Get Out (2017) - Movies Like Eyes Wide Shut | Filmiway
Why This Hits Deep
Updates the "Secret Society" trope for the modern era, replacing the occult with a terrifying racial commodification by the liberal elite.
Get Out
The Experience
A young Black man uncovers a terrifying secret when he visits his white girlfriend's family estate. Peele's razor-sharp social thriller weaponizes the 'Sunken Place' as a metaphor for racial oppression and cultural erasure.
Cast & Crew
Director: Jordan Peele
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
Production Details
Budget: $4.5 million
Box Office: $255.4 million
Clean Content Record
Get Out: No sexual content or graphic scenes present in this film.
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🧬CINEMATIC DNAGenre DNA BreakdownVisual representation of the movie's
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genre composition. Larger segments
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Genre DNA Distribution
- Horror: 40%
- Psychological: 40%
- Thriller: 20%
Movie Intensity Arc
- Minute 18: The Party (35/100 Intensity)
- Minute 40: THE SUNKEN PLACE (84/100 Intensity)
- Minute 88: THE OPERATION (90/100 Intensity)
- Minute 95: THE ESCAPE (86/100 Intensity)
- Minute 100: Police Lights (80/100 Intensity)
Community Reviews
Frequently Asked Questions About Get OutFAQ About Get Out
Common questions about Get Out and its exploration of secret societies, paranoia, and the occult elite.
How is the Armitage family a 'Secret Society'?
The Armitages and their friends are a modern version of the EWS coven. They are wealthy, 'liberal' elites who use their status to lure in victims for a ritualistic purpose. Instead of a masked ball, they have a garden party and an auction. They represent the polite, smiling face of systemic, predatory power.
What does 'The Sunken Place' represent?
It represents the total loss of agency. It is a psychological prison where the victim can see everything but control nothing. This is the ultimate dream of the elite: to take the bodies and lives of the 'lesser' classes while erasing their consciousness. It is the most extreme form of commodification of the human being.
Why do they want Chris's body?
They want his physical attributes—his eyes, his strength, his 'coolness.' It is a form of cultural and literal cannibalism. Like the elite in Society who merge bodies, the EWS-style elite in Get Out want to inhabit the lives of others to maintain their own sense of relevance and immortality through a scientific occult ritual.
What is the meaning of the tea cup and the silver spoon?
These are the symbols of old-money elite power. Using a domestic, refined object like a silver spoon to perform high-level hypnosis is a brilliant metaphor for how the elite use their 'refinement' as a weapon of control. It suggests that the higher the social class, the more dangerous their tools of subjugation become.
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