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Movies that feel like Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

If you loved Berberian Sound Studio, the closest films we have are The Shallows (2016), It Chapter Two (2019) and The Orphanage (2007). All three share Berberian Sound Studio's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and HBO Max Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 85% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Peter Stricklanddreadunsettlingcontemplativetense

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If Berberian Sound Studio hit the spot, these will too

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The Shallows
2016 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.3horror Β· drama Β· thriller

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

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It Chapter Two
2019 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

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The Orphanage
2007 Β· dir. J. A. Bayona
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

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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Candyman
1992 Β· dir. Bernard Rose
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.7drama Β· horror Β· thriller

Both trade on unease more than on being drama

The difference: A 1990s film, from a different era of filmmaking

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

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The Woman in Black
2012 Β· dir. James Watkins
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.4drama Β· horror Β· thriller

Contemplative thriller in both cases

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

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Bird Box
2018 Β· dir. Susanne Bier
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

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It
2017 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.3horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Drama built on dread, twice over

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

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Gerald's Game
2017 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Both trade on unease more than on being thriller

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

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Black Swan
2010 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 85%β˜… 8drama Β· thriller Β· horror

Both trade on stillness more than on being horror

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

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Crimson Peak
2015 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery Β· romance

Drama built on tension, twice over

The difference: Leans mystery where Berberian Sound Studio does not

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

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The Conjuring
2013 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5horror Β· thriller

1970s is the engine of both

The difference: None of the stillness that defines Berberian Sound Studio

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

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The Visit
2015 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller

Both are horror through and through

A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.

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