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Movies that feel likeBackrooms (2026)

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

If you loved Backrooms, the closest films we have are A Dark Song (2016), Smile 2 (2024) and The Ritual (2017). All three share Backrooms' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Absentia (2011).

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A Dark Song
2016 Β· dir. Liam Gavin
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.2horror Β· fantasy Β· mystery

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Trades the ideas of Backrooms for an angle of its own

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

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Smile 2
2024 Β· dir. Parker Finn
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mysteryNetflixPrime Video

Both land twists and melancholy at once

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

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The Ritual
2017 Β· dir. David Bruckner
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mysteryNetflix

Common ground: monster

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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Scream
2022 Β· dir. Tyler Gillett
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mysteryParamount+

Internet-native horror aware of its own mythology

The difference: Slasher meta-commentary, Woodsboro rules

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

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Malignant
2021 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mysteryRent or buy

Reality bending around a protagonist whose past holds the awful key

The difference: Swerves into gonzo action-horror camp β€” dread gives way to excess

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

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The Lodge
2020 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6horror Β· mystery

Both lean on dread more than on horror

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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A Cure for Wellness
2017 Β· dir. Gore Verbinski
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· science fictionPrime Video

An unreal place whose architecture is the antagonist

The difference: Gothic sanatorium excess

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

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Lights Out
2016 Β· dir. David F. Sandberg
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

A simple, primal rule governing when the horror can reach you

The difference: Domestic haunting, mother-wound

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

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A Tale of Two Sisters
2003 Β· dir. Kim Jee-woon
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.1drama Β· horror Β· mystery

Mystery built on ideas, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Backrooms does

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

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Jigsaw
2017 Β· dir. Michael Spierig
πŸ… 32%β˜… 5.7horror Β· mystery

Unsettling science fiction in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.

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Vivarium
2019 Β· dir. Lorcan Finnegan
πŸ… 73%β˜… 5.8science fiction Β· mystery Β· horrorRent or buy

An endless artificial nowhere designed to swallow the people inside it

The difference: One cold allegory sustained β€” suburban satire more than scares

A young woman and her fiancΓ© are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.

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Absentia
2011 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 87%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mystery

Twisty horror, and it commits to that

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

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