Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- macabre
- absurd
- uneasy
- cult movie night
- dark comedy night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The family responds to repeated suicides and accumulating bodies with frantic practical cover-ups and absurdly restrained panic.
The initial burial intended to protect the lodge's reputation leads to an increasingly unmanageable sequence of concealed deaths.
A family-run lodge and routine hospitality are repeatedly invaded by suicide, corpses, and criminal consequences.
Dae-goo, Soon-rye, and their family collectively conceal deaths and attempt to preserve their guesthouse.
Films like The Quiet Family, and why
The Trouble with Harry
Shares macabre comedy, escalating criminal chaos, and an ordinary family trapped by increasingly absurd deaths.
Fargo
Combines black humor, crime, grotesque situations, and a family or community struggling to contain disastrous consequences.
The Host
A Korean dark comedy with deadpan absurdity, social discomfort, and escalating violence beneath an everyday setting.
Shaun of the Dead
Shares comic horror, dysfunctional group dynamics, and an ordinary setting transformed by accumulating bodies and panic.
Movie Details
- Director
- Kim Jee-woon
- Release Date
- 1998-04-25
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (217)
Cast
- Park In-hwan
- Na Moon-hee
- Choi Min-sik
- Song Kang-ho
- Lee Yoon-seong
- Go Ho-kyung
- Ji Soo-won
- Lee Ki-young
- Ki Joo-bong
- Jung Jae-young
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ARROW
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Quiet Family about?
- A family-run mountain lodge becomes the absurdly grim center of an escalating corpse-cover-up.
- What is The Quiet Family like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Quiet Family as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Quiet Family violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Quiet Family as graphic.
- Which films are like The Quiet Family?
- Films with a similar feel include The Trouble with Harry, Fargo, The Host, and Shaun of the Dead.
- How long is The Quiet Family?
- The Quiet Family runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Quiet Family?
- In United States, The Quiet Family streams on Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ARROW.
