MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for Innocence

Innocence

2005 · 121 min

A hushed, dreamlike trance of rituals and half-understood rules, beautiful and unsettling, asking you to drift and puzzle rather than follow a plot.

Tagline
The end of innocence... the beginning of life.
Overview
At a peculiar all-girls academy, new arrivals, including Iris, are delivered in coffins. Guided by enigmatic teachers, the students dance through enchanted woods by day, while the night unveils sinister lessons that blur innocence and awakening.

Search YouTube for the trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • isolation
  • power
  • mystery
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • school
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror5
Humour1
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

More like this

Titles like Innocence

Movie

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975

A haunting, dreamlike experience that lingers with an unsettling sense of mystery and loss.

Eerie, melancholic, slow-burn · about coming-of-age and identity · nonlinear

Via
  • eerie
  • melancholic
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
107 min
Details In your watch list
Picnic at Hanging RockHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Evolution

2016

A hypnotic, unsettling plunge into a boy's strange world, where beauty and dread coil together like the tide.

Same director: Lucile Hadžihalilović · Eerie, dark, slow-burn · about identity and isolation · nonlinear

Also
Same director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Via
  • eerie
  • dark
  • identity
  • isolation
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
82 min
Details In your watch list
EvolutionHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

1995

A hypnotic, dreamlike descent into a strange institution, where every frame feels like a half-remembered nightmare.

Eerie, melancholic, slow-burn · about identity and isolation · nonlinear

Via
  • eerie
  • melancholic
  • identity
  • isolation
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
105 min
Details In your watch list
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human LifeHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Virgin Suicides

1999

A hazy, dreamlike memory of adolescence that lingers with quiet sadness and an unsettling sense of mystery.

Eerie, melancholic, slow-burn · about coming-of-age and isolation

Via
  • eerie
  • melancholic
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
97 min
Details In your watch list
The Virgin SuicidesHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Home School

2023

A hushed, uneasy watch that turns a grand school into a gilded cage, keeping you quietly alert for what the rules are hiding.

Eerie, dark, slow-burn · about identity and isolation

Via
  • eerie
  • dark
  • identity
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Seasons
1
Details In your watch list
Home SchoolHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Midsommar

2019

A sun-drenched descent into unsettling ritual and raw grief, unfolding with deliberate, hypnotic dread.

Eerie, melancholic, slow-burn · about identity and isolation · nonlinear

Via
  • eerie
  • melancholic
  • identity
  • isolation
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
147 min
Details In your watch list
MidsommarHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Wednesday

2022

A stylish, macabre mystery with a deadpan heroine, blending gothic whimsy and teen drama into a brisk, addictive watch.

Eerie, dark · about identity and isolation

Via
  • eerie
  • dark
  • identity
  • isolation
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Seasons
3
Details In your watch list
WednesdayHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Woods

2006

A slow, atmospheric creep through a strict boarding school where the woods whisper and nothing feels safe.

Eerie, dark, slow-burn · about coming-of-age and identity

Via
  • eerie
  • dark
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
91 min
Details In your watch list
The WoodsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Monster

2023

A quietly devastating puzzle that shifts your sympathy with each perspective, leaving you unsettled and deeply moved.

Melancholic, slow-burn · about identity and isolation · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • identity
  • isolation
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
125 min
Details In your watch list
MonsterHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Falling

2015

A haunting, slow-burning plunge into repressed desire and collective hysteria, beautiful and unsettling in equal measure.

Eerie, melancholic, slow-burn · about identity and isolation · nonlinear

Via
  • eerie
  • melancholic
  • identity
  • isolation
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
103 min
Details In your watch list
The FallingHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

The Boarding School: Las Cumbres

2021–2023

A moody, slow-creeping mystery that traps you in a remote, shadowy school where every corridor and forest path hides a threat.

Eerie, dark · about isolation and mystery

Via
  • eerie
  • dark
  • isolation
  • mystery
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Seasons
3
Details In your watch list
The Boarding School: Las CumbresHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Kékszakállú

2016

A drifting, hypnotic experience that asks you to sit inside its unease rather than follow a story.

Eerie, melancholic, slow-burn · about coming-of-age and identity · nonlinear

Via
  • eerie
  • melancholic
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
72 min
Details In your watch list
KékszakállúHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Written by
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Starring
Zoé Auclair, Lea Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge, Marion Cotillard, Hélène de Fougerolles, Olga Peytavi-Müller, Alisson Lalieux, Anna Palomo-Díaz
Music
Richard Cooke
Cinematography
Benoît Debie
Runtime
121 min
Country
Belgium, France, United Kingdom
Languages
French

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikipediaWikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.