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Movies that feel likeHereditary (2018)

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.

If you loved Hereditary, the closest films we have are Midsommar (2019), The Others (2001) and The Ritual (2017). All three share Hereditary's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Dark Song (2016).

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Midsommar
2019 · dir. Ari Aster
🍅 83%★ 7.1horror · drama · mysteryPrime VideoMax

Aster again — grief walked step by step into ritual horror

The difference: Broad daylight dread — slower, longer, strangely serene

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

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The Others
2001 · dir. Alejandro Amenábar
🍅 85%★ 7.6horror · mystery · thriller

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

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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The Ritual
2017 · dir. David Bruckner
🍅 74%★ 6.4horror · mysteryNetflix

Guilt-carrying mourners stalked by something with a design

The difference: Forest creature-feature bones — simpler scares

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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Lights Out
2016 · dir. David F. Sandberg
🍅 74%★ 6.3horror · mystery

The same preoccupation in both: supernatural

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Hereditary does

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

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The Lodge
2020 · dir. Severin Fiala
🍅 75%★ 6horror · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: murder

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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1408
2007 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 80%★ 6.8horror · mystery

A grieving skeptic locked in with the supernatural

The difference: A contained King spookshow — jolts over slow rot

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

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The Boy
2016 · dir. William Brent Bell
🍅 31%★ 6horror · mystery · thriller

A grieving household where something is deeply wrong

The difference: A gimmick doll thriller — twist first, feeling later

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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From Hell
2001 · dir. Albert Hughes
🍅 57%★ 6.7horror · mystery · thrillerHulu

Occult conspiracy uncovered one dreadful layer at a time

The difference: Victorian murder procedural — pulpier, less personal

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

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A Dark Song
2016 · dir. Liam Gavin
🍅 91%★ 6.2horror · fantasy · mystery

A mourning parent committing utterly to an occult ritual

The difference: Two people in one house — austere and punishingly slow

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

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Smile 2
2024 · dir. Parker Finn
🍅 86%★ 6.7horror · mysteryNetflixPrime Video

Twisty where it counts, melancholy underneath

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

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Jigsaw
2017 · dir. Michael Spierig
🍅 32%★ 5.7horror · mystery

Both lean on dread more than on horror

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.

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Exhuma
2024 · dir. Jang Jae-hyun
🍅 93%★ 6.9mystery · horror · thrillerPrime Video

One thread runs through both: ritual

After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

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