Compliance

Compliance

How far would you go?

Directed by Craig Zobel

Produced by Bad Cop / Bad Cop, Dogfish Pictures

201290 min6.4 / 10

A deeply unsettling psychological thriller that documents how ordinary people can be manipulated into committing abuse through appeals to authority and obedience.

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.

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Questions people ask

  • Does Compliance end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is Compliance one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 95% of films.

  • Is Compliance scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Compliance easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Compliance violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Compliance sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

58/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise46

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Compliance

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Compliance

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Compliance, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Compliance, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Compliance, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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