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Quick Answer: Is Rose or Leviticus the better international 2026 drama?
Rose leads on Celluloid Score (83% vs 81%). Rose is German prestige drama with Sandra Hüller; Leviticus is Australian queer horror — overlapping scores, opposite appetites. Scores average five public sources — not a single-outlet verdict.
The matchup
Rose is German prestige drama with Sandra Hüller; Leviticus is Australian queer horror — overlapping scores, opposite appetites.
Both cleared Celluloid’s Recommended bar as 2026 international standouts. Rose (Germany) is controlled arthouse drama; Leviticus (Australia) is genre-forward festival horror. Country hubs and Amara Okonkwo / Marcus Webb reviews spell out which lane fits a given night.
Sandra Hüller's Silver Bear-winning performance anchors a rigorously controlled, near-unanimously acclaimed period drama that critics have called one of the most disciplined and quietly devastating films of the year.
In the aftermath of the Thirty Years' War, a soldier named Rose arrives in a remote Protestant village claiming to be the rightful heir to a long-abandoned estate. Shot in stark black and white, the film follows Rose's careful, high-stakes performance of masculinity as she tries to secure land, standing, and safety in a community quick to suspect outsiders — all while hiding the truth of who she is.
Adrian Chiarella · Horror, Romance, Drama · 1h 28m
Australia · English · Jun 19, 2026
81%
Celluloid ScoreRecommended
Reviewers have praised this queer horror debut for fusing a tender coming-of-age romance with a genuinely inventive monster concept rooted in conversion-therapy trauma, even as general audiences have responded more cautiously than critics to its bleaker turns.
A teenager relocates with his mother to a devoutly religious Australian town and falls for another boy in secret. When a jealous outburst exposes the relationship, the two are subjected to a conversion-therapy ritual meant to 'cure' them — instead it tears open something monstrous, a force that turns each boy's own desire into a threat aimed at the other.
The Secret Agent vs The King's Warden — Secret Agent is Brazil’s dictatorship thriller prestige lane; King’s Warden is Korea’s #1 domestic box-office historical drama.
Obsession vs Leviticus — Obsession is the US theatrical breakout; Leviticus is the Sundance queer-horror prestige lane from Australia.
Rose vs Vier minus drei — Rose leads Celluloid’s German 2026 chart; Vier minus drei is the runner-up domestic drama for quieter character work.
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