
Movies that feel likeDeath Note (2017)
If you loved Death Note, the closest films we have are The Black Phone (2022), The House That Jack Built (2018) and Green Room (2016). All three share Death Note's gritty and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Kill List (2011).
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If Death Note hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: supernatural
The difference: Reviewed even better

Common ground: serial killer
The difference: Easier on the dream logic than Death Note

Gritty where it counts, dread-soaked underneath
The difference: Trades the dream logic of Death Note for an angle of its own

The same mix in both: unease, then tension

Dreamlike crime in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Death Note does

Gritty horror, and it commits to that

Thriller built on dread, twice over

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy


Both are built on the same subject: serial killer

Crime with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Tense horror, and it commits to that
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