The Room
A grieving couple’s miraculous new home turns wish fulfillment into a sinister test of love, parenthood, and reality.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- late night thriller viewing
- supernatural movie marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the mysterious wish-granting premise and convincing performances compelling, while judging the character development, internal logic, and climax uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Kate and Matt use the room to obtain wealth, luxury, and eventually a child, turning private longing into escalating danger.
The secluded mansion contains a secret room whose materializing power destabilizes the couple’s home and family life.
The room creates objects and people on demand, forcing the characters to navigate the boundary between their world and manufactured reality.
Kate’s inability to have a child and the couple’s wish for one drive the film’s central emotional and ethical conflict.
Films like The Room, and why
The Skeleton Key
Shared themes of wish fulfillment, domestic desire, reality distortion, and psychological dread within an uncanny house.
Vivarium
Shared science fiction premise of altered reality, family trauma, escalating paranoia, and morally dangerous hidden spaces.
The Dark
Shared claustrophobic supernatural thriller atmosphere, family-centered stakes, and unsettling consequences of crossing into an otherworldly realm.
Movie Details
- Director
- Christian Volckman
- Release Date
- 2019-09-12
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (1077)
Cast
- Olga Kurylenko
- Kevin Janssens
- Francis Chapman
- Joshua Wilson
- John Flanders
- Carole Weyers
- Michaël Kahya
- Marianne Bourg
- Vince Drews
- Éric Gigout
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Room about?
- A grieving couple’s miraculous new home turns wish fulfillment into a sinister test of love, parenthood, and reality.
- What is The Room like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Room as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Room violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Room as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Room?
- Critics generally found the mysterious wish-granting premise and convincing performances compelling, while judging the character development, internal logic, and climax uneven.
- Which films are like The Room?
- Films with a similar feel include The Skeleton Key, Vivarium, and The Dark.
- How long is The Room?
- The Room runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Room?
- In United States, The Room streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
