Spiderhead

Spiderhead

How far would you go to fix human nature?

Directed by Joseph Kosinski

Produced by Grand Electric, The New Yorker Studios

2022107 min5.8 / 10

A cerebral psychological thriller that uses a dystopian prison setting and emotion-altering drugs to interrogate free will, consent, and the ethics of human modification.

A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he's testing for a pharmaceutical genius.

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Questions people ask

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

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

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

  • Is Spiderhead easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Spiderhead 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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24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity50

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Spiderhead, and what each one shares →

Like Spiderhead

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Spiderhead

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Spiderhead, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Spiderhead, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Spiderhead, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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