Similar to The End of Us
Room
Love knows no boundaries
- Released
- 16 Oct 2015
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Language
- English
- Director
- Lenny Abrahamson
Room (2015) shares a 13% thematic match with The End of Us, overlapping on Isolation. Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Why it matches The End of Us
Shared genres
Room (2015) lists 2 genres — Drama, Thriller — and 1 of them overlap with The End of Us (50%). That single genre is the weakest kind of signal on its own — context below explains why the keyword overlap still matters.
Overlapping themes
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Overall match score
With 1 overlapping theme and 1 shared genre, Room (2015) 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 Room an average of 8.0 / 10 across 8.7K votes.
IMDb audience score
IMDb — a broader, mainstream audience — rates it 8.1 / 10 (479.4K 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 3.97 / 5. Letterboxd tends to reward atmosphere and craft over spectacle.
Popularity signal
Current TMDB popularity index: 17.0 — moderately tracked. Popularity is a rolling weekly signal, so it reflects present-day discovery, not historical footprint.
The film in context
Where it sits
Room — released on 16 Oct 2015, running 1h 58m, in English.
Direction & writing
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Written by Emma Donoghue.
On screen
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FAQ
Is Room similar to The End of Us?
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Our engine rates Room a 13% 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 Room released?
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Room was released in 2015 and runs 1h 58m.
How is Room rated?
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Room holds 8.0 / 10 on TMDB (8.7K votes) and 8.1 / 10 on IMDb (479.4K votes).
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