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Movies that feel like Funny Games (1997)

If you loved Funny Games, the closest films we have are Audition (2000), Thesis (1996) and Candyman (1992). All three share Funny Games' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

πŸ… 73% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Hanekecontemplativedreadunsettlingtense
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Audition
2000 Β· dir. Takashi Miike
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.1horror Β· drama

Two things both keep coming back to: sadism and psychological thriller

The difference: Not nearly as tense as Funny Games

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

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Thesis
1996 Β· dir. Alejandro AmenΓ‘bar
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.4horror Β· thriller

Common ground in both: psychopath and serial killer

While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.

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Candyman
1992 Β· dir. Bernard Rose
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.7drama Β· horror Β· thriller

The same mix in both: stillness, then dread

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

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Antichrist
2009 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.5drama Β· horror Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: psychological thriller

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

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Creep
2014 Β· dir. Patrick Brice
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: psychopath

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: β€œ$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naivetΓ©, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

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The House That Jack Built
2018 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror Β· crime

Common ground: sadism

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Funny Games does

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

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Ring
1998 Β· dir. Hideo Nakata
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.2horror Β· thriller

Both land unease and tension at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

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The Orphanage
2007 Β· dir. J. A. Bayona
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

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Nightwatch
1994 Β· dir. Ole Bornedal
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.2horror Β· thriller

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the mortuary harbours a dark secret, and he has to find the truth before he is implicated in a serial murder case.

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Titane
2021 Β· dir. Julia Ducournau
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.5drama Β· thriller Β· horror

Both are built on the same subject: serial killer

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

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

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Red Dragon
2002 Β· dir. Brett Ratner
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2crime Β· thriller Β· horror

Thriller built on unease, twice over

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

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Berberian Sound Studio
2012 Β· dir. Peter Strickland
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.2horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Tense drama, and it commits to that

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

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