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Movies that feel like Antichrist (2009)

If you loved Antichrist, the closest films we have are The House That Jack Built (2018), Creep (2014) and Audition (2000). All three share Antichrist's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

🍅 53% Rotten Tomatoes6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Lars von Triercontemplativedreadunsettlingtense
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The House That Jack Built
2018 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 59%6.8drama · horror · crime

Both are Lars von Trier's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Antichrist does

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.

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Creep
2014 · dir. Patrick Brice
🍅 91%6.3horror · thriller

The same two preoccupations: woods, and cabin

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

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Audition
2000 · dir. Takashi Miike
🍅 81%7.1horror · drama

Two things both keep coming back to: psychological thriller and torture

The difference: Missing the tension of Antichrist

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

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

Contemplative and dread-soaked in the same breath

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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Saw VI
2009 · dir. Kevin Greutert
🍅 39%6.1horror · thriller

Common ground: torture

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

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Funny Games
1997 · dir. Michael Haneke
🍅 73%7.5drama · horror · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: psychological thriller

Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

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The Orphanage
2007 · dir. J. A. Bayona
🍅 87%7.4horror · drama · thriller

Both land unease and tension at once

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

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

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

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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Titane
2021 · dir. Julia Ducournau
🍅 90%6.5drama · thriller · horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

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Run
2020 · dir. Aneesh Chaganty
🍅 88%6.7thriller · horror · drama

Thriller built on unease, twice over

Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.

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Speak No Evil
2022 · dir. Christian Tafdrup
🍅 83%6.6horror · thriller · drama

Tense drama, and it commits to that

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.

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[REC]²
2009 · dir. Paco Plaza
🍅 67%6.5thriller · horror

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.

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