Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- grim
- visceral
- tense
- late night genre marathon
- post-apocalyptic movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be a fresh, visceral, and entertaining post-apocalyptic thriller despite limited resources and uneven execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nina and Mark must repair their partnership while crossing faction-controlled territory after societal collapse.
The countryside is divided among deadly gangs and cannibalistic communities that control movement and safety.
The film combines grim survival stakes with stylized factions, visceral encounters, and genre-forward spectacle.
The central couple moves across the countryside searching for safety while repeatedly encountering hostile groups.
Films like The Domestics, and why
The Road
shared post-apocalyptic survival journey, violent factions, and bleak road-movie tension
Mad Max: Fury Road
shared wasteland setting, stylized gangs, and relentless survival action
It Comes at Night
shared horror-thriller atmosphere, resource scarcity, and interpersonal survival pressure
A Quiet Place
shared marriage under extreme survival stress in a hostile post-apocalyptic landscape
Movie Details
- Director
- Mike P. Nelson
- Release Date
- 2018-06-28
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (540)
Cast
- Kate Bosworth
- Tyler Hoechlin
- Sonoya Mizuno
- Lance Reddick
- Kaden Washington Lewis
- Jacinte Blankenship
- Mikaela Kimani Armstrong
- David Dastmalchian
- Jeff Chase
- Thomas Francis Murphy
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Domestics about?
- A fractured marriage navigates a cannibal-haunted American wasteland where every faction turns survival into a brutal test of trust.
- What is The Domestics like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Domestics as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Domestics violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Domestics as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Domestics?
- Critics broadly found the film to be a fresh, visceral, and entertaining post-apocalyptic thriller despite limited resources and uneven execution.
- Which films are like The Domestics?
- Films with a similar feel include The Road, Mad Max: Fury Road, It Comes at Night, and A Quiet Place.
- How long is The Domestics?
- The Domestics runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Domestics?
- In United States, The Domestics streams on MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus.
