SummaryA young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.
Directed By:Roman Polanski
Written By:Ira Levin, Roman Polanski
Rosemary's Baby
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Universal Acclaim
96
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
94% Positive
15 Reviews
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6% Mixed
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100
It's genuinely funny, yet it's also scary, especially for young women: it plays on their paranoid vulnerabilities... Mia Farrow is enchanting in her fragility: she's just about perfect for her role.
100
Truly frightening because so much of it is so plausible, ROSEMARY'S BABY is one of the finest examples of modern horror, a milestone in the evolution of the genre. Although the subject matter is ultimately supernatural, the treatment is very realistic.
User score
Universal Acclaim
89% Positive
330 Ratings
330 Ratings
7% Mixed
27 Ratings
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4% Negative
14 Ratings
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Feb 5, 2026
10
One of the best horror films ever made.Roman Polanski created a masterpiece that resonates to this day.
Apr 29, 2022
10
One of the films that forever changed the face of the horror genre. Based on the homonymous novel and, despite the calm rhythm of the plot, one as a spectator cannot avoid being infected by the anxiety and paranoia of the future mother. See it without further delay and beware of imitations.
100
A supremely intelligent and convincing adaptation of Ira Levin's Satanist thriller.
100
Rosemary’s Baby is one of horror cinema’s all-time slow burns, drawing viewers gradually into entertaining the possibility that the movie’s series of strange coincidences and accumulating sense of dread are only subjective representations of Rosemary’s unraveling mental state.
91
Using New York’s famed apartment house the Dakota for all its cavernous shadowiness, and exploiting the 23-year-old Farrow’s tremulous space-child vulnerability to underscore her terror and solitude, Polanski worked with an elegant restraint that less talented filmmakers have been trying to mimic ever since.
88
Polanski’s direction is smooth and the film itself happily understated. The tension created is practically unbearable.
60
Miss Farrow is quite marvelous, pale, suffering, almost constantly on-screen in a difficult role that requires her to be learning for almost two hours what the audience has guessed from the start...Everyone else is fine, but the movie—although it is pleasant—doesn't quite work on any of its dark or powerful terms.
Nov 24, 2021
10
Another Polanski masterpiece. Macabre and haunting, brilliantly directed and acted. Last 20 minutes are masterful.
Aug 16, 2025
6
konusu belki dönemine göre iyi olabilir ama ben bu tarz filmleri fazlasiyla izledigim için fazla ilgi çekici bulmadım bu filmi.Hosuma giden sadece rosemary nin paranoyasi ve gizemdi.
May 29, 2023
5
Dans le genre diabolique, j’ai vu sensiblement mieux ailleurs ! Même si Roman Polanski sait distiller une certaine tension… qui ne grimpe malheureusement que par à-coups ici et là : entre un temps d’exposition inutilement long et une scène finale trop longtemps attendue (mais à la fois édifiante et drolatique) son film se traîne comme une vieille tortue. Heureusement, la si jolie et si mignonne Mia Farrow (allez, fais miaaoou pour voir !) et l’énigmatique pour ne pas dire étrange John Cassavetes aident à tenir la rampe parce que sinon on dégringolerait dans l’escalier, frappé de narcolepsie télévisuelle. Naturellement, la mise en scène est très soignée, trop soignée peut-être, car sa lenteur cherche à nous faire piquer un somme. Mia(ou) est là toutefois, une actrice étonnante ; Polanski aime la filmer, on adore la regarder.
Aug 12, 2019
3
Overrated is one word that comes to mind. Quick info on me, I was born in '79 and I have never seen this film until today. To say this is a "horror" film is a stretch and some critics have this film in the top horror films of all time, it's not. The movie drags and is very boring, nothing really happens for most of the run time, 137min. Here is the other part that is kinda sick, there is basically a **** scene in the film and if you know anything about Mr. Polanski, well watching that part in 2019 was a little strange. I think this is one of the films where if you mention it around other film lovers they will say how great it is, but if you were to really ask them about a certain scene (example the stupid ending)they would have no response because they probably have never watched it and just read a critics review in order to fit in.
Jul 23, 2019
3
I had a really tough time getting into this movie. To the point where I found it just severely dragged at times and failing to keep my interest. Don't get me wrong, Farrow does a great job and I think the premise is interesting enough yet for some reason, this movie just didn't click with me.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- William Castle Productions
Release Date:Jun 12, 1968
Duration:2 h 17 m
Rating:R
Tagline:It's not what you're expecting.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Photoplay Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
