
Crimes of the Future
Directed by David Cronenberg
Produced by Emergent Films Ltd.
A deeply unsettling, deliberately provocative sci-fi satire that uses dystopian plague and sexual transgression to interrogate morality and societal decay.
In a dystopic world where a plague is killing off pubescent human females, an esoteric researcher seeks his missing mentor while trying to retain morality in the sex-obsessed society he lives in.
Clusters
Genres
Questions people ask
Does Crimes of the Future end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.
Is Crimes of the Future easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is Crimes of the Future sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Crimes of the Future scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is Crimes of the Future violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.
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.
Written about
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Crimes of the Future
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Crimes of the Future
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Crimes of the Future, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Crimes of the Future, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Crimes of the Future, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.



















































