Hotel Noir

Hotel Noir

Check your reservations at the door.

Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez

Produced by Gato Negro Films, Shangri-La Entertainment

201297 min5.7 / 10

A tense, noir-soaked chamber piece set in a 1950s hotel where a hunted detective confronts his past while waiting for inevitable violence.

Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.

Questions people ask

  • Does Hotel Noir end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

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

  • Is Hotel Noir sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Hotel Noir easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Hotel Noir violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% 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.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity73

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Hotel Noir

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Hotel Noir

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Hotel Noir, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Hotel Noir, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Hotel Noir, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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