Similar to The End of Us
Passengers
There is a reason they woke up.
- Released
- 21 Dec 2016
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Language
- English
- Director
- Morten Tyldum
Passengers (2016) shares a 23% thematic match with The End of Us, overlapping on Isolation. A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers.
Why it matches The End of Us
Shared genres
Passengers (2016) lists 3 genres — Drama, Romance, Science Fiction — and 2 of them overlap with The End of Us (67%). That multi-genre overlap is why the engine flagged this one above single-genre matches.
Overlapping themes
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Overall match score
With 1 overlapping theme and 2 shared genres, Passengers (2016) lands in the edge-case of our recommendation set for The End of Us. The 60/40 keyword-vs-genre weighting is what separates this score from a shared-genre coincidence.
How audiences received it
TMDB viewer rating
TMDB viewers have given Passengers an average of 6.9 / 10 across 12.4K votes.
IMDb audience score
IMDb — a broader, mainstream audience — rates it 7.0 / 10 (494.7K votes). Comparing the two platforms tells you whether the film resonates more with cinephiles or general viewers.
Letterboxd community
The indie-leaning Letterboxd community rates it 2.80 / 5. Letterboxd tends to reward atmosphere and craft over spectacle.
Popularity signal
Current TMDB popularity index: 27.3 — moderately tracked. Popularity is a rolling weekly signal, so it reflects present-day discovery, not historical footprint.
The film in context
Where it sits
Passengers — released on 21 Dec 2016, running 1h 56m, in English.
Direction & writing
Directed by Morten Tyldum. Written by Jon Spaihts.
On screen
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FAQ
Is Passengers similar to The End of Us?
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Our engine rates Passengers a 23% thematic match with The End of Us, weighted 60% on shared keywords and 40% on shared genres. That places it at the edges of our catalogue of similar films.
When was Passengers released?
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Passengers was released in 2016 and runs 1h 56m.
How is Passengers rated?
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Passengers holds 6.9 / 10 on TMDB (12.4K votes) and 7.0 / 10 on IMDb (494.7K votes).
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