Flatliners

Flatliners

You haven't lived until you've died.

Directed by Niels Arden Oplev

Produced by The Safran Company, Columbia Pictures

2017111 min5.6 / 10

A dark supernatural thriller that uses near-death experiences and guilt-haunted visions to explore mortality, conscience, and the price of transgression.

Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…

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Questions people ask

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

  • Is Flatliners sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

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

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

  • Is Flatliners 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.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity37

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise8

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Flatliners

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Flatliners

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Flatliners, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Flatliners, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Flatliners, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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