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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Why this pick
Lanthimos again pairs pristine, emotionally airless compositions with deadpan dialogue and escalating absurdity, turning social rituals into a quietly horrifying moral trap.
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MOVIE2015 1h 58m IRL
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Its blandly immaculate alternate society, dry comic tone, and mounting existential unease closely echo The Lobster’s satirical vision of conformity and prescribed happiness.
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Why this pick
A strange, restrained romance unfolds through uncanny bodies and bureaucratic normality, balancing deadpan discomfort with an unexpectedly tender challenge to conventional belonging.
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Dogtooth
Why this pick
This earlier Lanthimos film shares the deliberately stilted performances, clinical framing, bizarre rules, and blackly funny cruelty that make The Lobster so unsettling.
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Why this pick
Its workplace satire begins with recognizable social pressure before spiraling into fearless surrealism, using comic estrangement to expose the violence beneath self-improvement and success.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In a dystopian society, single people must find a mate within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choice.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Colin Farrell
David
Rachel Weisz
Short Sighted Woman
Ben Whishaw
John
Patrick Malone
Campari Man
Léa Seydoux
Loner Leader
Jessica Barden
Nosebleed Woman
John C. Reilly
Robert
Olivia Colman
Hotel Manager