Passengers

Passengers

There is a reason they woke up.

Directed by Morten Tyldum

Produced by Columbia Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures

2016116 min7.0 / 10

A romantic drama set in the isolation of deep space, where two strangers form an intimate bond while grappling with the moral weight of their predicament and the ship's hidden dangers.

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Passengers violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Passengers scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 62% of films.

  • Is Passengers sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Passengers easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Passengers end with hope? 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.

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71/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity71

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise73

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Passengers, and what each one shares →

Like Passengers

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Passengers

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Passengers, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Passengers, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Passengers, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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