The Tower

The Tower

Which side will you choose?

Directed by Guillaume Nicloux

Produced by Les films du Worso, UNITÉ

202390 min4.8 / 10

A claustrophobic descent into savagery as trapped tower residents face an incomprehensible supernatural threat and turn on each other.

In the heart of a city, the inhabitants of a tower wake up one morning to find that their building is shrouded in an opaque fog, obstructing doors and windows - a strange dark matter that devours anything that tries to pass through it. Trapped, the residents try to organize themselves, but to ensure their survival they gradually succumb to their most primitive instincts, until they sink into horror...

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Questions people ask

  • Is The Tower scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Is The Tower easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does The Tower end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is The Tower sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Tower violent? Yes. More violent than 80% 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.

8/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity22

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Tower

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Tower

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Tower, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Tower, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Tower, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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