
Movies that feel like Brightburn (2019)
If you loved Brightburn, the closest films we have are Pet Sematary (2019), The Host (2006) and The New Mutants (2020). All three share Brightburn's dread and unsettling 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 Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
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If Brightburn hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: husband wife relationship, countryside
The difference: Missing the ideas of Brightburn

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath
The difference: Reviewed even better

Cerebral horror, and it commits to that

Science fiction with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Both lean on unease more than on drama
The difference: Leans harder into romance than Brightburn does

One thread runs through both: husband wife relationship

Common ground in both: fathers and sons and mother son relationship

Cerebral horror in both cases

Science fiction built on stillness, twice over

Both lean on dread more than on drama

The same preoccupation in both: mother son relationship

Unsettling horror in both cases
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