feelsalike.com

Movies that feel like 1922 (2017)

If you loved 1922, the closest films we have are Oculus (2014), November (2017) and Bone Tomahawk (2015). All three share 1922's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Shudder and others, checked against today's data.

A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

πŸ… 92% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Zak Hilditchdreadunsettlinggrittycontemplativedreamlike
Stream it:Netflix β†—
See it on the map

When is 1922 streaming? β†’

If 1922 hit the spot, these will too

Oculus poster
Oculus
2014 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.6horror

The same two preoccupations: haunted house, and hallucination

The difference: Missing the grit of 1922

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Feels alike?
November poster
November
2017 Β· dir. Rainer Sarnet
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1drama Β· fantasy Β· romance

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than 1922 does

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

Feels alike?
Bone Tomahawk poster
Bone Tomahawk
2015 Β· dir. S. Craig Zahler
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.1drama Β· horror Β· western

Both are built on the same subject: murder

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappearβ€”only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

Feels alike?
Tigers Are Not Afraid poster
Tigers Are Not Afraid
2017 Β· dir. Issa LΓ³pez
πŸ… 97%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· horror

Common ground: murder

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

Feels alike?
Tumbbad poster
Tumbbad
2018 Β· dir. Rahi Anil Barve
πŸ… 87%β˜… 8.2fantasy Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: greed

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

Feels alike?
Frankenstein poster
Frankenstein
2025 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.4drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

Both land stillness and dream logic at once

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Feels alike?
Freddy vs. Jason poster
Freddy vs. Jason
2003 Β· dir. Ronny Yu
πŸ… 42%β˜… 5.8horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Feels alike?
Tale of Tales poster
Tale of Tales
2015 Β· dir. Matteo Garrone
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.4romance Β· fantasy Β· horror

Unsettling crime, and it commits to that

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.

Feels alike?
mother! poster
mother!
2017 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.6horror Β· drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Feels alike?
The House That Jack Built poster
The House That Jack Built
2018 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror Β· crime

Horror with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Feels alike?
The Girl Who Killed Her Parents poster
The Girl Who Killed Her Parents
2021 Β· dir. MaurΓ­cio EΓ§a
β˜… 5.9crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both lean on grit more than on crime

Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of MarΓ­sia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.

Feels alike?
Death Note poster
Death Note
2017 Β· dir. Adam Wingard
πŸ… 36%β˜… 4.5crime Β· fantasy Β· horror

Dreamlike drama, and it commits to that

Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.

Feels alike?

In the mood for more dread?

all dread movies β†’

The best-reviewed films that share 1922’s defining feeling.