Profile

Profile

The connection is virtual. The danger is real.

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov

Produced by Bazelevs, Tabbak

2018106 min6.9 / 10

A tense, paranoia-soaked cyber-thriller about an undercover journalist navigating the psychological manipulation of online radicalization, told almost entirely through screens.

Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

Questions people ask

  • Is Profile easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 73% of films.

  • Is Profile scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

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

  • Does Profile end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Profile 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.

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69/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity61

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise83

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Profile

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Profile

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Profile, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Profile, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Profile, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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