No Blade of Grass

No Blade of Grass

The creeping terror drifted towards them stamping out all civilization in its eerie path!

Directed by Cornel Wilde

Produced by Theodora Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

197096 min5.3 / 10

A bleak survival odyssey through societal collapse, where a family's desperate journey northward becomes a gauntlet of violence and moral compromise amid civilizational breakdown.

A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.

Questions people ask

  • Is No Blade of Grass scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is No Blade of Grass violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is No Blade of Grass sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is No Blade of Grass easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does No Blade of Grass end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% 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.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity31

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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