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Release Date:

May 26, 1976

Runtime:

2hr 6m

Synopsis

A bachelor man rents a Parisian apartment whose previous tenant committed suicide, and slowly finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

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  • Dec 28, 2020

    Isabelle Adjani

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    Hesse
    Hesse
    May 8, 2023

    If i was in a coma and r*man p*lanski was standing next to me i would have screamed too

    1.1K Likes
    mary
    mary
    May 30, 2018

    Wanted to revisit this film (after not having watched in over 30 years) for Sven Nykvist's incredible work. Every shot is gorgeous. And production design by Pierre Guffroy (The Unbearable Lightness of Being) is so rich in detail. I see fewer and fewer modern films achieving…

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    Sean Baker
    Sean Baker
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    Oct 20, 2022

    i don't blame them, i too would do everything in my power to make roman polanski kill himself

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    lily
    lily

    Part of Hoop-Tober “What if she gets better?” “Don’t worry, she won’t get better.” Nature, it is said, abhors a vacuum. If my cat’s reaction to my Dyson is any indication, this axiom is unimpeachably true. The maxim is usually attributed to Aristotle (in the…

    606 Likes
    Aaron
    Aaron
    Oct 16, 2013

    I'm so tired of crossdressing being depicted as a sign of insanity. How would you like it if every fucking film you watched had, I dunno what you are, but whatever you are as a sign of insanity? Fucking hell. October count: 26/31.

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    Sally Jane Black
    Sally Jane Black
  • Mar 15, 2021

    I’m sorry but stabbing a hand reaching into your apartment only for it to return a few seconds later wearing a black leather glove is extremely funny. Movie was a little long but that’s fine. I don’t have a lot of places to be right now.

    462 Likes
    Branson Reese
    Branson Reese
    Dec 23, 2021

    my landlord is trying to kill me too!

    455 Likes
    sarah squirm
    sarah squirm
    Jan 22, 2023

    rosemary's apartment

    454 Likes
    mary
    mary
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  • soup
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    The Tenant

    Insane psychological thriller. Either a story of relentless judgement or of a man driving himself into madness. Possibly both. Either way the film revolves around xenophobia.

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    Settan
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    The Tenant

    A great and screwed movie

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    9/10

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it may be the director's quintessential movie. It's an exercise in urban paranoia and mental disintegration that echoes or anticipates everything from Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby to Bitter Moon and The Pianist.

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J. Hoberman
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Tenant (1976) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is The Tenant (1976)?
The movie is 2hr 6min long.
What's The Tenant (1976) about?
A bachelor man rents a Parisian apartment whose previous tenant committed suicide, and slowly finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.