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Movies that feel like Barbarian (2022)

If you loved Barbarian, the closest films we have are Weapons (2025), Disturbia (2007) and Smile (2022). All three share Barbarian's twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

πŸ… 92% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Zach Creggerdreadunsettlingtwistytenseparanoid
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Weapons
2025 Β· dir. Zach Cregger
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4horror Β· mystery

Both are Zach Cregger's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Not nearly as tense as Barbarian

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

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Disturbia
2007 Β· dir. D.J. Caruso
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.8thriller Β· drama Β· mystery

The same two preoccupations: paranoia, and serial killer

The difference: None of the dread Barbarian is built on

Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problemβ€”he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.

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Smile
2022 Β· dir. Parker Finn
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery

One thread runs through both: paranoia

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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The Invitation
2016 Β· dir. Karyn Kusama
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.6thriller Β· horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

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The Thing
2011 Β· dir. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
πŸ… 34%β˜… 6.2horror Β· science fiction Β· mystery

Both land twists and paranoia at once

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.

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Marrowbone
2017 Β· dir. Sergio G. SΓ‘nchez
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.7thriller Β· horror Β· mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: flashback

A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.

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The Pope's Exorcist
2023 Β· dir. Julius Avery
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thriller

Tense horror, and it commits to that

Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

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

The same preoccupation in both: abduction

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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They Look Like People
2016 Β· dir. Perry Blackshear
πŸ… 92%β˜… 5.8drama Β· horror Β· mystery

Mystery built on dread, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Barbarian does

Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.

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10 Cloverfield Lane
2016 Β· dir. Dan Trachtenberg
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· science fiction Β· drama

Common ground: basement

After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.

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Exhuma
2024 Β· dir. Jang Jae-hyun
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.9mystery Β· horror Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of unease, in both cases

After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remainsβ€”and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

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Knock at the Cabin
2023 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.1horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both lean on twists more than on horror

While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.

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