
The Mountain
Directed by Rick Alverson
Produced by Vice Studios
A dark, meditative examination of institutional cruelty and complicity set in 1950s America, where a young man's documentation of a charismatic doctor's lobotomy procedures becomes a reckoning with his own family trauma.
1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour advocating for his increasingly controversial lobotomy procedure.
Clusters
Genres
Questions people ask
Is The Mountain sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Does The Mountain end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Mountain scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is The Mountain easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Mountain violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% 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.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like The Mountain
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Mountain
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Mountain, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Mountain, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Mountain, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.



























































