The Tenant (1976) movie poster

The Tenant (1976)

Le locataire
"Apartment for rent: Quiet building. Furnished. 2 rooms. Previous tenant committed suicide."
ThumbScore
👍 80%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 78%
ThrillerMysteryDrama

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Director
Roman Polanski
Runtime
2h 6m
Country
France
Language
French
TMDB Rating
7.6/10 (1,217 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
71

Cast

Roman Polanski as Trelkovsky · 77% avg
Isabelle Adjani as Stella · 76% avg
Melvyn Douglas as Monsieur Zy · 83% avg
Jo Van Fleet as Madame Dioz · 79% avg
Bernard Fresson as Scope · 72% avg
Shelley Winters as Concierge · 78% avg
Lila Kedrova as Madame Gaderian
Claude Dauphin as Husband at accident

Is The Tenant good?

Most people think so. 80% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 78%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#627 / 2223 · Thriller
Rank in its year
#15 / 22 · 1976
Rank among its director's films
#9 / 16 · Roman Polanski

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

r/iwatchedanoldmovie
⬆ 188💬 11 comments
I watched The Tenant (1976) and immediately thought of the Bernie Sanders meme photo, taken 45 years later, during the scene where Trelkovsky is just sitting alone in the park.
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Top comment: "I loved this movie! Polanski has such a facility for capturing an unsettling vibe."
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