Endangered Species

Endangered Species

What you don't know can kill you.

Directed by Alan Rudolph

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Alive Enterprises

198297 min4.9 / 10

A paranoid conspiracy thriller built around cattle mutilations and biological weapons, where a cop's vacation becomes entanglement in a shadowy military conspiracy.

A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

Questions people ask

  • Is Endangered Species scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does Endangered Species end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Endangered Species easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Endangered Species violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is Endangered Species 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.

13/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity42

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Endangered Species

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Endangered Species

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Endangered Species, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Endangered Species, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Endangered Species, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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