Passengers (2016)
Two strangers awaken a century too soon, navigating cosmic isolation and a love story steeped in melancholy.
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
How intense is Passengers?
Passengers is mildly scary, with no gore and some violence. Emotionally it is heavy. The pace is measured, and it is a full-attention watch and a date-night pick. Rated PG-13.
What Passengers feels like
- Tone
- suspensefulromanticmelancholyintimate
- Pace
- Measured
- Best for
- Full attentionDate night
Where to stream Passengers
Not on a US subscription service at our last check. Rent or buy may still be an option.
US availability via TMDB, last checked Sep 12, 2026. The app filters picks to the services you actually have.
Is Passengers for you?
Is Passengers scary?
Only a little. Passengers has a few tense moments (scare level 1 of 3), nothing that follows you to bed.
Is Passengers gory or violent?
No gore (0 of 3) and some violence (1 of 3). Squeamish viewers are fine here.
Is Passengers sad or heavy?
It is emotionally heavy (2 of 3). Expect it to land.
Is Passengers OK for kids?
It is rated PG-13. Intensity: scare 1, gore 0, violence 1, each out of 3. Your call for older kids.
How long is Passengers?
Passengers runs 1h 56m.
Where can I stream Passengers?
Passengers is not on a US subscription service right now (rent or buy may still be an option).
Does Passengers have a happy ending? spoiler-safe answer
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
Cast and crew
More like Passengers
Matched on genre, tone, intensity and pace, not just keywords.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)No gore · emotionally devastating · measuredA man erases memories of a lost love, only to find his heart still clinging to their surreal romance.
Her (2013)No gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA lonely writer finds intimate, heartwarming connection with an AI, exploring love's evolving nature in a measured, melancholy romance.
Interstellar (2014)No gore · emotionally devastating · measuredExplorers traverse a wormhole, confronting vast distances and the melancholy of a dying Earth.
Before Sunrise (1995)No gore · emotionally heavy · measuredTwo strangers wander through Vienna, sharing intimate conversations and exploring life's possibilities during one fleeting night.
Five Feet Apart (2019)No gore · emotionally heavy · measuredTwo young cystic fibrosis patients find their connection tested by the very distance that keeps them safe.
Brokeback Mountain (2005)No gore · emotionally devastating · measuredTwo cowboys in 1960s Wyoming forge an intimate, enduring connection that complicates their lives with melancholy.
Mr. Nobody (2009)No gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA man's life unfolds in multiple realities, a dreamlike journey through love, loss, and profound choices.
Titanic (1997)Mildly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA young woman's forbidden love story unfolds with epic romance and melancholy aboard a doomed maiden voyage.
Find Passengers in
Want five more like Passengers?
Tell CouchRot the mood. It picks from what you can actually stream and learns from every rating.
Get CouchRot, it's freeThis product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Intensity, tone and pace tags are CouchRot's own.