The Ones Below
Two expectant couples in neighboring London flats turn a courteous welcome into a tightly wound nightmare of suspicion, grief, and parental obsession.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- paranoid
- oppressive
- intimate
- late night viewing
- rainy day
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film creepy, gripping, and stylistically controlled, while noting familiar plotting and limited originality.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The terrace house, welcome dinner, pregnancy, and interactions between neighboring couples generate menace through everyday domestic spaces.
Kate and Theresa's shared pregnancies drive the film's emotional conflict and its paranoid thriller atmosphere.
Critics describe the film as a disturbing nightmare of the upper middle classes, centered on two couples in a London converted house.
The plot transforms the cultural promise of blissful parenthood into a source of rancor, manipulation, and dread.
Films like The Ones Below, and why
Rosemary's Baby
shared domestic paranoia, intimate psychological suspense, and pregnancy-related dread
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
shared neighborly menace, manipulative relationships, and escalating domestic thriller tension
Gaslight
shared psychological manipulation, marital unease, and claustrophobic middle-class domestic setting
Fatal Attraction
shared obsession, paranoid suspense, and destructive interpersonal rivalry
Movie Details
- Director
- David Farr
- Release Date
- 2016-03-11
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (380)
Cast
- Stephen Campbell Moore
- Clémence Poésy
- David Morrissey
- Laura Birn
- Deborah Findlay
- Jonathan Harden
- Tuyen Do
- Laila Alj
- Christos Lawton
- Stephanie Jacob
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Ones Below about?
- Two expectant couples in neighboring London flats turn a courteous welcome into a tightly wound nightmare of suspicion, grief, and parental obsession.
- What is The Ones Below like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Ones Below as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Ones Below violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Ones Below as mild.
- What did critics think of The Ones Below?
- Critics broadly found the film creepy, gripping, and stylistically controlled, while noting familiar plotting and limited originality.
- Which films are like The Ones Below?
- Films with a similar feel include Rosemary's Baby, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Gaslight, and Fatal Attraction.
- How long is The Ones Below?
- The Ones Below runs 86 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Ones Below?
- In United States, The Ones Below streams on Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel.
