Only the Night

Only the Night

Directed by Xavier Giannoli

Produced by Rectangle Productions, Michel de Wouters Productions

2005106 min4.3 / 10

A dark psychological thriller about obsession and surveillance, where a clerk's fixation on a sleepwalking woman blurs the line between protection and violation.

A video library clerk becomes obsessed with a sleepwalking woman and takes it upon himself to save her from catastrophe.

Questions people ask

  • Is Only the Night sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Only the Night scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

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

  • Is Only the Night easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Only the Night violent? 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.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love3

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Only the Night, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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