Leave the World Behind

Isolated mansion on a stormy night, a darkened phone. A family's rural retreat is disrupted by strangers. Esmail directs with calculated tension.

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Sam Esmail directed Leave the World Behind in 2023. See Sam Esmail's full filmography, where to start with Sam Esmail, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sam Esmail.

Leave the World Behind was released in 2023 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 140 minutes.