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Movies that feel like Dogtooth (2009)

If you loved Dogtooth, the closest films we have are Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), Secret Window (2004) and Perfect Days (2023). All three share Dogtooth's lonely feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV and others, checked against today's data.

Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.

πŸ… 94% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Yorgos Lanthimoscontemplativeparanoidlonely
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring poster
πŸ… 94%β˜… 8drama

Both land stillness and loneliness at once

The difference: Missing the paranoia of Dogtooth

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

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Secret Window
2004 Β· dir. David Koepp
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.5mystery Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: paranoia

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

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Perfect Days
2023 Β· dir. Wim Wenders
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

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The Conversation
1974 Β· dir. Francis Ford Coppola
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.7crime Β· drama Β· mystery

Common ground: paranoia

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Dogtooth does

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

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Certain Women
2016 Β· dir. Kelly Reichardt
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.4drama

Lonely drama, and it commits to that

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

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Bugonia
2025 Β· dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· thriller Β· comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Yorgos Lanthimos

The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than Dogtooth does

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

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The Wall
2012 Β· dir. Julian PΓΆlsler
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.

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Suicide Room
2011 Β· dir. Jan Komasa
β˜… 6.6drama Β· mystery Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: mental illness

Moody, dark, and handsome Dominik is terrorized at school, after video footage of his drunken kiss with classmate Aleksandr goes viral. Grappling with public humiliation, Dominik seeks solace in an avatar based "suicide room," where the pink-haired rebel Sylwia consoles him.

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The Magician
1958 Β· dir. Ingmar Bergman
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5drama

Both sit in the same paranoid register

The difference: 51 years apart, and the 1950s show

A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.

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Let's Scare Jessica to Death
1971 Β· dir. John D. Hancock
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· drama

A streak of paranoia through both

Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.

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Bronson
2009 Β· dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7drama Β· action Β· crime

Both work the same loneliness

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

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The Gorge
2025 Β· dir. Scott Derrickson
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.7romance Β· science fiction Β· thriller

The shared currency is paranoia

Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.

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