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Movies that feel like Coma (1978)

If you loved Coma, the closest films we have are The Others (2001), Psycho (1960) and Noroi: The Curse (2005). All three share Coma's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel and AMC+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.

πŸ… 81% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Crichtontensetwistydreadunsettling

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The Others
2001 Β· dir. Alejandro AmenΓ‘bar
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.6horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Tense where it counts, twisty underneath

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2000s show

Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

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Psycho
1960 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.5horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both land dread and unease at once

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

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Noroi: The Curse
2005 Β· dir. Koji Shiraishi
β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.

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Sinister
2012 Β· dir. Scott Derrickson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.8horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Twisty mystery in both cases

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

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You're Next
2013 Β· dir. Adam Wingard
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Horror built on dread, twice over

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

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Us
2019 Β· dir. Jordan Peele
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both trade on unease more than on being thriller

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

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Goodnight Mommy
2015 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Tense mystery, and it commits to that

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

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Resolution
2013 Β· dir. Justin Benson
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Twisty horror in both cases

A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

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Escape Room
2019 Β· dir. Adam Robitel
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Dread-soaked thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021 Β· dir. Michael Chaves
πŸ… 56%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Mystery with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

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Hereditary
2018 Β· dir. Ari Aster
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

The same thriller instincts

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

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The Boy
2016 Β· dir. William Brent Bell
πŸ… 31%β˜… 6horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Cut from the same mystery cloth

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

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