The Village

The Village

There is no turning back

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Produced by Touchstone Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures

2004108 min6.5 / 10

A paranoid, deliberately obscured mystery about a sequestered community built on collective deception, where transgression threatens to unravel carefully maintained illusions.

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

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Questions people ask

  • Is The Village scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does The Village end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is The Village sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

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

  • Is The Village 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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53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity71

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise44

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like The Village, and what each one shares →

Like The Village

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Village

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Village, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Village, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Village, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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