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The Tenant

1976Movie2 h 6 minR

MysteryThriller
78
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5Metacritic717.8Rotten Tomatoes85%87%

A nerve-racking, deeply unsettling thriller movie about the mind and mystery.

Good for thought-provoking · adults · solo watch

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Story

Apartment for rent: Quiet building. Furnished. 2 rooms. Previous tenant committed suicide.

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

Feels like

  • Psychological Horror
  • Paranoia
  • Claustrophobic
  • Existential Dread
  • Apartment Nightmare
  • French Cinema
  • Slow Burn
  • Unsettling Atmosphere

Cast

24 of 35

Crew

Directed by
Roman Polanski
Written by
Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, Roland Topor
Produced by
Andrew Braunsberg
Music by
Philippe Sarde

Everyone

Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).

Facts

May 26, 1976 · 2 h 6 min · R

Released
May 26, 1976
Runtime
2 h 6 min
Age rating
R
Content
Disturbing Imagery
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Original language
English
Also spoken
French
Made in
France
Box office
$5 million
Available in
35 countries

Tropes

Bandage Mummy, Beware the Nice Ones, Circle of Shame +9

  • Bandage Mummy
  • Beware the Nice Ones
  • Circle of Shame
  • Creepy Crossdresser
  • Driven to Suicide
  • Eat the Camera
  • The Film of the Book
  • Paranoid Thriller
  • Sanity Slippage
  • Look Both Ways
  • Single-Issue Landlord
  • Gaslighting

12 of 18 tropes. From TV Tropes.

Q&A

4 questions, like "Where can I stream The Tenant?"

Questions about The Tenant

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream The Tenant?

KanopyHoopla

In the United States, The Tenant is free with ads on Kanopy and Hoopla. You can rent or buy it from JustWatch TV Store, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 9 other countries.

Is The Tenant worth watching?

78
GreatGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78 (IMDb 7.5, Rotten Tomatoes 85%, and Metacritic 71).

Will I feel good after watching The Tenant?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.

Will The Tenant scare me?

Not scaryTerrifying

At times: scares are rated 7 of 10.