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Good Boy

2026 · 110 min

A slow-burn, unsettling watch that mixes dread with dark satire, keeping you tense and morally off-balance throughout.

Directed by
Jan Komasa
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Horror
Starring
Anson Boon, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough
Tagline
Some people only learn the hard way.
Overview
Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.

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Directed by
Jan Komasa
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Horror
Starring
Anson Boon, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • power
  • morality
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour4
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery, horror
Directed by
Jan Komasa
Written by
Bartek Bartosik, Naqqash Khalid
Starring
Anson Boon, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Kit Rakusen, Monika Frajczyk, Savannah Steyn, Mila Jankowska, Callum Booth-Ford
Music
Abel Korzeniowski
Cinematography
Michał Dymek
Runtime
110 min
Country
United Kingdom, Poland
Languages
English

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