Overview
A young couple's dream of starting a family turns into a nightmare of paranoia and conspiracy.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- paranoid
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- late night horror viewing
- classic horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an exceptionally suspenseful and artistically controlled psychological horror classic, praised for making supernatural terror feel disturbingly plausible without relying on explicit gore.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Cooking, telephoning, marriage, and apartment living become the vehicles for menace rather than spectacle.
Rosemary is cut off from friends as neighbors, doctors, and her husband increasingly manage her pregnancy.
The Bramford's seemingly ordinary residents conceal a coordinated satanic scheme.
Rosemary's desire to start a family is exploited by the people surrounding her.
Films like Rosemary's Baby, and why
Repulsion
shares psychological horror, domestic paranoia, occult menace, and an isolated protagonist whose ordinary surroundings become threatening
The Exorcist
combines supernatural horror with religious dread, psychological destabilization, and an atmosphere of escalating suspicion
The Wicker Man
uses an apparently respectable community, hidden evil, and slow-burn paranoia to turn domestic life into a source of terror
The Sentinel
offers Gothic apartment-house unease, conspiratorial manipulation, and a vulnerable woman confronting sinister forces
Movie Details
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Release Date
- 1968-06-12
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 (4514)
Cast
- Mia Farrow
- John Cassavetes
- Ruth Gordon
- Sidney Blackmer
- Maurice Evans
- Ralph Bellamy
- Victoria Vetri
- Patsy Kelly
- Elisha Cook Jr.
- Emmaline Henry
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- 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 Rosemary's Baby about?
- A young Manhattan homemaker’s hoped-for pregnancy becomes the center of a slow, intimate conspiracy shaped by occult neighbors and marital betrayal.
- What is Rosemary's Baby like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Rosemary's Baby as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Rosemary's Baby violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Rosemary's Baby as mild.
- What did critics think of Rosemary's Baby?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an exceptionally suspenseful and artistically controlled psychological horror classic, praised for making supernatural terror feel disturbingly plausible without relying on explicit gore.
- Which films are like Rosemary's Baby?
- Films with a similar feel include Repulsion, The Exorcist, The Wicker Man, and The Sentinel.
- How long is Rosemary's Baby?
- Rosemary's Baby runs 138 minutes.
- Where can I watch Rosemary's Baby?
- In United States, Rosemary's Baby streams on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.
