The Tenant
Original title: Le Locataire · Turkish title: Kiracı
“Apartment for rent: Quiet building. Furnished. 2 rooms. Previous tenant committed suicide.”
1976 · 2 h 6 min
Directed by 
Roman Polanski
Roman PolanskiCast
Credits
Written by: Roland Topor
Plot
A man in a Paris apartment grows paranoid.
Sinekatalog’s take
Roman Polanski's Paris apartment horror lets paranoia creep through neighbours and walls. Polanski himself plays the unraveling tenant, and the film's dread and absurdity make it a cult classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (52,127 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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