MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for The Assistant

The Assistant

2020 · 88 min

A quietly suffocating, mundane office day that builds dread through small details, leaving you tense and hollow without any release.

Directed by
Kitty Green
Genres
Drama
Starring
Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh
Overview
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • MUBI
  • BFI Player
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Kitty Green
Genres
Drama
Starring
Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • work
  • isolation
  • gender
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

More like this

Titles like The Assistant

Movie

Possible Love

2026

A slow, quietly devastating watch that sits with you, full of raw emotion and uncomfortable truths.

Dark, tense, slow-burn · about power and isolation

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • power
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
165 min
Details
Possible LoveHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Royal Hotel

2023

A slow-building, suffocating experience that traps you in a remote pub with escalating unease and a constant sense of threat.

Same director: Kitty Green · Dark, tense, slow-burn · about power and isolation

Also
Same director: Kitty Green
Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • power
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
91 min
Details
The Royal HotelHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Succession

2018–2023

A sharply funny, cringe-inducing plunge into a wealthy family's vicious power struggles, where every conversation is a knife fight and every victory feels hollow.

Dark, tense · about power and corruption

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • power
  • corruption
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Seasons
4
Details
SuccessionHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Social Reckoning

2026

A tense, talky procedural that turns corporate documents and Senate hearings into a quiet battle for conscience, with a chilly, urgent aftertaste.

Tense · about power and corruption

Via
  • tense
  • power
  • corruption
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
113 min
Details
The Social ReckoningHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Still Rolling

2021

A quiet, uncomfortable watch that simmers with unspoken pressure and leaves you sitting with her unease.

Tense, melancholic, slow-burn · about power and work

Via
  • tense
  • melancholic
  • power
  • work
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
19 min
Details
Still RollingHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Corporate

2017

A cold, pressure-cooker office thriller that makes bureaucracy feel like a trap closing in, with quiet dread and moral unease throughout.

Dark, tense · about power and corruption

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • power
  • corruption
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
95 min
Details
CorporateHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Shame

2011

A cold, intimate descent into compulsion, where raw performances and patient framing leave you unsettled and heartsick.

Dark, melancholic, slow-burn · about isolation

Via
  • dark
  • melancholic
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
102 min
Details
ShameHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Pleasure

2021

A raw, unflinching immersion into a glamorized industry, balancing ambition with exploitation and leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Dark, tense · about power

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • power
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
108 min
Details
PleasureHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Servant

2019–2023

A claustrophobic, slow-creeping dread that seeps through a beautiful townhouse, keeping you uneasy and unsettled long after each episode.

Same director: Kitty Green · Dark, tense, slow-burn · about isolation · single location

Also
Same director: Kitty Green
Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • isolation
  • single location
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Seasons
4
Details
ServantHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Housemaid

2010

A cold, controlled descent into a wealthy household's cruelty, watching power quietly crush a woman until her fury turns operatic and unsettling.

Dark, tense, slow-burn · about power and corruption

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • power
  • corruption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
107 min
Details
The HousemaidHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Female Bank Teller: Rape Office

1985

A grim, slow-burning exploration of abuse and revenge that feels claustrophobic and unsettling.

Dark, tense, slow-burn · about power and corruption

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • power
  • corruption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
62 min
Details
Female Bank Teller: Rape OfficeHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Em Quadro

2020

An uncomfortable, quietly charged short that makes you feel the weight of every glance and word exchanged on set.

Dark, tense · about power and corruption · single location

Via
  • dark
  • tense
  • power
  • corruption
  • single location
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
12 min
Details
Em QuadroHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

Stream
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • MUBI
  • BFI Player
Free
  • Rakuten TV
  • YouTube Free
Rent or buy
  • Apple TV Store
  • Rakuten TV
  • Amazon Video
  • Sky Store
  • YouTube

Streaming data from JustWatch.All options on TMDB

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Kitty Green
Written by
Kitty Green
Starring
Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh, Kristine Froseth, Jonny Orsini, Noah Robbins, Alexander Chaplin, Jay O. Sanders
Music
Tamar-kali
Cinematography
Michael Latham
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Mandarin, English

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikipediaWikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.