Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- Moderate
- paranoid
- jittery
- claustrophobic
- late night thriller viewing
- technology-themed double feature
What critics said
Critics recognized the film’s ambitious screen-based thriller gimmick and inventive suspense while broadly finding its convoluted twists and strained plausibility overwhelming.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nick monitors Jill and receives commands through a densely layered computer interface while the plot unfolds through webcams and phone cameras.
Chord turns Nick's access to Jill's digital life into a tool for blackmail, coercion, and pursuit.
Nick believes he is helping track Jill but increasingly discovers that Chord has designed the entire operation around him.
Jill's status as an actress and the internet contest that connects her to Nick provide the film's central vulnerability.
Films like Open Windows, and why
Searching
shared real-time surveillance thriller structure, hacking premise, and escalating paranoia
Who Am I
shared computer-mediated suspense, cybercrime, and technologically driven investigation
The Truman Show
shared voyeuristic surveillance, invasion of privacy, and obsessive psychological tension
Unfriended
shared found-footage experimentation, digital communication, and claustrophobic technological dread
Movie Details
- Director
- Nacho Vigalondo
- Release Date
- 2014-07-04
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (494)
Cast
- Elijah Wood
- Sasha Grey
- Neil Maskell
- Iván González
- Jaime Olías
- Adam Quintero
- Daniel Pérez Prada
- Jake Klamburg
- Rachel Arieff
- Michelle Jenner
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Open Windows about?
- A fan’s voyeuristic access to a movie star becomes a high-tech trap when a manipulative hacker turns remote surveillance into a deadly cat-and-mouse game.
- What is Open Windows like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Open Windows as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Open Windows violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Open Windows as moderate.
- What did critics think of Open Windows?
- Critics recognized the film’s ambitious screen-based thriller gimmick and inventive suspense while broadly finding its convoluted twists and strained plausibility overwhelming.
- Which films are like Open Windows?
- Films with a similar feel include Searching, Who Am I, The Truman Show, and Unfriended.
- How long is Open Windows?
- Open Windows runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch Open Windows?
- In United States, Open Windows streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
