The Great Flood
2025South Korea★ 65 pt match
Like Split, this one is rooted in grief and feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, tense, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Split
2016USALanguage: EnglishDirected by M. Night Shyamalan★ 7.3
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
Themes and style
Tone
tensehauntingcold and detacheddark comedy
Pacing
slow burnescalatingmethodicalslow build to explosion
Story
survivalescapeunravelingsiege
Emotion
figuring out who you areparanoiafeeling powerlessloss of innocencegrief
Themes
family wounds passed downmen and women navigating expectationscorrupt institutions
Feel
exhaustingcerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starterrewatchablefun scary
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Foreign films like Split
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Split. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Timecrimes
2007Spain★ 73 pt match
Like Split, this one is rooted in paranoia, feeling powerless, and figuring out who you are. Same energy: tense, dark comedy, escalating, and methodical.