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Movies that feel likeEvent Horizon (1997)

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

If you loved Event Horizon, the closest films we have are Life (2017), Videodrome (1983) and Solaris (1972). All three share Event Horizon's cerebral and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Next of Kin (1982).

🍅 36% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Paul W. S. Andersondreadunsettlingcerebraltwistyawedreamlike
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If Event Horizon hit the spot, these will too

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Life
2017 · dir. Daniel Espinosa
🍅 67%★ 6.6horror · science fiction · mysteryHulu

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

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Videodrome
1983 · dir. David Cronenberg
🍅 83%★ 7.2horror · science fiction · mysteryPrime Video

Two things both keep coming back to: insanity and hallucination

The difference: Trades the awe of Event Horizon for an angle of its own

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

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Solaris
1972 · dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
🍅 92%★ 7.9drama · science fiction · mysteryMax

One thread runs through both: space travel

The difference: Easier on the dread than Event Horizon

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

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Next of Kin
1982 · dir. Tony Williams
🍅 100%★ 6.2horror · mystery

Twisty and dreamlike in the same breath

After Linda inherits a retirement home, she witnesses a series of strange events which seem connected to a dark and unspeakable evil.

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The Thing
1982 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 85%★ 8.2horror · mystery · science fictionPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: space marine

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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Malignant
2021 · dir. James Wan
🍅 77%★ 6.2horror · mysteryRent or buy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gore

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

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AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 21%★ 5.7adventure · science fiction · action

Paul W. S. Anderson working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Event Horizon does

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

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The Cloverfield Paradox
2018 · dir. Julius Onah
🍅 22%★ 5.5horror · mystery · science fictionNetflix

Cerebral where it counts, awestruck underneath

Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

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Alien: Covenant
2017 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 65%★ 6.4horror · science fictionMax

Common ground: space travel

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

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Scream
2022 · dir. Tyler Gillett
🍅 76%★ 6.3horror · mysteryParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: hallucination

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

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Sputnik
2020 · dir. Egor Abramenko
🍅 88%★ 6.4science fiction · drama · horrorRent or buy

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…

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A Cure for Wellness
2017 · dir. Gore Verbinski
🍅 42%★ 6.4horror · mystery · science fictionPrime Video

Unsettling science fiction, and it commits to that

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

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