EB
An ambitious ecologist's return to her childhood island becomes a perilous search for truth when local deaths expose secrets close to home.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- brooding
- serious
- rainy evening
- focused thriller night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Lynn returns to Ameland for research as her ecological work leads her toward a mysterious and dangerous case.
Lynn revisits the island where she grew up, but the familiar community becomes connected to killings and possible betrayal.
Lynn must choose between exposing the truth and risking everything she holds dear or remaining silent against her conscience.
The Ameland setting, unexplained case, killings, and possible involvement of someone close to Lynn create sustained personal and geographic tension.
Films like EB, and why
The Wicker Man
Shared coastal isolation, environmental investigation, community secrets, and morally tense mystery-thriller atmosphere.
The Vanishing
Shared remote-island setting, escalating suspicion, hidden wrongdoing, and a protagonist forced to confront local secrets.
Dark Waters
Shared ecological concerns, investigative tension, and a grounded thriller structure built around institutional and personal concealment.
Movie Details
- Director
- Klaas de Jong
- Release Date
- 2026-05-14
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
Cast
- Vajèn van den Bosch
- Juvat Westendorp
- Mingus Dagelet
- Bart Harder
- Jord Knotter
- Mike Libanon
- Peter Nillesen
- Mark Ryan
- Raymond Thiry
- Bertrie Wierenga
Common questions
- What is EB about?
- An ambitious ecologist's return to her childhood island becomes a perilous search for truth when local deaths expose secrets close to home.
- What is EB like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of EB as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is EB violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in EB as mild.
- Which films are like EB?
- Films with a similar feel include The Wicker Man, The Vanishing, and Dark Waters.
- How long is EB?
- EB runs 111 minutes.
