Overview
A haunting tale of isolation and madness aboard a stranded cargo ship.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- oppressive
- paranoid
- eerie
- late night arthouse viewing
- psychological thriller night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as an engrossing, visually masterful slow-burn psychological drama, while some found its ambitions less controlled than its performances and atmosphere.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The stranded cargo-ship crew develops a rigid hierarchy and competing claims to authority as isolation intensifies.
The shipbound ordeal moves beyond realistic confinement into uncanny terror and dreamlike destabilization.
Months trapped aboard a bankrupt cargo ship produce quiet, sustained pressure rather than immediate action.
The crew's anxieties are organized into systems of control, supporting the film's political allegory about societal order.
Films like Ivy, and why
The Lighthouse
claustrophobic psychological pressure, institutional power struggles, and surreal maritime dread
The Thing
isolated male ensemble, oppressive confinement, and escalating paranoia
The Platform
political allegory expressed through absurd authority, social breakdown, and nightmarish confinement
Dogtooth
slow-burning psychological drama using a closed social system to examine fear and control
Movie Details
- Director
- Tolga Karaçelik
- Release Date
- 2015-01-26
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (114)
Cast
- Nadir Sarıbacak
- Özgür Emre Yıldırım
- Hakan Karsak
- Osman Alkaş
- Kadir Çermik
- Seyithan Özdemir
- Baki Kurtuluş
- Ömer Acar
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ivy about?
- A bankrupt cargo ship becomes a claustrophobic laboratory where hierarchy, fear, and isolation drive its stranded crew toward madness.
- What is Ivy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ivy as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Ivy violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ivy as mild.
- What did critics think of Ivy?
- Critics broadly praised the film as an engrossing, visually masterful slow-burn psychological drama, while some found its ambitions less controlled than its performances and atmosphere.
- Which films are like Ivy?
- Films with a similar feel include The Lighthouse, The Thing, The Platform, and Dogtooth.
- How long is Ivy?
- Ivy runs 105 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ivy?
- In United States, Ivy is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store.
