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Movies that feel like La Llorona (2019)

If you loved La Llorona, the closest films we have are It Chapter Two (2019), The Shallows (2016) and Berberian Sound Studio (2012). All three share La Llorona's tense and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max and Netflix and others, checked against today's data.

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jayro Bustamantetensedreadunsettlingcontemplative

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If La Llorona hit the spot, these will too

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It Chapter Two
2019 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Tense where it counts, dread-soaked underneath

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

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The Shallows
2016 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.3horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Unsettling and contemplative in the same breath

While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

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

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

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

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

Drama with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1990s show

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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Bird Box
2018 Β· dir. Susanne Bier
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

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It
2017 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.3horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Both trade on tension more than on being horror

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

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Gerald's Game
2017 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Dread-soaked drama in both cases

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

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The Woman in Black
2012 Β· dir. James Watkins
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.4drama Β· horror Β· thriller

Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

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Crimson Peak
2015 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery Β· romance

Horror built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Leans mystery where La Llorona does not

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

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Black Swan
2010 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 85%β˜… 8drama Β· thriller Β· horror

Both are thriller through and through

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

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Split
2017 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3horror Β· thriller

The same horror instincts

The difference: Missing the stillness of La Llorona

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him β€” as well as everyone around him β€” as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

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