Humane
A privileged family’s attempt to navigate compulsory population reduction becomes a viciously dark struggle over survival, inheritance, and moral responsibility.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- sardonic
- claustrophobic
- disturbing
- late night horror
- dark movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be a sharp, unsettling psychological thriller with effective dark comedy and social commentary, though some considered its ideas superficial and its execution slight.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The York siblings turn on one another while competing over inheritance and survival during a population-reduction crisis.
The government’s euthanasia program is presented as an organized civic solution that collides with a family’s private panic.
A family dinner in the York residence erupts into a sustained struggle over who will participate in the state program and who will inherit the family’s security.
Humanity is forced to reduce its population by twenty percent, while government contractors administer euthanasia amid class and privilege tensions.
Films like Humane, and why
The Feast
shared claustrophobic family conflict, inheritance anxiety, and darkly comic social critique
The Menu
shared dystopian premise, satirical class politics, and escalating survival thriller structure
Ready or Not
shared domestic setting, psychological dread, family secrets, and disturbing body-centered violence
The House of the Devil
shared gothic family dysfunction, inheritance struggle, and unsettling housebound atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Caitlin Cronenberg
- Release Date
- 2024-04-26
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (254)
Cast
- Jay Baruchel
- Emily Hampshire
- Sebastian Chacon
- Alanna Bale
- Sirena Gulamgaus
- Uni Park
- Martin Roach
- Blessing Adedijo
- Enrico Colantoni
- Peter Gallagher
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, 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 Humane about?
- A privileged family’s attempt to navigate compulsory population reduction becomes a viciously dark struggle over survival, inheritance, and moral responsibility.
- What is Humane like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Humane as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Humane violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Humane as graphic.
- What did critics think of Humane?
- Critics broadly found the film to be a sharp, unsettling psychological thriller with effective dark comedy and social commentary, though some considered its ideas superficial and its execution slight.
- Which films are like Humane?
- Films with a similar feel include The Feast, The Menu, Ready or Not, and The House of the Devil.
- How long is Humane?
- Humane runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Humane?
- In United States, Humane streams on Hulu, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
