women navigating expectationsfamily dutycorrupt institutions
Feel
gut punchdiscussion starteremotionally wreckingquietly hauntingcerebral
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Raw
If Raw hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Malignant
2021USA★ 6.73.5 pt match
Like Raw, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, loss of innocence, and shame. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down and family duty. Both move the same way too, haunting, surreal, slow burn, and escalating.