The Purge: Anarchy
2014France★ 6.64.5 pt match
Both films sit with rage. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. The feel is the same: bleak, tense, and escalating.
X
2022USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Ti West★ 6.7
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
Themes and style
Tone
bleakdark comedybrutaltensehaunting
Pacing
slow burnescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
survivalescapesiege
Emotion
longingloss of innocenceragefiguring out who you are
Themes
family wounds passed downmen and women navigating expectationsclass and moneyreligion and faith
Feel
exhaustingcatharticfun scarydiscussion starterrewatchable
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
Foreign films like X
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as X. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
High Tension
2003France★ 6.84.5 pt match
Like X, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, bleak, brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Train to Busan
2016South Korea★ 7.74 pt match
What ties these together is loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and family wounds passed down. Same energy: brutal, tense, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Amityville II: The Possession
1982Mexico★ 5.84 pt match
Like X, this one is rooted in loss of innocence. They share the same lens on religion and faith, men and women navigating expectations, and family wounds passed down. Same energy: bleak, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Blood Red Sky
2021Germany★ 6.84 pt match
Like X, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are. The feel is the same: bleak, brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Ghostland
2018France★ 7.43.5 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, bleak, brutal, slow burn, and escalating.
28 Weeks Later
2007UK★ 6.63 pt match
Like X, this one is rooted in loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Both move the same way too, bleak, brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.