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Passenger

Passenger

Horror · Thriller · 2026

After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure into a nightmare.

Movie details

Passenger

“130 million people take road trips every year. 15,400 of them are never seen again.”

2026 Horror · Thriller 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.5 / 10

24K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

45 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

52 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure into a nightmare.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Passenger?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

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Black Box

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

André Øvredal

Written by

T.W. Burgess · Zachary Donohue

Lou Llobell

Lou Llobell

Maddie Brecker

Jacob Scipio

Jacob Scipio

Tyler Genocchio

Joseph Lopez

Joseph Lopez

The Passenger

Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

Diana Larson

Miles Fowler

Miles Fowler

Lucas Tedesco

Alan Trong

Alan Trong

Daniel

Devielle Johnson

Devielle Johnson

Neighborhood Watch Volunteer

Court is in session

Put Passenger on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.