Oxygen poster

Oxygen (2021)

Film · 1h 40m · In French

Foreign (non-English), Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A woman trapped in a cryogenic chamber races against time, facing chilling amnesia and relentless dread.

Suspenseful and tense. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Netflix.

Oxygen parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on, so here is what we tagged: some strong language.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
None flagged
It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.
Language
Moderate
Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Oxygen scary?
Only a little. Oxygen has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Oxygen?
Light gore and some violence.

What is Oxygen about?

A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.

Cast and crew

Directed byAlexandre Aja
StarringMélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi, Laura Boujenah, Éric Herson-Macarel, Anie Balestra

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