Vivarium
5.8 / 10 IMDb
72% Rotten Tomatoes

Where To Watch Vivarium

Vivarium is a surreal science-fiction thriller that traps a young couple inside a seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood with no escape. What begins as a simple house-hunting trip turns into a psychological nightmare as every street, house, and sky appears artificial and repetitive. Forced to raise a strange, emotionless child, the couple slowly loses their sense of reality and identity. The film uses minimalist dialogue and unsettling visuals to explore themes of conformity, parenthood, and existential dread. Vivarium stands out for its eerie atmosphere, symbolic storytelling, and deeply disturbing portrayal of modern suburban life.

  • Release Date: May 15, 2020
  • Director: Lorcan Finnegan
  • Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Psychological, Horror
  • Duration: 97 minutes
  • Language: English
  • Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Jonathan Aris
  • Box Office: $3 million worldwide
  • Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies

More details about Vivarium and where you can watch

Gemma and Tom visit a real estate office and are shown a home in a new development called Yonder. After the agent mysteriously disappears, the couple finds themselves unable to leave the neighborhood—every road leads back to the same identical house. Soon, a box containing a baby arrives with instructions to raise it. The child grows rapidly and behaves in unnatural ways, increasing their psychological torment. As time passes, Tom becomes obsessed with digging his way out, while Gemma forms a disturbing bond with the child. Their confinement reveals a cruel, inescapable system designed to study and exploit humans. Vivarium delivers a bleak allegory about societal traps, routine, and loss of autonomy.

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Did You Know

Most of the neighborhood was built entirely on a soundstage using digital skies and repeating sets, intentionally designed to feel artificial—causing actors to feel genuine psychological discomfort during long shoots inside the fake suburban maze.