Similar to The End of Us
It Comes at Night
“Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test w…”
- Released
- 9 Jun 2017
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Language
- English
- Director
- Trey Edward Shults
It Comes at Night (2017) shares a 11% thematic match with The End of Us, overlapping on Pandemic. Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test w…
Why it matches The End of Us
Shared genres
It Comes at Night (2017) lists 3 genres — Drama, Horror, Mystery — and 1 of them overlap with The End of Us (33%). 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, It Comes at Night (2017) 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 It Comes at Night an average of 5.8 / 10 across 2.2K votes.
IMDb audience score
IMDb — a broader, mainstream audience — rates it 6.1 / 10 (110.8K 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 3.19 / 5. Letterboxd tends to reward atmosphere and craft over spectacle.
Popularity signal
Current TMDB popularity index: 11.5 — moderately tracked. Popularity is a rolling weekly signal, so it reflects present-day discovery, not historical footprint.
The film in context
Where it sits
It Comes at Night — released on 9 Jun 2017, running 1h 31m, in English.
Direction & writing
Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Written by Trey Edward Shults.
On screen
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FAQ
Is It Comes at Night similar to The End of Us?
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Our engine rates It Comes at Night a 11% 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 It Comes at Night released?
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It Comes at Night was released in 2017 and runs 1h 31m.
How is It Comes at Night rated?
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It Comes at Night holds 5.8 / 10 on TMDB (2.2K votes) and 6.1 / 10 on IMDb (110.8K votes).
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