SimilarScreen
Velvet Buzzsaw

Velvet Buzzsaw

All Art Is Dangerous

20195.41h 53m

Overview

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

Directed by Dan Gilroy
Written by Dan Gilroy
Produced by Jennifer Fox
Box OfficeBudget: $21.0M0

Top Cast

Rene Russo

Rene Russo

Rhodora Haze

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

Morf Vandewalt

Zawe Ashton

Zawe Ashton

Josephina

Tom Sturridge

Tom Sturridge

Jon Dondon

Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Gretchen

Natalia Dyer

Natalia Dyer

Coco

Daveed Diggs

Daveed Diggs

Damrish

Billy Magnussen

Billy Magnussen

Bryson

John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Piers

Mig Macario

Mig Macario

Cloudio

Themes & Keywords

art collectorsupernaturaldark comedysatiresocial satireart houseconsumerismart thiefart dealerart theftcommercialismmedia criticism

About Velvet Buzzsaw

Velvet Buzzsaw is a thriller, mystery, horror film released in 2019 exploring themes of art collector, supernatural, dark comedy, satire, social satire, art house. Directed by Dan Gilroy, it stars Rene Russo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton. Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

Movies Similar to Velvet Buzzsaw

Discover titles like Velvet Buzzsaw — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to Velvet Buzzsaw

If you enjoyed Velvet Buzzsaw, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of Velvet Buzzsaw.

Get Out
32% Match

Get Out(2017)

Movie7.6/10

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Thanksgiving
26% Match

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.

Insidious: The Red Door
25% Match

To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door.

Blood Punch
23% Match

Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabin the woods, Milton finds himself drawn into a dangerous love triangle gone haywire. The couple's deadpan half-truths spin around Milton like a song on repeat. They seem to read him like an open book, until a mysterious message opens his eyes to his cursed existence. With unlimited ammunition, any hunting tool they could desire, and an ever-growing body count, for what did Milton really sign up?

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
23% Match

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

American Psycho
21% Match

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

Uncut Gems
21% Match

Uncut Gems(2019)

Movie7.2/10

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

The Monkey
21% Match

The Monkey(2025)

Movie6.0/10

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.

Inside
20% Match

Inside(2023)

Movie5.7/10

An art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.

Shaun of the Dead
20% Match

Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

Idiocracy
20% Match

Idiocracy(2006)

Movie6.4/10

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

The Ninth Gate
20% Match

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

Countdown
19% Match

Countdown(2019)

Movie6.2/10

A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.