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Movies that feel like Above & Below (2026)

If you loved Above & Below, the closest films we have are Kill List (2011), La Llorona (2019) and The Innkeepers (2012). All three share Above & Below's tense and dread 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 Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A group of friends set off for an unforgettable vacation. What begins as an adventure of partying and diving quickly turns into a nightmare when they are attacked by criminals in open waters.

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Kill List
2011 · dir. Ben Wheatley
🍅 79%6.4horror · thriller · crime

Tense and dread-soaked in the same breath

The difference: Missing the momentum of Above & Below

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

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La Llorona
2019 · dir. Jayro Bustamante
🍅 96%6.6thriller · horror · drama

Unsettling thriller in both cases

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as Above & Below

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

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The Innkeepers
2012 · dir. Ti West
🍅 81%5.5horror · thriller

Horror built on tension, twice over

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

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In the Line of Duty 4
1989 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
7.1action · crime · thriller

The same mix in both: momentum, then grit

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.

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Finders Keepers
2014 · dir. Alexander Yellen
🍅 98%4.3mystery · thriller · horror

Both lean on dread more than on action

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Above & Below does

A haunted doll teaches one little girl why children shouldn't play with undead things.

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Berberian Sound Studio
2012 · dir. Peter Strickland
🍅 85%6.2horror · drama · thriller

Unsettling crime, and it commits to that

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

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The Borderlands
2014 · dir. Elliot Goldner
🍅 83%5.8horror

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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Lake Mungo
2009 · dir. Joel Anderson
🍅 92%6.2horror · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013 · dir. Isaac Florentine
🍅 100%6.1action · crime · thriller

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

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Green Room
2016 · dir. Jeremy Saulnier
🍅 90%7horror · crime · thriller

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

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Colony
2026 · dir. Yeon Sang-ho
6.5action · horror · science fiction

Both lean on momentum more than on action

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

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The Unjust
2010 · dir. Ryoo Seung-wan
6.5crime · thriller

Thriller with a pulse of grit, in both cases

An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.

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