Items12The creator’s order
  1. 1The Invitation (2016)The Invitation (2016) 6.6/10 on IMDbReleased 8 Apr 2016A dinner at an ex-partner's home makes an ideal trap for someone reluctant to look unreasonable. Karyn Kusama lets hospitality, shared history and the guests' desire to keep the evening pleasant compete with Will's alarm. Watch how each gracious reassurance changes who is permitted to ask a…0
  2. 2Speak No Evil (2022)Speak No Evil (2022) 6.7/10 on IMDbReleased 17 Mar 2022The Danish original makes accepting a holiday acquaintance's hospitality feel like signing away the right to object. Small breaches of comfort are repeatedly excused because challenging them would seem ungrateful. Christian Tafdrup pushes that recognisable hesitation towards exceptionally bleak…0
  3. 3Get Out (2017)Get Out (2017) 7.8/10 on IMDbReleased 24 Feb 2017The Armitages' enthusiastic welcome is unsettling because their compliments keep turning Chris into a subject for inspection. Jordan Peele gives friendly conversation a precise imbalance of power: the hosts can congratulate themselves on being welcoming while their guest must decide how much…0
  4. 4The Gift (2015)The Gift (2015) 7.0/10 on IMDbReleased 31 Jul 2015A present is difficult to reject without appearing hostile, and an old school acquaintance knows how to exploit that hesitation. Joel Edgerton builds the tension through repeated visits, awkward gratitude and competing accounts of the past. Rebecca Hall's uncertainty gives the social discomfort…0
  5. 5The Menu (2022)The Menu (2022) 7.1/10 on IMDbReleased 17 Nov 2022An expensive tasting menu comes with an expectation that the guests will admire, obey and avoid making a scene. Ralph Fiennes' chef and Hong Chau's faultlessly composed service turn that etiquette into a system of control. The comedy is broad, but the threat depends on a familiar imbalance: people…0
  6. 6Heretic (2024)Heretic (2024) 7.0/10 on IMDbReleased 31 Oct 2024Hugh Grant's Mr Reed welcomes two young missionaries with the manner of a slightly overenthusiastic conversationalist. Their professional obligation to engage gives his questions room to become demands. The early exchanges are the attraction here: friendly curiosity gradually reveals how much…0
  7. 7Creep (2014)Creep (2014) 6.3/10 on IMDbReleased 8 Mar 2014Being pleasant to a client becomes a dangerous habit in Patrick Brice's found-footage thriller. The hired videographer keeps making allowances for Josef's intimate requests and abrupt changes of mood, partly because refusing them feels personally unkind. Mark Duplass makes exaggerated openness…0
  8. 8The Perfect Host (2010)The Perfect Host (2010) 6.7/10 on IMDbReleased 1 Jul 2010David Hyde Pierce's dinner-party host has the table, wine and conversational manners beautifully arranged. A stranger seeking shelter seems to be taking advantage of that generosity, but the balance of control proves much less straightforward. This is the more flamboyant, darkly comic choice:…0
  9. 9The Guest (2014)The Guest (2014) 6.7/10 on IMDbReleased 5 Sept 2014Dan Stevens arrives with impeccable manners, a persuasive connection to a grieving family's son and an offer to be useful. Adam Wingard lets those apparently considerate gestures buy him access to a household that wants to trust him. The film eventually embraces action and stylised violence, but…0
  10. 10Funny Games (1997)Funny Games (1997) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased 11 Sept 1997Michael Haneke's Austrian original begins with apparently trivial requests and two visitors who behave as though courtesy entitles them to cooperation. The precision of their manners makes the family's attempts to respond reasonably increasingly unbearable. This is an intentionally punishing…0