What is The Gorge about?
Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.
Two operatives guarding a mysterious gorge grow close, then must unite against an emerging evil within.
Suspenseful. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Apple TV+.
The Gorge parents guide
What we could confirm fits a PG-13: strong violence and a few tense moments.
- 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
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Language
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
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 The Gorge scary?
- Only a little. The Gorge has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is The Gorge?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is The Gorge rated, and is it OK for kids?
- It is rated PG-13, with strong violence. Your call for older kids.
Cast and crew
Directed byScott Derrickson
StarringMiles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sigourney Weaver, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, William Houston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
More like The Gorge
The Handmaiden (2016)Suspenseful · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA cunning pickpocket infiltrates a secluded estate, ensnaring a Japanese heiress in a seductive, suspenseful con.
Psycho (1960)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA woman on the run finds a chilling, atmospheric motel where dread steadily builds to a shocking twist.
Vertigo (1958)Suspenseful · emotionally devastating · measuredA detective's acrophobia intertwines with a dangerous obsession while investigating a friend's wife.
Blade Runner (1982)Melancholy · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA gritty, atmospheric Los Angeles detective hunts artificial humans while confronting his own melancholy existence.
Predestination (2014)Suspenseful · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA temporal agent's final mission to prevent a devastating attack becomes a cerebral, pulpy chase through time.
Alien (1979)Terrifying · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA commercial spaceship crew answers a distress signal, unleashing a chilling, gritty, and atmospheric nightmare.
The Butterfly Effect (2004)Suspenseful · light gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA young man's journey into his past to alter tragic events creates a ripple of bleak consequences.
The Abyss (1989)Suspenseful · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA civilian dive crew discovers an otherworldly force that could change humanity or destroy it, 25,000 feet deep.
The Gorge is on our Apple TV+, Sci-fi on Apple TV+, Thriller and Romance lists.
More like this feeling
Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.
Lists with the same feel: Date night and Late night.
Five more like The Gorge
Say the mood. Five picks with where they stream, right here.
Uses the TMDB API; not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Intensity, content, tone and pace tags are CouchRot's own.