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Leave the World Behind

Leave the World Behind

2023
Drama, Mystery
2h 18m
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices – and two strangers appear at their door. (Netflix)

Directed by:

Sam Esmail

Screenwriter:

Sam Esmail, Rumaan Alam

Starring:

Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, Farrah Mackenzie, Myha'la Herrold, Charlie Evans

Genres:

Drama, Mystery

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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2023
Drama, Mystery
2h 18m
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thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 04 Jan 2024
30
11th
A family vacation in the country turns into a nightmare when the world seemingly ends. It's got a decent cast (though Kevin Bacon is wasted in a small cameo), but the direction is amateur hour. Way too much bad CGI, and endless rotating camera shots, to the point that it becomes a distraction. The theme of the film is that people are assholes, and that will be our ultimate undoing, but damn it takes forever to get there. 140 minutes of my life I'm never going to get back. Fuck this movie.
Rated 04 Jan 2024
guy-piranhaguy piranha
Rated 16 Jun 2024
20
2nd
Quite possibly the worst thing i have seen in a long while. Everything about this is ugly, be it crap cgi, completely misplaced tone, score and cinematography, horrible dialog, nonsensical characters and plot etc.etc...thus the biggest mysteries remain: how the fuck did ethan hawke get older than kevin bacon and what the hell happened to julia roberts' face??! The only way this "movie" could redeem itself is if the obamas lost a shit ton of money with it.
Rated 16 Jun 2024
spookymaskSpookyMask
Rated 16 Dec 2023
60
34th
Just when I thought the movie was going somewhere, it ended.
Rated 16 Dec 2023
sproostsproost
Rated 10 Dec 2023
75
79th
It dripfeeds fun (and nonsensical) plot twists at just the right speed without going full over the top. The visual style is flashy and tricked out in places but not unnecessarily so. I really like when camera's go upside down or rotate horizontally. The timpani driven and well-recorded music helps. Since it's a Netflix original i was waiting for it to start sucking because that's what i'm used to, but by the end i had to conclude it was a 2h20m of popcorn entertainment very well spent.
Rated 10 Dec 2023
hadleyreisHadleyreis
Rated 10 Oct 2024
57
33rd
Leave the Film Behind
Rated 10 Oct 2024
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 02 Jan 2024
35
9th
Everyone who hates and complains about Shyamalan's world ending films should be forced to watch this shit every day for the rest of their lives.
Rated 02 Jan 2024
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 15 Dec 2023
60
54th
Strikes an entertaining balance between genuinely grim what-if scenarios and overwrought dramatic contrivances that invite popcorn and can't be absolutely serious. While a little on-the-nose with the messaging, it's well above-par compared with typical disaster movies. The characters aren't epitomes of nuanced writing, but they're acted well enough to engage. If ever there was a place for such crazy photography angles and bombastic orchestra hits this movie is it.
Rated 15 Dec 2023
juntakinte99juntakinte99
Rated 10 Dec 2023
1
0th
The source novel is one of the worst books I've ever read. Still, I thought the adaptation could expand the premise while removing the stupid parts. But the movie also fails to be a satirical thriller on racism & upper class elitism. The characters are all off-putting. The film's tone unsuccessfully tries to recreate the terror of Hitchcock's The Birds. And most unforgivably it copies the ending of one of the greatest Twilight Zone episodes. Avoid this wretched cinematic disaster at all costs.
Rated 10 Dec 2023
bowfingerbowfinger
Rated 09 Dec 2023
10
6th
I didn't need hamfisted symbolism about racism, I didn't need political propaganda shoved down my throat, and I didn't need to watch Julia Roberts as the ultimate Karen. Garbage.
Rated 09 Dec 2023
duderDuder
Rated 05 Feb 2024
60
40th
It has atmosphere. Does it have much other than that? Nope. You do get tense, you feel the paranoia but not much else happens here.
Rated 05 Feb 2024
kevin_ruffoKevin Ruffo
Rated 15 Jan 2024
60
34th
how underwhelming was the deer conclusion
Rated 15 Jan 2024
adam_p_dAdam P-D
Rated 16 Dec 2023
60
71st
I enjoyed this but those Into the Spider-Verse titles knocked me off-balance for the whole movie. Such a terribly incongruous style choice!
Rated 16 Dec 2023
mirelurkMirelurk
Rated 16 Dec 2023
66
39th
Yeah, some of this works, some of it doesn't. It feels kind of scattershot, reactionary and simplistic in its themes but I was engaged by the visuals, set pieces and tension. Intense score and good performances do a lot of the lifting as well. Needed to be tighter and shorter to reach the quality of good Twilight Zone. If you're gonna be this blunt, you have to get out faster. "We made a lot of enemies around the world, maybe they teamed up." I wonder who helped that along EP Obamas?
Rated 16 Dec 2023
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 16 Dec 2023
70
79th
I feel like this movies goals were ultimately successful, even if not masterfully done. Its a warning on tech dependence, a warning on recent political splits, a poke at race relations and it does it all kinda tongue in cheek with its often unnerving backdrop. Not all of it works, but I was definitely curious and confused and wondering what was next, and that in itself in modern cinema is a rare enough event. All of the adult cast are solid as well, so I was pleasantly surprised by the end.
Rated 16 Dec 2023
djrossdjross
Rated 10 Dec 2023
55
53rd
Ultimately plays it safe and wants to teach conventional American lessons: white people have biases, which can also manifest as forced niceness (the black pair go through no comparable self-examination); teenage boys and adult men are both possessed of sexual desires causing them to be morally weak; most of all, what endangers society is our failure to prevent foreign “bad actors” from insidiously sowing seeds of dissent with the power to eventually provoke civil war, internal collapse, etc.
Rated 10 Dec 2023
aaautinAAAutin
Rated 09 Dec 2023
77
88th
(WHITE NOISE)
Rated 09 Dec 2023
ricRic
Rated 01 Nov 2024
40
5th
Initially I thought I didn't like the film because of its honesty in showing how people suck. But actually, it's mostly the storytelling and disjointed dialogues that suck.
Rated 01 Nov 2024
henrikHenrik
Rated 09 Oct 2024
70
57th
Now, if that isn't an solid argument for physical media I don't know what is.
Rated 09 Oct 2024
thorn969thorn969
Rated 07 Aug 2024
3
0th
This movie was trying way too hard to be artsy and deep but didn't seem to actually have any depth. Putting in themes from fancy movies and having long shots of nothing don't make a good movie. It didn't go anywhere and there was no plot and it was super boring.
Rated 07 Aug 2024
klschneiderklschneider
Rated 20 May 2024
60
41st
Would have been 10 points higher if it had a better ending.
Rated 20 May 2024
mspraguemsprague
Rated 13 May 2024
70
60th
Not a bad premise but it ended at the wrong place. They could have lopped off some of the middle parts and added more at the end.
Rated 13 May 2024
getmoneygetmoney
Rated 11 May 2024
73
30th
Eh
Rated 11 May 2024
quackquack
Rated 05 May 2024
60
10th
I liked it to a degree, but it was not the greatest. The pacing, and the overarching story is great, and it succeeds as a psychological thriller. And it had some really great scenes, but for the most part it was boring, with boring dialogue. Acting was off for the most part, and it had some CGI shots which just looked awful.
Rated 05 May 2024
kadikoykadikoy
Rated 28 Apr 2024
60
47th
Dijital kıyamet. Dijital teknolojinin dezavantajlarını anlatan film, 2 ailenin kaldıkları evde yaşadıklarını izliyoruz. Filmin konusu basit olsa da, realist 1 bakış açısı var. Sofistike komplo teorileri. Julia Roberts bu filmleri seviyor. The Purge ile akrabalığı var. Speed filmleri de kankası. The Happening babaları. Filmin sonunda, Friends son bölümü. Dünya yanarken biz saçımızı tarıyoruz.
Rated 28 Apr 2024
userxUserX
Rated 18 Apr 2024
56
48th
Great buildup of suspense, but characters were moronic 2-D caricatures & failed to progress beyond conventional moralization. As the conspiracy laden attack scenario plays out (a U.S. divided allegory), it became clear they couldn't stick the landing. Ideas are haphazardly tossed at the wall to maintain mystery & suspense, but it all just ends up coalescing into a slop of tedious, half-baked metaphors. Mr. Robot also had a weak finale, but excelled in so many other aspects compared to this film.
Rated 18 Apr 2024
cristeriacristeria
Rated 10 Mar 2024
67
14th
wtf?
Rated 10 Mar 2024
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 03 Mar 2024
64
58th
It’s certainly not winning any accolades for how intelligently or subtly it gets its messaging across! That said, blunt instrument that it is, I had a perfectly reasonable time with this. Some daft camerawork aside, it looked okay and was well performed by all. It definitely had more to give and it’s a shame that it abandons its more interesting psychological elements for straight end-of-the-world drama, but it has enough about it to provide an evenings entertainment.
Rated 03 Mar 2024
matthagenmatthagen
Rated 26 Feb 2024
56
65th
Looking past the unexplained mysteries that propel the plot forward, and some occasional clunky scenes, this is an effective slow burn with a lot on its mind.
Rated 26 Feb 2024
braddad68braddad68
Rated 20 Feb 2024
92
65th
A mix of suspense, intense action and a discussion of modern World issues. Compelling and some great niched performances.
Rated 20 Feb 2024
goran_saracGoran Sarac
Rated 18 Feb 2024
1
9th
This is not a movie - this is a disinformation campaign!
Rated 18 Feb 2024
carlosproCarlospro
Rated 05 Feb 2024
60
16th
levei uns 4 dias pra assistir. excelente sonífero
Rated 05 Feb 2024
krulikkrulik
Rated 05 Feb 2024
75
8th
It's not a good movie and the cast doesn't save it. However there are some good ideas. For example the feeling of isolation and "to self-devices" is quite strong and very relevant to our times - the government is in fact impotent in its ability to keep the promise of defending its citizens.
Rated 05 Feb 2024
luthar15luthar15
Rated 03 Feb 2024
87
92nd
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 29 Jan 2024
6
52nd
Nicely crafted which I fully expected from the man behind 'Mr Robot'. Premise had been me fully invested especially with the cast all in. It just doesn't know how to stick the landing or where to go.
Rated 29 Jan 2024
kavuKavu
Rated 21 Jan 2024
78
63rd
Quite well written and entertaining modern apocalypse story, with lots of interesting cameraplay and details.
Rated 21 Jan 2024
randorirandori
Rated 09 Jan 2024
10
1st
the internet and the phones are gone. how could it get worse. shyamalan's cabin and diarrhea
Rated 09 Jan 2024
luordluord
Rated 09 Jan 2024
43
18th
Turns out that mixing a drama with conspiracy theory bullshit and hamfisted social commentary makes for a jarring mismatch, no matter how talented the cast, specially if you make every single character unlikable.
Rated 09 Jan 2024
badcosmonautBadCosmonaut
Rated 09 Jan 2024
1
1st
55 minutes of setup where almost nothing happens that is also ruined by stereotypical suspense music and by 2 characters who were rude drama queens for no reason. Once it finally starts it gets worse since the rest of the characters join in on committing other trope sins, such as lying to/withholding info from each other for no reason, distrusting each other for no reason, or just not believing each other when they actually do try to share info. And the characters were so, so stupid. Just awful.
Rated 09 Jan 2024
screenzealotscreenzealot
Rated 08 Jan 2024
66
45th
A complex apocalyptic thriller that's ominous and pessimistic, but also thought-provoking and entertaining. It’s the type of film that begs for a lengthy discussion afterwards.
Rated 08 Jan 2024
thatyoungmthatyoungm
Rated 08 Jan 2024
87
46th
The charming story of a girl who just wants to see how Friends ends. For the most part, this is a pretty effective thriller with some great individual scenes. The acting is hit or miss, but Mahershala Ali is fantastic in everything he does and this is no exception. I'm also a sucker for creepy post-apocalytpic scenes and Leave the World Behind has some good ones. It does get too on the nose/preachy at the end, which took me out of the third act, but definitely kept me entertained.
Rated 08 Jan 2024
shockularSHOCKULAR
Rated 06 Jan 2024
85
85th
This has gotten extremely mixed reviews, but I loved it and feel like I watched a different movie than most. I loved the atmosphere and the big set pieces. The ending is very unsatisfying and is by far the film's biggest flaw, but the journey to get there is just wildly entertaining. Not sure why it's not getting more love.
Rated 06 Jan 2024
wwallce4prezWWallce4prez
Rated 03 Jan 2024
69
43rd
A fairly scary premise when it starts to feel realistic. The cast is fantastic and I love to see Roberts be mean. Some of the artistic flourishes are unneeded but this some of the better Netflix stuff.
Rated 03 Jan 2024
ddrudgesd_drudges
Rated 01 Jan 2024
10
7th
(Hopefully) the longest commercial you'll ever see. Their worst nightmares, i.e. the things that they are inflicting on the rest of the world, are coming true for some badly acted rich Americans. Even still, they are personally at worst inconvenienced by all this. Oh well. Death to America.
Rated 01 Jan 2024
janamarieJanaMarie
Rated 01 Jan 2024
6
32nd
Societal collapse movies be like: let's thrill for 2 hours and then ghost them
Rated 01 Jan 2024
alasAlas
Rated 29 Dec 2023
76
44th
Somehow never got anywhere before it ended.
Rated 29 Dec 2023
jnydamjnydam
Rated 26 Dec 2023
54
43rd
This movie is about 45 minutes too long, and it's more psychological thriller than anything else. A lot of boring hypothetical dialogue fills the long run time. Let's see how far this hype train can run. The last 20 minutes were the best part of the film.
Rated 26 Dec 2023
dst7175dst7175
Rated 25 Dec 2023
55
42nd
Can’t write a good ending. Let’s just not have one.
Rated 25 Dec 2023
mixmaxtermixmaxter
Rated 24 Dec 2023
70
8th
the film has a strong visual, and sometimes aural style. it builds tension well with lack of knowledge, though that tension will be dropped carelessly with offscreen resolution. once the answers start coming in it goes really bad and belies a goofy American (and parent) centric perspective, not surprising from Obamas executive producing. the themes are an unsupported mess like "escapism bad" and at points even manages to contradict itself. the standoff scene was particularly forced and typical
Rated 24 Dec 2023
panzerwolfpanzerwolf
Rated 23 Dec 2023
40
12th
Starts out kind of good and interesting, but it remains a jumbled mess throughout. The characters are paper-thin and you don't really feel for any of them, even if some of the actors here are great in other things. I don't know what warranted the over 2-hour runtime, either. So many boring, poorly-written conversations and weird lines that made it sound like it was written by AI. Maybe it was! The Tesla part was funny, I'll give it that. Fuck Teslas.
Rated 23 Dec 2023
kgbelliveaukgbelliveau
Rated 23 Dec 2023
85
63rd
Well acted right from the opening scene, this eerie thriller does not attempt to do too much. It relies heavily on social commentary to build towards the inevitable acceptance within these characters. It is well made, quick edits, the camera tricks used to make us believe something bigger is at play work well. Surprisingly the explanation of it all was quite simple and effective to convey the ultimate feeling of isolation. A timely thriller if there ever was one.
Rated 23 Dec 2023
sliderccslidercc
Rated 23 Dec 2023
10
12th
Love end of the world movies and was digging this but the ending absolutely ruined it.
Rated 23 Dec 2023
spanksSpanks
Rated 21 Dec 2023
35
23rd
Garbage Netflix trash. Everything forced, everything CoNfLiCt. Ethan Hawke's teeth creep me out.
Rated 21 Dec 2023
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 21 Dec 2023
60
63rd
okay movie
Rated 21 Dec 2023
alsweiderAlsweider
Rated 18 Dec 2023
50
11th
Wenn die Welt untergeht, musst du ganz schnell von deiner Familie weglaufen, damit du in Ruhe deine Serie schauen kannst. Aber vorher hol dir noch einen Pappbecher mit nahezu authentisch nach Bohnengebräu schmeckender Flüssigkeit bei der multinationalen Kette und meide diese nach einem serbischen Elektriker benannten selbstfahrenden Automobile.
Rated 18 Dec 2023
ceyhunk26ceyhunk26
Rated 18 Dec 2023
70
64th
Plot 14/20 Fiction 13/20 Casting/Acting 13/20 Worldbuilding 15/20 Entertainment 15/20
Rated 18 Dec 2023
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 18 Dec 2023
70
54th
I am a sucker for these kinds of end-of-the-world movies. I love that you're first confronted with a story about trust, which quickly changes to one about survival (in which trust still plays a factor, but not the only one). Great seeing Julia Roberts back on the big screen. Loved the camera work. Some of the lines felt a bit out of place and done mostly for the trailer..
Rated 18 Dec 2023
ozonepaulozonepaul
Rated 18 Dec 2023
23
1st
Leni Riefenstahl or Putin's state media is a kindergarten experiment compared to this Obama family produced, self-centered, self-aggrandizing, over-stylized, finger waggling indictment. This is what you get when mediocre film makers schmooze with victimhood olympics winner politicians and can't differentiate art from blatant activism; when they know nothing about (film) history and their education is limited to low resolution climate hysteria and some dull white-hating critical race theory.
Rated 18 Dec 2023
twirlipofthemiststwirlipofthemists
Rated 16 Dec 2023
0
0th
A senseless abomination of a film. Made by and for profoundly stupid people.
Rated 16 Dec 2023
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 16 Dec 2023
60
20th
Well-paced, compelling, and most of the sequences of rising tension are effective, if rather obvious in their means of manipulation. The dialogue is pretty annoying though, and there are enough implausibilities and weird character choices that they start to grate after a while. It’s fine, as a piece of misanthropic escapism it’s fine, but it’s significantly less profound than it thinks it is
Rated 16 Dec 2023
capodelnullacapodelnulla
Rated 16 Dec 2023
35
9th
say what you will about american politics, but the conservative camp have funnier conspiracy theories, and liberal camp is better at production value when they are adapting their own conspiracy theories into a movie. the irony is liberals still trying to appeal to every bases and miserably fail.
Rated 16 Dec 2023
eaglewormeagleworm
Rated 15 Dec 2023
70
57th
GOOD: An atmospheric apocalyptic thriller with solid acting. The performances of Roberts, Hawkes and Ali are really good (although Roberts' character is annoying). There is a long, suspensful montage in the middle showing the director's talent. And I find the ending interesting and open to interpreation. BAD: Too long! Also, dialogues are often way less intelligent then the screenwriter believes. All in all, we get too much telling instead of showing when the characters are interacting.
Rated 15 Dec 2023
salomonSalomon
Rated 14 Dec 2023
63
30th
it starts quite well and there are good sensitive and also funny moments as well as a touch of mystery but the end did not catch me at all .. .. !!!
Rated 14 Dec 2023
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 13 Dec 2023
45
40th
I really liked the actors, and the acting, but the story is garbage. And the ending is an absolutely stupid non-ending. They tried to explain all the weirdness, but that fell flat as well. In short, this movie reeks with a ton of pretentious nonsense. Can't anyone write a good movie anymore. This was ridiculous.
Rated 13 Dec 2023
sieghardtSieghardt
Rated 12 Dec 2023
15
11th
Overbearing obnoxious music and sound effects ruin any atmosphere that could have been building. The characters are unlikable and the script lacks any sense of cohesion as characters rattle off disconnected lines.
Rated 12 Dec 2023
eduardozeroEduardo_Zero
Rated 11 Dec 2023
75
61st
Bom filme, o suspense criado do começo ao fim é ótimo, de te deixar na ponta da cadeira. Porém para mim, o terço final perde um pouco a mão do que era no começo. Felizmente, não atrapalha o final que achei ótimo. No fim somos todos Rose em busca de um escape em meio ao caos.
Rated 11 Dec 2023
howler19howler19
Rated 11 Dec 2023
58
63rd
Felt somewhat unfinished but I enjoyed the vibe of it throughout.
Rated 11 Dec 2023
maxmodemaxmode
Rated 11 Dec 2023
70
64th
Since cinema, in a way, reads about real fears, it is interesting to see how Americans begin to see a world where they are no longer the only ones capable of destroying and spreading fear. Otherwise, a good and effective suspense film.
Rated 11 Dec 2023
cetincelikcetincelik
Rated 10 Dec 2023
64
40th
2023'de #IzlediğimFilmler ; 205. Leave the World Behind (2023) Oyuncu kadrosu göz kamaştırıyor, verdiği mesajların her biri bana geçti. Ancak süresi bana uzun geldi. 6/10
Rated 10 Dec 2023
rittehRitteh
Rated 10 Dec 2023
75
76th
I was a little worried this would be a horror movie or the type of movie where there's a psychological abusing bad guy. The trailer even made it look like that would be this. Nope. No bad guys in this movie. Just two families trying to figure out what is going on. We never really learn what is going on, and well, neither do the main characters in this film. Overall a good suspenseful end-of-days film which even has an OK, not great, but OK ending.
Rated 10 Dec 2023
woodendoorswoodendoors
Rated 10 Dec 2023
60
6th
Can be shortened at least to 90 minutes. In this state boring as hell.
Rated 10 Dec 2023
kasperlKasperL
Rated 09 Dec 2023
60
50th
I love 'Mr. Robot' and found the style in that show bold but the many showy camera movements in this film bugged me quite a bit. Because Esmail knows how to create and extend suspense, this and a handful of too on the nose lines did not ruin my enjoyment of it, however, and I thought that the actors did a good job.
Rated 09 Dec 2023
slaterman2slaterman2
Rated 09 Dec 2023
77
58th
When the world's ending, but all you want to do is watch Friends.
Rated 09 Dec 2023
pistolpetePistolPete
Rated 09 Dec 2023
73
67th
Criticker is usually within 1-2 pts of my score but for this it guessed a 6.7 vs my 7.3 score (I base on 0.1-10 vs 1-100 scale) for ease of sharing review between multiple sites. This is to mean I naturally gravitate towards this kind of movie. Nice to see Esmail direct a feature film like this again. Good performances, excellent tension and chaos. It'll be divisive, but an easy win for me despite some message heavy handedness. One of the better NF originals you'll see. Loved Mahershala the most
Rated 09 Dec 2023
yoshinarutoYoshinaruto
Rated 09 Dec 2023
75
83rd
Really solid and unique thriller. Esmail continues to impress with his excellent visual style. The cast is great, and the story is intriguing and tense enough for the most part, although “Part 4” does lose a lot of steam. Due to a certain ongoing plot thread, I expected a far less wrapped up ending than what we got, so I’m not too disappointed with that either.
Rated 09 Dec 2023
obdurateObdurate
Rated 08 Dec 2023
80
67th
While there is an explanation for what's happening, the choice to not wrap everything up neatly, allowing us to just watch the US crumble, is a good one, because it allows us to soak in the atmosphere/tension. Not a horror movie with jump scares, but there's legitimate thematic terror that digs itself into you. Good performances all around, maintains the mystery well without feeling cheap, cool soundscape. My only issue is that sometimes the camera work is a little too busy.
Rated 08 Dec 2023
medikolaynmedikolayn
Rated 08 Dec 2023
72
59th
^^
Rated 08 Dec 2023

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