Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- bleak
- paranoid
- disturbing
- late night thriller viewing
- crime movie marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Erik Maria Bark hypnotizes the surviving son Josef to recover information about the family murders.
The killer murders members of one family and pursues the surviving daughter.
The Swedish setting, detective-led investigation, psychological trauma, and cold visual mood align with Nordic noir conventions.
The provided keywords identify broken ice alongside trauma, hypnotism, and the murder investigation.
Films like The Hypnotist, and why
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Shared Nordic crime setting, investigative suspense, family trauma, and bleak psychological tension.
The Snowman
Shared Scandinavian detective procedural, serial-killer investigation, and emotionally cold atmosphere.
Insomnia
Shared psychological crime mystery involving damaged victims, investigators, and oppressive suspense.
Movie Details
- Director
- Lasse Hallström
- Release Date
- 2012-09-28
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (198)
Cast
- Tobias Zilliacus
- Mikael Persbrandt
- Lena Olin
- Helena af Sandeberg
- Jonatan Bökman
- Oscar Pettersson
- Eva Melander
- Anna Azcárate
- Johan Hallström
- Göran Thorell
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Viaplay Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Hypnotist about?
- A Swedish detective and a conflicted hypnotist race to decode a traumatized survivor’s memories before a family-killing murderer reaches the last remaining child.
- What is The Hypnotist like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Hypnotist as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Hypnotist violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Hypnotist as brutal.
- Which films are like The Hypnotist?
- Films with a similar feel include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Snowman, and Insomnia.
- How long is The Hypnotist?
- The Hypnotist runs 121 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Hypnotist?
- In United States, The Hypnotist streams on Viaplay Amazon Channel.
